| | Event type
Sabre, Team, Women
| Date | 31 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 35 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The reigning (2012) Olympic champion was Russia, which had also won the last World Championships in this event. This nation also won the gold medal at Tokyo, being challenged only by France in the final when the match resulted in a 45-41 win. Italy lost their bronze medal match against South Korea by 45-42. Hungary had surprisingly lost their first round bout against South Korea and finished a disappointing eighth.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROC |  ROC | Gold | |||||
| Sofya Velikaya • Sofiya Pozdnyakova • Olga Nikitina • Svetlana Sheveleva (DNS) | ||||||||
| 2 | France |  FRA | Silver | |||||
| Manon Brunet • Cécilia Berder • Charlotte Lembach • Sara Balzer | ||||||||
| 3 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | Bronze | |||||
| Kim Ji-Yeon • Choi Su-Yeon • Yun Ji-Su • Seo Ji-Yeon | ||||||||
| 4 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Rossella Gregorio • Martina Criscio • Irene Vecchi • Michela Battiston | ||||||||
| 5 | Japan |  JPN | ||||||
| Norika Tamura • Misaki Emura • Chika Aoki • Shihomi Fukushima | ||||||||
| 6 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Mariel Zagunis • Eliza Stone • Dagmara Wozniak • Francesca Russo | ||||||||
| 7 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Qian Jiarui • Shao Yaqi • Yang Hengyu • Guo Yiqi | ||||||||
| 8 | Hungary |  HUN | ||||||
| Anna Márton • Liza Pusztai • Renáta Katona • Sugár Katinka Battai | ||||||||
| 9 | Tunisia |  TUN | ||||||
| Amira Ben Chaabane • Yasmine Daghfous • Nadia Ben Azizi • Olfa Hezami | ||||||||
Round One
| Date | 31 July 2021 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 31 Jul | ROC | ROC | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 31 Jul | Blue Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 29 | Tunisia | TUN | |
| Match #3 | 31 Jul | Hungary | HUN | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 31 Jul | Republic of Korea | KOR | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 31 Jul | France | FRA | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 31 Jul | United States | USA | bye | ||||
| Match #7 | 31 Jul | People's Republic of China | CHN | bye | ||||
| Match #8 | 31 Jul | Italy | ITA | bye |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 31 July 2021 — 11:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 31 Jul | Blue Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 34 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #2 | 31 Jul | Yellow Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 40 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #3 | 31 Jul | Green Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 30 | United States | USA | |
| Match #4 | 31 Jul | Red Piste | Italy | ITA | 45 – 41 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 31 July 2021 — 13:40 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 31 Jul | Yellow Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 26 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 31 Jul | Red Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 39 | Italy | ITA |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 31 July 2021 — 12:45 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 31 Jul | Yellow Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 42 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #2 | 31 Jul | Red Piste | United States | USA | 45 – 35 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
Final Round
| Date | 31 July 2021 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 31 Jul 19:30 | Final Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 41 | France | FRA | |
| Match 3/4 | 31 Jul 18:30 | Final Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 42 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match 5/6 | 31 Jul | Yellow Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 43 | United States | USA | |
| Match 7/8 | 31 Jul | Red Piste | People's Republic of China | CHN | 45 – 30 | Hungary | HUN |