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Foil, Team, Men

Date12 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationArena Carioca 3, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants31 from 8 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Russia’s men’s foil team, comprising Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin and individual bronze medalist Timur Safin defeated France in the final 45-41. On their road to victory, the team had to fight three close matches against Britain, the United States and finally France. After trailing France in the first seven periods by up to nine points at one point, the Russians came back with a last minute surge of Akhmatkhuzin and Cheremisinov outscoring French substitute Jean-Paul Tony Helissey and Erwann Le Péchoux 15-6 to take gold..

The US team, led by their top fencers Alexander Massialas, the individual silver medalist, and Gerek Meinhardt had to take consolation in comfortably winning the bronze medal contest against Italy, the defending world and Olympic champions, 45-31, to win the country’s first medal in the men’s team foil since 1932. After trailing Italy in the first periods, the US came back when Meinhardt easily beat Andrea Baldini 8-0 for a 25-20 lead. This bout started an American 18-2 rally. Substitute Race Imboden and Massialas closed the match with five points each.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1Russian FederationRUSGold
Artur AkhmatkhuzinAleksey CheremisinovTimur SafinDmitry Zherebchenko (DNS)
2FranceFRASilver
Jérémy CadotErwann Le PéchouxEnzo LefortJean-Paul Tony Helissey
3United StatesUSABronze
Miles Chamley-WatsonAlexander MassialasGerek MeinhardtRace Imboden
4ItalyITA
Giorgio AvolaAndrea CassaràDaniele GarozzoAndrea Baldini
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Chen HaiweiLei ShengMa JianfeiShi Jialuo
6Great BritainGBR
James DavisLaurence HalstedRichard KruseMarcus Mepstead
7EgyptEGY
Alaaeldin AbouelkassemTarek FouadMohamed EssamMohamed Hamza
8BrazilBRA
Henrique MarquesGhislain PerrierGuilherme ToldoFernando Scavasin

Quarter-Finals

Date12 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #112 Aug 9:00Blue PisteItalyITA45 – 27BrazilBRA
Match #212 Aug 9:00Red PisteFranceFRA45 – 42People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #312 Aug 9:00Green PisteRussian FederationRUS45 – 43Great BritainGBR
Match #412 Aug 9:00Yellow PisteUnited StatesUSA45 – 37EgyptEGY

Semi-Finals

Date12 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final pool.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #112 Aug 12:00Blue PisteFranceFRA45 – 30ItalyITA
Match #212 Aug 12:00Green PisteRussian FederationRUS45 – 41United StatesUSA

Classification Round 5-8

Date12 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #112 Aug 10:30Red PistePeople's Republic of ChinaCHN43 – 41BrazilBRA
Match #212 Aug 10:30Yellow PisteGreat BritainGBR45 – 35EgyptEGY

Final Round

Date12 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/212 Aug 18:30Finals PisteRussian FederationRUS45 – 41FranceFRA
Match 3/412 Aug 17:00Finals PisteUnited StatesUSA45 – 31ItalyITA
Match 5/612 Aug 13:15Red PistePeople's Republic of ChinaCHN45 – 38Great BritainGBR
Match 7/812 Aug 13:15Yellow PisteEgyptEGY45 – 39BrazilBRA