Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 to 30 September 1988. 85 fencers from 18 nations competed.

Rosters

 * Bahrain
 * Ahmed Al-Doseri
 * Saleh Farhan
 * Abdul Rahman Khalid
 * Khalifa Khamis


 * Brazil
 * Régis Avila
 * Douglas Fonseca
 * Roberto Lazzarini
 * Antônio Machado


 * Canada
 * Ian Bramall
 * Jean-Marc Chouinard
 * Alain Côté
 * Michel Dessureault
 * Danek Nowosielski


 * Colombia
 * Oscar Arango
 * William González
 * Juan Miguel Paz
 * Joaquin Pinto
 * Mauricio Rivas


 * France
 * Frédéric Delpla
 * Jean-Michel Henry
 * Olivier Lenglet
 * Philippe Riboud
 * Éric Srecki


 * Hong Kong
 * Chan Kai Sang
 * Choy Kam Shing
 * Tang Wing Keung
 * Tong King King


 * Hungary
 * László Fábián
 * Ferenc Hegedűs
 * Ernő Kolczonay
 * Szabolcs Pásztor
 * Zoltán Székely


 * Italy
 * Stefano Bellone
 * Andrea Bermond Des Ambros
 * Sandro Cuomo
 * Angelo Mazzoni
 * Stefano Pantano


 * Kuwait
 * Mohamed Al-Hamar
 * Younes Al-Mashmoum
 * Nahedh Al-Murdh
 * Khaled Jahrami


 * Netherlands
 * Paul Besselink
 * Michiel Driessen
 * Stéphane Ganeff
 * Arwin Kardolus
 * Olaf Kardolus


 * Poland
 * Ludomir Chronowski
 * Witold Gadomski
 * Piotr Kiełpikowski
 * Cezary Siess
 * Bogusław Zych


 * South Korea
 * Jo Hui-Je
 * Lee Il-Hui
 * Lee Sang-Gi
 * Yang Dal-Sik
 * Yun Nam-jin


 * Soviet Union
 * Andrey Shuvalov
 * Pavel Kolobkov
 * Wladimir Resnitschenko
 * Mykhailo Tyshko
 * Igor Tikhomirov


 * Spain
 * Ángel Fernández
 * Oscar Fernández
 * Raúl Maroto
 * Fernando de la Peña
 * Manuel Pereira


 * Sweden
 * Johan Bergdahl
 * Jerri Bergström
 * Otto Drakenberg
 * Ulf Sandegren
 * Péter Vánky


 * Switzerland
 * Patrice Gaille
 * André Kuhn
 * Zsolt Madarasz
 * Gérald Pfefferle
 * Michel Poffet


 * United States
 * Robert Marx
 * Lee Shelley
 * Rob Stull
 * Stephen Trevor


 * West Germany
 * Elmar Borrmann
 * Volker Fischer
 * Thomas Gerull
 * Alexander Pusch
 * Arnd Schmitt

Round 1 Pool A
The United States and West Germany each defeated Brazil, 9–1 and 9–3 respectively. The winners then faced off, with West Germany winning 9–2.

Round 1 Pool B
Canada and the Soviet Union each defeated the Netherlands, 8–7 (one double-loss) and 8–1 (one double-loss) respectively. The winners then faced off, with the Soviet Union winning 9–3.

Round 1 Pool C
Poland and France each defeated Kuwait, 9–1 and 9–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–4.

Round 1 Pool D
South Korea and Italy each defeated Spain, 9–7 and 8–5 (one double-loss) respectively. The winners then faced off, with Italy winning 8–6 (with an insurmountable 61–50 touch lead).

Round 1 Pool E
Colombia and Switzerland each defeated Hong Kong, 9–2 and 9–1 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Switzerland winning 8–7 (one double-loss).

Round 1 Pool F
Sweden and Hungary each defeated Bahrain, 9–3 and 9–1 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Hungary winning 9–3.