Every match consist of 9 bout between the 3 fencers of each team. Each bout finishes when a team richies score multiple of 5 touches.
Example 5, 10, 15 points. One bout last not more than 3 minutes. If the match ends before one team reaches 45 points winner is the team with more points.
If the score is even there was 1 minute sudden death extra-time.
The extra-time was preceded by a draw. If there is no score the draw winner wins the boat.
Final Ranking
Rk.
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1. France
1.
Julien Pillet-4, Boris Sanson-14, Nicolas Lopez-2
2. United States
7.
Tim Morehouse-22, Jason Rogers-28, Keeth Smart-6, James Williams-NP
3. Italy
4.
Aldo Montano-10, Luigi Tarantino-5, Giampiero Pastore-NP, Diego Occhiuzzi-23
4. Russia
3.
Nikolay Kovalev-26, Stanislav Pozdnyakov-17, Aleksey Yakimenko-21
5. Belarus
5.
Aliaksandr Buikevich-8, Valery Pryiemka-27, Dmitri Lapkes-24
6. China
6.
Huang Yaojiang-NP, Zhou Hanming-16, Wang Jingzhi-20, Zhong Man-1
7. Hungary
2.
Balázs Lontay-NP, Zsolt Nemcsik-18, Áron Szilágyi-15, Tamás Decsi-19