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Paris 2024 Fencing Ones to Watch: Women's Team Epee

Poland won the women's team epee event at the world championships in 2023, defeating Italy 32-28 in the final in Milan. Republic of Korea took bronze. Poland could win an Olympic medal in this event for the first time. Coming into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Poland had never won an Olympic medal in a women's epee event (team or individual). Poland has won three Olympic medals in the team epee event on the men's side: two silver medals (1980, 2008) and one bronze (1968).

Italy claimed silver in this event in 1996 and bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). At the start of the Paris 2024 Games, Italy had never won a gold medal in a women's epee event (team or individual).

Republic of Korea won the world title in the women's team epee event in 2022, with Italy in second place and Poland in third. Republic of Korea took Olympic silver in the women's team epee in 2012 and at Tokyo 2020. It lost the final to Estonia, who is not competing in this event in Paris. Republic of Korea finished third in this event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris, behind Romania (first) and runner-up Germany (second).

France has won gold (1996) and bronze (2004) in this event at the Olympic Games.

China has won three Olympic medals in the women's team epee event (G1-S1-B1).

United States won its only medal in this event in 2012 (bronze).

Egypt competes in this event for the first time at the Olympic Games.

The only woman to have won a gold medal in the individual and team epee events at a single Olympic Games was Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) in 1996.

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