| Date | 28 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 36 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The reigning (2012) Olympic champion was South Korea, which had also won the last three World Championships in this event. This nation also won the gold medal at Tokyo, only being challenged by Germany in the semi-final when the match resulted in a 45-42 win. Even the final against Italy was a demonstration of strength, winning 45-26. Germany finally lost to Hungary in the bronze medal match 40-45 and stayed without a medal in the fencing events at Tokyo.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | Gold | |||||
| Kim Jeong-Hwan • Oh Sang-Uk • Gu Bon-Gil • Kim Jun-Ho | ||||||||
| 2 | Italy |  ITA | Silver | |||||
| Luca Curatoli • Luigi Samele • Enrico Berrè • Aldo Montano | ||||||||
| 3 | Hungary |  HUN | Bronze | |||||
| András Szatmári • Áron Szilágyi • Tamás Decsi • Csanád Gémesi | ||||||||
| 4 | Germany |  GER | ||||||
| Max Hartung • Matyas Szabo • Benedikt Wagner • Richard Hübers | ||||||||
| 5 | Egypt |  EGY | ||||||
| Mohamed Amer • Ziad El-Sissy • Mohab Shawky • Medhat Moataz | ||||||||
| 6 | Islamic Republic of Iran |  IRI | ||||||
| Mohammad Rahbari • Ali Pakdaman • Mojtaba Abedini • Mohammad Fotouhi | ||||||||
| 7 | ROC |  ROC | ||||||
| Veniamin Reshetnikov • Kamil Ibragimov • Konstantin Lokhanov • Dmitry Danilenko | ||||||||
| 8 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Eli Dershwitz • Andrew Mackiewicz • Daryl Homer • Khalil Thompson | ||||||||
| 9 | Japan |  JPN | ||||||
| Kaito Streets • Tomohiro Shimamura • Kento Yoshida • Kenta Tokunan | ||||||||
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 28 Jul | Republic of Korea | KOR | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 28 Jul | Blue Piste | Egypt | EGY | 45 – 32 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #3 | 28 Jul | ROC | ROC | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 28 Jul | Germany | GER | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 28 Jul | Italy | ITA | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 28 Jul | Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI | bye | ||||
| Match #7 | 28 Jul | United States | USA | bye | ||||
| Match #8 | 28 Jul | Hungary | HUN | bye |
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 11:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 28 Jul | Blue Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 39 | Egypt | EGY | |
| Match #2 | 28 Jul | Yellow Piste | Germany | GER | 45 – 28 | ROC | ROC | |
| Match #3 | 28 Jul | Green Piste | Italy | ITA | 45 – 44 | Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI | |
| Match #4 | 28 Jul | Red Piste | Hungary | HUN | 45 – 36 | United States | USA |
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 13:40 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final round pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 28 Jul | Yellow Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 42 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 28 Jul | Red Piste | Italy | ITA | 45 – 43 | Hungary | HUN |
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 12:45 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 28 Jul | Yellow Piste | Egypt | EGY | 45 – 41 | ROC | ROC | |
| Match #2 | 28 Jul | Red Piste | Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI | 45 – 36 | United States | USA |
| Date | 28 July 2021 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 28 Jul 19:30 | Final Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 26 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match 3/4 | 28 Jul 18:30 | Final Piste | Hungary | HUN | 45 – 40 | Germany | GER | |
| Match 5/6 | 28 Jul | Yellow Piste | Egypt | EGY | 45 – 24 | Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI | |
| Match 7/8 | 28 Jul | ROC | ROC | beat | United States | USA | walkover |
