Foil, Team, Men
| Date | 22 September 2000 — 9:30 | |
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| 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 | 28 from 8 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
France had swept all the men’s team titles at the 1999 World Championships but their foil team nearly crashed out of the Sydney Olympics at the first hurdle. Trailing Cuba 35-30 they rebounded to take a 45-43 victory. A more straightforward win over Poland in the semi-final brought them up against China in the final. The gold medal match was a repeat of the last World Championship final where France had won on a controversial call with the scores tied at 44-44. After a final where the lead at regular intervals the two teams found themselves level with only a single hit needed to win. This time there was no complaint from the Chinese as Patrice Lhôtellier scored a clear winner to seal the Olympic title for France. Italy claimed the final place on the podium.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
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| 1 | France |  FRA | Gold | |||||
| Jean-Noël Ferrari • Lionel Plumenail • Brice Guyart • Patrice Lhôtellier | ||||||||
| 2 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | Silver | |||||
| Dong Zhaozhi • Wang Haibin • Ye Chong | ||||||||
| 3 | Italy |  ITA | Bronze | |||||
| Salvatore Sanzo • Matteo Zennaro • Daniele Crosta • Gabriele Magni | ||||||||
| 4 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Sławomir Mocek • Ryszard Sobczak • Adam Krzesiński | ||||||||
| 5 | Ukraine |  UKR | ||||||
| Oleksiy Kruhliak • Serhiy Holubytskyi • Oleksiy Bryzhalov | ||||||||
| 6 | Germany |  GER | ||||||
| Wolfgang Wienand • Ralf Bißdorf • Richard Breutner • David Hausmann | ||||||||
| 7 | Cuba |  CUB | ||||||
| Elvis Gregory • Óscar García • Rolando Tucker | ||||||||
| 8 | Russian Federation |  RUS | ||||||
| Dmitry Shevchenko • Ilgar Mamedov • Andrey Deyev • Aleksandr Lakatosh | ||||||||
Round One
| Date | 22 September 2000 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Sep | Piste Blue | Poland | POL | 45 – 37 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 22 Sep | Piste Green | France | FRA | 45 – 43 | Cuba | CUB | |
| Match #3 | 22 Sep | Piste Red | Italy | ITA | 45 – 40 | Ukraine | UKR | |
| Match #4 | 22 Sep | Piste Yellow | People's Republic of China | CHN | 45 – 30 | Russian Federation | RUS |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 22 September 2000 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Sep | Piste Blue | France | FRA | 45 – 38 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #2 | 22 Sep | Piste Yellow | People's Republic of China | CHN | 45 – 32 | Italy | ITA |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 22 September 2000 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Sep | Piste Blue | Germany | GER | 45 – 44 | Cuba | CUB | |
| Match #2 | 22 Sep | Piste Yellow | Ukraine | UKR | 45 – 36 | Russian Federation | RUS |
Final Round
| Date | 22 September 2000 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 22 Sep | Piste Final | France | FRA | 45 – 44 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match 3/4 | 22 Sep | Piste Final | Italy | ITA | 45 – 38 | Poland | POL | |
| Match 5/6 | 22 Sep | Piste Green | Ukraine | UKR | 45 – 43 | Germany | GER | |
| Match 7/8 | 22 Sep | Piste Red | Cuba | CUB | 45 – 39 | Russian Federation | RUS |