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Épée, Team, Men

Date	18 September 2000 — 9:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales / Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 11 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

In a tournament dominated by matches that were decided on the decisive tie breaking hit it was appropriate that the final was decided in this same manner. Italy, through the efforts of Alfredo Rota, had already survived one dramatic finish against South Korea in the semi-final and the pattern of the final against France followed closely their Korean encounter. Italy fell behind against the French, rallied but were still 2 points behind when Rota and individual silver medal winner Hugues Obry came to the piste. The Italian levelled things at 38-38 and the two men were content to play out time until the clock ran out. With less than 20 seconds left in sudden death overtime, Rota lunged forward and struck Obry on the knee to claim victory for Italy

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Angelo Mazzoni • Paolo Milanoli • Alfredo Rota • Maurizio Randazzo
2	France	FRA	Silver
	Jean-François Di Martino • Hugues Obry • Éric Srecki
3	Cuba	CUB	Bronze
	Carlos Pedroso • Iván Trevejo • Nelson Loyola
4	Republic of Korea	KOR
	Lee Sang-Gi • Lee Sang-Yeop • Yang Noe-Seong
5	Germany	GER
	Jörg Fiedler • Arnd Schmitt • Marc-Konstantin Steifensand • Daniel Strigel
6	Belarus	BLR
	Vitali Zakharau • Andrei Murashko • Uladzimir Pchenikin
7	Hungary	HUN
	Attila Fekete • Márk Marsi • Iván Kovács
8	Australia	AUS
	Gerry Adams • Nick Heffernan • Luc Cartillier
9	Estonia	EST
	Kaido Kaaberma • Andrus Kajak • Meelis Loit • Nikolai Novosjolov
10	Austria	AUT
	Oliver Kayser • Christoph Marik • Michael Switak
11	People's Republic of China	CHN
	Zhao Gang • Wang Weixin • Zhao Chunsheng

Round One

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep		France	FRA				bye
Match #2	18 Sep	Piste Blue	Hungary	HUN	45 – 42	Estonia	EST
Match #3	18 Sep		Germany	GER				bye
Match #4	18 Sep		Cuba	CUB				bye
Match #5	18 Sep		Italy	ITA				bye
Match #6	18 Sep	Piste Red	Australia	AUS	45 – 38	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #7	18 Sep	Piste Yellow	Belarus	BLR	45 – 44	Austria	AUT
Match #8	18 Sep		Republic of Korea	KOR				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Piste Blue	France	FRA	43 – 42	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	18 Sep	Piste Green	Cuba	CUB	45 – 44	Germany	GER
Match #3	18 Sep	Piste Red	Italy	ITA	45 – 34	Australia	AUS
Match #4	18 Sep	Piste Yellow	Republic of Korea	KOR	45 – 44	Belarus	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Piste Yellow	France	FRA	45 – 36	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	18 Sep	Piste Blue	Italy	ITA	44 – 43	Republic of Korea	KOR

Classification Round 9-12

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Piste Yellow	Austria	AUT	45 – 35	People's Republic of China	CHN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Piste Green	Belarus	BLR	45 – 34	Australia	AUS
Match #2	18 Sep	Piste Red	Germany	GER	45 – 39	Hungary	HUN

Final Round

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	18 Sep	Piste Final	Italy	ITA	39 – 38	France	FRA
Match 3/4	18 Sep	Piste Final	Cuba	CUB	45 – 31	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match 5/6	18 Sep	Piste Red	Germany	GER	45 – 37	Belarus	BLR
Match 7/8	18 Sep	Piste Green	Hungary	HUN	45 – 39	Australia	AUS
Match 9/10	18 Sep	Piste Blue	Estonia	EST	45 – 44	Austria	AUT