Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 July 1980. 52 fencers from 11 nations competed.

Rosters

 * Cuba
 * Efigenio Favier
 * Guillermo Betancourt
 * Heriberto González
 * Pedro Hernández


 * Czechoslovakia
 * Jaroslav Jurka
 * Jaromír Holub
 * Jiří Douba
 * Jiří Adam
 * Oldřich Kubišta


 * Finland
 * Heikki Hulkkonen
 * Kimmo Puranen
 * Peter Grönholm
 * Peder Planting
 * Mikko Salminen


 * France
 * Philippe Boisse
 * Hubert Gardas
 * Philippe Riboud
 * Patrick Picot
 * Michel Salesse


 * Great Britain
 * Steven Paul
 * John Llewellyn
 * Neal Mallett
 * Rob Bruniges


 * Hungary
 * Ernő Kolczonay
 * István Osztrics
 * László Pető
 * Jenő Pap
 * Péter Takács


 * Kuwait
 * Ebrahim Al-Cattan
 * Osama Al-Khurafi
 * Mohamed Al-Thuwani
 * Kazem Hasan
 * Kifah Al-Mutawa


 * Poland
 * Andrzej Lis
 * Marius Strzalka
 * Leszek Swornowski
 * Ludomir Chronowski
 * Piotr Jabłkowski


 * Romania
 * Ioan Popa
 * Octavian Zidaru
 * Anton Pongratz
 * Costică Bărăgan


 * Soviet Union
 * Ashot Karagyan
 * Aleksandr Abushakhmetov
 * Aleksandr Mozhayev
 * Boris Lukomsky
 * Volodymyr Smyrnov


 * Sweden
 * Johan Harmenberg
 * Rolf Edling
 * Leif Högström
 * Göran Malkar
 * Hans Jacobson

Round 1 Pool A
In the only match in pool A, Sweden defeated Great Britain 8–3 (with one double-loss).

Round 1 Pool B
Poland and the Soviet Union each defeated Cuba, 12–4 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 7–5, with 2 double losses and a 64–49 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary.

Round 1 Pool C
Czechoslovakia and Hungary each defeated Finland, 13–3 and 8–8 (67 touches to 53), respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–1.

Round 1 Pool D
Romania and France each defeated Kuwait, 12–4 and 16–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–6.