The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 28 November 1956. 55 fencers from 11 nations competed. Competition format The competition used a pool play format, with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin. Each match consisted of 16 bouts, with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team. Bouts were to 5 touches. Total touches against were the tie-breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined. Rosters Australia James Wolfensohn Ivan Lund Keith Hackshall Hilbert Van Dijk Belgium François Dehez Roger Achten Ghislain Delaunois Marcel Van Der Auwera Jacques Debeur Colombia Alfredo Yanguas Emiliano Camargo Emilio Echeverry Pablo Uribe France Armand Mouyal Claude Nigon Daniel Dagallier Yves Dreyfus René Queyroux Great Britain René Paul Raymond Paul Michael Howard Bill Hoskyns Allan Jay Hungary József Sákovics Béla Rerrich Lajos Balthazár Ambrus Nagy József Marosi Barnabás Berzsenyi Italy Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuseppe Delfino Carlo Pavesi Franco Bertinetti Giorgio Anglesio Alberto Pellegrino Luxembourg Émile Gretsch Jean-Fernand Leischen Édouard Schmit Roger Theisen Soviet Union Arnold Chernushevich Valentin Chernikov Lev Saychuk Revaz Tsirek'idze Juozas Ūdras Valentin Vdovichenko Sweden Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Carl Forssell Per Carleson Bengt Ljungquist John Sandwall United States Skip Shurtz Richard Pew Ralph Goldstein Abram Cohen Kinmont Hoitsma Results Round 1 The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals. Pool 1 In the first set of pairings, Italy defeated Australia 11–5 and Great Britain defeated the United States 9–7. Italy and the United States split the bouts in their match 8–8, with Italy prevailing on touches against (63–65). When Great Britain took a 9–3 lead in its match against Australia, the pool was declared finished as Great Britain and Italy were both guaranteed advancement at 2–0 compared to the other two teams at 0–2. Pool 2 In the first set of pairings, Hungary defeated Colombia 14–2 and the Soviet Union defeated Sweden 9–7. The Soviet Union defeated Colombia 15–1. When Hungary took a 9–5 lead in its match against Sweden, the