The –Mensteamépémen's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 28 to 29 July 1976. 85 fencers from 19 nations competed.
Rosters
Argentina
Daniel Feraud
Fernando Lupiz
Juan Daniel Pirán
Omar Vergara
Austria
Herbert Lindner
Karl-Heinz Müller
Herbert Polzhuber
Peter Zobl-Wessely
Canada
Alain Dansereau
Michel Dessureault
Geza Tatrallyay
George Varaljay
Finland
Heikki Hulkkonen
Risto Hurme
Jussi Pelli
Veikko Salminen
France
Philippe Boisse
François Jeanne
Philippe Riboud
Jacques La Degaillerie
Great Britain
Teddy Bourne
Bill Hoskyns
Ralph Johnson
Tim Belson
Martin Beevers
Hong Kong
Chan Matthew
Denis Cunningham
Kam Roger
Ng Wing Biu
Hungary
Csaba Fenyvesi
Sándor Erdős
István Osztrics
Pál Schmitt
Győző Kulcsár
Iran
Sarkis Assatourian
Iraj Dastgerdi
Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari
Esfandihar Zarnegar
Italy
John Pezza
Nicola Granieri
Fabio Dal Zotto
Marcello Bertinetti
Giovanni Battista Coletti
Norway
Nils Koppang
Jeppe Normann
Kjell Otto Moe
Bård Vonen
Ole Mørch
Poland
Jerzy Janikowski
Zbigniew Matwiejew
Leszek Swornowski
Marceli Wiech
Romania
Ioan Popa
Anton Pongratz
Nicolae Iorgu
Paul Szabo
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov
Viktor Modzalevsky
Vasyl Stankovych
Aleksandr Bykov
Boris Lukomsky
Sweden
Carl von Essen
Hans Jacobson
Rolf Edling
Leif Högström
Göran Flodström
Switzerland
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
Michel Poffet
François Suchanecki
Jean-Blaise Evéquoz
Thailand
Sneh Chousurin
Taweewat Hurapan
Sutipong Santitevagul
Royengyot Srivorapongpant
Samachai Trangjaroenngarm
United States
Scotty Bozek
Brooke Makler
George Masin
Paul Pesthy
West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Volker Fischer
Alexander Pusch
Reinhold Behr
Hanns Jana
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Great Britain and West Germany each defeated Austria, 11–5 and 10–6, respectively. The two victors then faced off. West Germany won 9–5.
Round 1 Pool B
The first two rounds of matches left Hungary and France at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Finland and Poland at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Hungary defeated France 8–2 (with one double-loss ensuring that France could not catch Hungary) to take the top spot in the group. Great Finland and Poland did not face each other.
Round 1 Pool C
The first two rounds of matches left Sweden and Italy at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Iran and Hong Kong at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Sweden defeated Italy 9–7 to take the top spot in the group. Great Finland and Poland did not face each other.
Round 1 Pool D
The first two rounds of matches left Switzerland and Norway at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Canada and Argentina at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Switzerland defeated Norway 9–7 to take the top spot in the group. Canada defeated Argentina, 8–8, winning on touches 68–66, to take third.
Round 1 Pool E
The first two rounds of matches left the Soviet Union and Romania at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and the United States and Thailand at 0–2 each (eliminating them). The Soviet Union defeated Romania 9–4 to take the top spot in the group. The United States defeated Thailand, also 9–4, to take third.
This was the only group where the second-place team advanced directly to the quarterfinals instead of the round of 16.