| | Event type
Épée, Team, Women
| Date | 27 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 32 from 8 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The competition was won by Estonia by a 36-32 win over South Korea. Although Romania was the favorite as reigning Olympic Champion, they did not qualify for Tokyo. China was the reigning World Champion but failed to win a medal, losing the bronze match against Italy 23-21. This was Estonia’s first Olympic gold medal in fencing.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia |  EST | Gold | |||||
| Julia Beljajeva • Katrina Lehis • Erika Kirpu • Irina Embrich | ||||||||
| 2 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | Silver | |||||
| Choi In-Jeong • Gang Yeong-Mi • Song Se-Ra • Lee Hye-In | ||||||||
| 3 | Italy |  ITA | Bronze | |||||
| Rossella Fiamingo • Federica Isola • Mara Navarria • Alberta Santuccio | ||||||||
| 4 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Zhu Mingye • Xu Anqi • Lin Sheng • Sun Yiwen | ||||||||
| 5 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Kelley Hurley • Kat Holmes • Anna van Brummen • Courtney Hurley | ||||||||
| 6 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Ewa Trzebińska • Magdalena Piekarska-Twardochel • Aleksandra Jarecka • Renata Knapik-Miazga | ||||||||
| 7 | Hong Kong, China |  HKG | ||||||
| Kaylin Hsieh • Vivian Kong • Chu Ka Mong • Coco Lin | ||||||||
| 8 | ROC |  ROC | ||||||
| Violetta Khrapina • Ayzanat Murtazayeva • Yuliya Lichagina • Violetta Kolobova | ||||||||
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 27 July 2021 — 11:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Jul | Blue Piste | People's Republic of China | CHN | 44 – 32 | Hong Kong, China | HKG | |
| Match #2 | 27 Jul | Yellow Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 38 – 33 | United States | USA | |
| Match #3 | 27 Jul | Green Piste | Italy | ITA | 33 – 31 | ROC | ROC | |
| Match #4 | 27 Jul | Red Piste | Estonia | EST | 29 – 26 | Poland | POL |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 27 July 2021 — 13:40 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Jul | Yellow Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 38 – 29 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 27 Jul | Red Piste | Estonia | EST | 42 – 34 | Italy | ITA |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 27 July 2021 — 12:45 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Jul | Yellow Piste | United States | USA | 42 – 31 | Hong Kong, China | HKG | |
| Match #2 | 27 Jul | Red Piste | Poland | POL | 31 – 25 | ROC | ROC |
Final Round
| Date | 27 July 2021 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 27 Jul 19:30 | Final Piste | Estonia | EST | 36 – 32 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match 3/4 | 27 Jul 18:30 | Final Piste | Italy | ITA | 23 – 21 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match 5/6 | 27 Jul | Blue Piste | United States | USA | 33 – 26 | Poland | POL | |
| Match 7/8 | 27 Jul | Green Piste | Hong Kong, China | HKG | 28 – 27 | ROC | ROC |