Japan won the gold medal in the men's team epee event on home soil at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in any fencing event. Koki Kano, Kazuyasu Minobe, Satoru Uyama and Masara Yamada formed the quartet that made Olympic history for Japan in fencing.
All other 24 Olympic gold medals in the men's team epee event had been won by European NOCs. France (9), Italy (8) and Hungary (3) are the three NOCs to have won multiple Olympic gold medals in the men's team epee event.
France (17, G9-S3-B5) also leads in most medals in this event at the Olympic Games. Italy is next on 15 medals (G8-S4-B3). France can win its 10th Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event. France won the gold medal in the men's team epee event at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. Belgium (silver) and Italy (bronze) completed the podium a century ago. France won the final against United States in this event at the world championships at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2010.
Italy hopes to win its first Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event since it won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Hungary targets its fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event, after consecutive victories in 1964, 1968 and 1972. Hungary has claimed seven Olympic medals in the men's team epee event, most recently a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. Only Hungary has won at least 10 gold medals in specific fencing events in the Olympic Games: 15 gold medals in men's individual sabre and 10 gold medals in men's team sabre.
Egypt could become the first African NOC to take an Olympic medal in the men's team epee event.
Czechia and Kazakhstan make its Olympic debut in the men's team epee event.
The last man to claim the gold medal in both the individual epee event and team epee event at a single Olympic Games was Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) in 1972.