| | Event type
Foil, Team, Men
| Date | 1 August 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 34 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
Italy, captained by reigning Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo, surprisingly lost in the quarter-finals against Japan 43-45. Also, the favored US fencers lost in the semi-finals against the Russian Olympic Committee but beat Japan in the bronze medal match. France then won the final against the Russians very clearly.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |  FRA | Gold | |||||
| Julien Mertine • Enzo Lefort • Maxime Pauty • Erwann Le Péchoux | ||||||||
| 2 | ROC |  ROC | Silver | |||||
| Kirill Borodachov • Vladislav Mylnikov • Anton Borodachov • Timur Safin | ||||||||
| 3 | United States |  USA | Bronze | |||||
| Alexander Massialas • Nick Itkin • Gerek Meinhardt • Race Imboden | ||||||||
| 4 | Japan |  JPN | ||||||
| Kyosuke Matsuyama • Toshiya Saito • Takahiro Shikine • Yudai Nagano | ||||||||
| 5 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Alessio Foconi • Daniele Garozzo • Giorgio Avola • Andrea Cassarà (DNS) | ||||||||
| 6 | Germany |  GER | ||||||
| André Sanità • Peter Joppich • Benjamin Kleibrink • Luis Klein | ||||||||
| 7 | Hong Kong, China |  HKG | ||||||
| Ryan Choi • Edgar Cheung • Cheung Siu Lun • Lawrence Ng | ||||||||
| 8 | Egypt |  EGY | ||||||
| Alaaeldin Abouelkassem • Mohamed Hassan • Mohamed Hamza • Youssef Sanaa | ||||||||
| 9 | Canada |  CAN | ||||||
| Maximilien Van Haaster • Alex Cai • Blake Broszus | ||||||||
Round One
| Date | 1 August 2021 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 01 Aug | United States | USA | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 01 Aug | Blue Piste | Germany | GER | 45 – 31 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #3 | 01 Aug | Hong Kong, China | HKG | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 01 Aug | ROC | ROC | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 01 Aug | Italy | ITA | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 01 Aug | Japan | JPN | bye | ||||
| Match #7 | 01 Aug | Egypt | EGY | bye | ||||
| Match #8 | 01 Aug | France | FRA | bye |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 1 August 2021 — 10:45 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 01 Aug | Blue Piste | United States | USA | 45 – 36 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 01 Aug | Yellow Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 39 | Hong Kong, China | HKG | |
| Match #3 | 01 Aug | Green Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 43 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #4 | 01 Aug | Red Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 34 | Egypt | EGY |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 1 August 2021 — 13:40 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 01 Aug | Yellow Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 41 | United States | USA | |
| Match #2 | 01 Aug | Red Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 42 | Japan | JPN |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 1 August 2021 — 12:25 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 01 Aug | Yellow Piste | Germany | GER | 45 – 38 | Hong Kong, China | HKG | |
| Match #2 | 01 Aug | Red Piste | Italy | ITA | 45 – 30 | Egypt | EGY |
Final Round
| Date | 1 August 2021 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 01 Aug 19:50 | Final Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 28 | ROC | ROC | |
| Match 3/4 | 01 Aug 18:30 | Final Piste | United States | USA | 45 – 31 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match 5/6 | 01 Aug | Italy | ITA | – | Germany | GER | walkover | |
| Match 7/8 | 01 Aug | Red Piste | Hong Kong, China | HKG | 45 – 21 | Egypt | EGY |