Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team épée

Women's team épée
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date4 August 2012
Competitors31 from 8 nations
Medalists
   China
   South Korea
   United States
Fencing at the
2012 Summer Olympics

Épée   men   women
Team épée women
Foil men women
Team foil men women
Sabre men women
Team sabre men

The women's team épée competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 4 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Competition format

This team events featured eight national teams. Great Britain, as hosts were allowed to enter a team in any event they chose, however they chose not to enter this event. First-round losers continued fencing bouts to determine ranking for fifth through eighth spots, while the quarter-final winners met in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-final bouts competed for the gold medal, while the losing teams competed for the bronze.

Team events competed to a maximum of 45 touches. In the event of a tie, a one-minute playoff occurred. Should any team make a touch they would be declared the winner, however if both teams touch in the same play then there would not be any addition to the total score.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:30 Quarter-finals
Saturday, 4 August 2012 12:00 Placement 5-8
Saturday, 4 August 2012 13:30 Semi-finals
Saturday, 4 August 2012 15:00 Placement 5-6
Saturday, 4 August 2012 15:00 Placement 7-8
Saturday, 4 August 2012 18:00 Bronze medal match
Saturday, 4 August 2012 19:15 Final

Draw

Finals

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1   Romania 38
8   South Korea 45
8   South Korea 45
5   United States 36
5   United States 45
4   Italy 35
8   South Korea 25
3   China 39
3   China 45
6   Germany 42
3   China 20 OT Third place
2   Russia 19
7   Ukraine 34 5   United States 31 OT
2   Russia 45 2   Russia 30

Classification 5–8

  Placement 5-8            
  1   Romania 45  
  4   Italy 38   Placement 5-6
      1   Romania 36
  Placement 5-8   6   Germany 45
  6   Germany 45
  7   Ukraine 36   Placement 7-8
    4   Italy 45
    7   Ukraine 40

Final classification

RankTeamAthlete
1st, gold medalist(s) ChinaLi Na
Luo Xiaojuan
Sun Yujie
Xu Anqi
2nd, silver medalist(s) South KoreaChoi In-Jeong
Jung Hyo-Jung
Shin A-Lam
Choi Eun-Sook
3rd, bronze medalist(s) United StatesCourtney Hurley
Maya Lawrence
Susie Scanlan
Kelley Hurley
4 RussiaVioletta Kolobova
Lyubov Shutova
Anna Sivkova
Tatiana Logounova
5 GermanyImke Duplitzer
Britta Heidemann
Monika Sozanska
6 RomaniaAna Maria Brânză
Simona Gherman
Anca Măroiu
Loredana Dinu
7 ItalyBianca Del Carretto
Rossella Fiamingo
Mara Navarria
Nathalie Moellhausen
8 UkraineOlena Kryvytska
Kseniya Pantelyeyeva
Yana Shemyakina
Anfisa Pochkalova

References

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