The women's team sabre event will be held for the fourth time at the Olympic Games, after 2008, 2016 and at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021).
Ukraine (G1-S1-B0) and United States (G0-S0-B2) are the NOCs to have won multiple Olympic medals in this event.
Olga Kharlan (UKR) can become the first woman to win three Olympic medals in this event. Kharlan helped Ukraine take a gold medal in 2008 and a silver medal in 2016. Kharlan was part of Ukraine's team that finished second in this event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Hungary won the world title in the women's team sabre event in 2023, defeating France in the final (45-38). Coming into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Hungary had never won an Olympic medal in a women's sabre event (team or individual). Its last medal in a women's team event was bronze in the women's team foil event in 1988.
France took silver in women's team sabre event at Tokyo 2020. France is the only NOC to have finished on the podium in this event at each of the last five world championships: 3rd-1st-2nd-2nd-2nd (2023). France finished third in this specific event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Republic of Korea hopes to win its first Olympic medal in the women's team sabre event. It finished third in this event at the world championships in 2023.
At the start of the Paris 2024 Games, Italy had yet to win its first Olympic medal in a women's sabre event (team or individual). Italy came fourth in the Olympic women's team sabre event in both of their two previous participations: in 2016 and 2021.
Japan will take part in this specific event at the Olympic Games for the second time, after a fifth place on home soil at Tokyo 2020.
Algeria will compete in a team event in fencing at the Olympic Games for the second time, after a ninth place in the men's team sabre event in 2004.