Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	12 August 2008
Competitors	40 from 21 nations
Medalists
Zhong Man   China   Nicolas Lopez   France   Mihai Covaliu   Romania

Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée		men
Foil		men		women
Team foil				women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men		women

The men's sabre fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 12 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

The sabre competition consisted of a five-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Zhong Man (CHN)	15
	Julien Pillet (FRA)	12
					Zhong Man (CHN)	15
					Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	9
					Bronze medal match
	Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	15		Julien Pillet (FRA)	11
	Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	13			Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	15

Section 1

	First Round					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						1	Luigi Tarantino (ITA)	15
	33	Renzo Agresta (BRA)	15			33	Renzo Agresta (BRA)	8
	32	Mahmoud Samir (EGY)	10								1	Luigi Tarantino (ITA)	15
											16	Boris Sanson (FRA)	7
						17	Tim Morehouse (USA)	12
						16	Boris Sanson (FRA)	15
																1	Luigi Tarantino (ITA)	13
																9	Zhong Man (CHN)	15
						9	Zhong Man (CHN)	15
						24	Wiradech Kothny (THA)	7
											9	Zhong Man (CHN)	15
	25	Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)	15								8	Jaime Martí (ESP)	14
	40	Alex O'Connell (GBR)	14			25	Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)	12
						8	Jaime Martí (ESP)	15

Section 2

	First Round					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						5	Keeth Smart (USA)	15
	37	Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN)	10			28	Jason Rogers (USA)	3
	28	Jason Rogers (USA)	15								5	Keeth Smart (USA)	15
											21	Áron Szilágyi (HUN)	10
						21	Áron Szilágyi (HUN)	15
						12	Tamás Decsi (HUN)	9
																5	Keeth Smart (USA)	13
																20	Julien Pillet (FRA)	15
						13	Wang Jingzhi (CHN)	14
						20	Julien Pillet (FRA)	15
											20	Julien Pillet (FRA)	15
	29	Mamadou Keita (SEN)	15								4	Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)	13
	36	Satoshi Ogawa (JPN)	14			29	Mamadou Keita (SEN)	7
						4	Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)	15

Section 3

	First Round					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						3	Aldo Montano (ITA)	15
	35	Gamal Fathy (EGY)	8			30	Philippe Beaudry (CAN)	4
	30	Philippe Beaudry (CAN)	15								3	Aldo Montano (ITA)	14
											15	Jorge Pina (ESP)	15
						19	Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)	9
						14	Jorge Pina (ESP)	15
																15	Jorge Pina (ESP)	10
																27	Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	15
						11	Oh Eun-seok (KOR)	15
						22	Dmitri Lapkes (BLR)	8
											11	Oh Eun-seok (KOR)	11
	27	Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	15								27	Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	15
	38	Julien Ouedraogo (BUR)	6			27	Nicolas Lopez (FRA)	15
						6	Stanislav Pozdnyakov (RUS)	8

Section 4

	First Round					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						7	Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	15
	39	Shadi Talaat (EGY)	7			26	Valery Pryiemka (BLR)	9
	26	Valery Pryiemka (BLR)	15								7	Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	15
											23	Zhou Hanming (CHN)	12
						23	Zhou Hanming (CHN)	15
						10	Zsolt Nemcsik (HUN)	13
																7	Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	15
																18	Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR)	13
						15	Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS)	9
						18	Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR)	15
											18	Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR)	15
	31	Carlos Bravo (VEN)	10								2	Nicolas Limbach (GER)	14
	34	Marcin Koniusz (POL)	15			34	Marcin Koniusz (POL)	7
						2	Nicolas Limbach (GER)	15

Final classification

Rank	Athlete	Nation
	Zhong, ManMan Zhong	China
	Lopez, NicolasNicolas Lopez	France
	Covaliu, MihaiMihai Covaliu	Romania
4	Pillet, JulienJulien Pillet	France
5	Tarantino, LuigiLuigi Tarantino	Italy
6	Smart, KeethKeeth Smart	United States
7	Pina, JorgeJorge Pina	Spain
8	Buikevich, AliaksandrAliaksandr Buikevich	Belarus
9	Limbach, NicolasNicolas Limbach	Germany
10	Montano, AldoAldo Montano	Italy
11	Dumitrescu, RareșRareș Dumitrescu	Romania
12	Martí, JaimeJaime Martí	Spain
13	Oh, Eun-seokEun-seok Oh	South Korea
14	Sanson, BorisBoris Sanson	France
15	Szilágyi, ÁronÁron Szilágyi	Hungary
16	Zhou, HanmingHanming Zhou	China
17	Pozdnyakov, StanislavStanislav Pozdnyakov	Russia
18	Nemcsik, ZsoltZsolt Nemcsik	Hungary
19	Decsi, TamásTamás Decsi	Hungary
20	Wang, JingzhiJingzhi Wang	China
21	Yakimenko, AlekseyAleksey Yakimenko	Russia
22	Morehouse, TimTim Morehouse	United States
23	Occhiuzzi, DiegoDiego Occhiuzzi	Italy
24	Lapkes, DmitriDmitri Lapkes	Belarus
25	Kothny, WiradechWiradech Kothny	Thailand
26	Kovalev, NikolayNikolay Kovalev	Russia
27	Pryiemka, ValeryValery Pryiemka	Belarus
28	Rogers, JasonJason Rogers	United States
29	Keita, MamadouMamadou Keita	Senegal
30	Beaudry, PhilippePhilippe Beaudry	Canada
31	Koniusz, MarcinMarcin Koniusz	Poland
32	Agresta, RenzoRenzo Agresta	Brazil
33	Bravo, CarlosCarlos Bravo	Venezuela
34	Samir, MahmoudMahmoud Samir	Egypt
35	Fathy, GamalGamal Fathy	Egypt
36	Ogawa, SatoshiSatoshi Ogawa	Japan
37	Thiam, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Thiam	Senegal
38	Ouedraogo, JulienJulien Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso
39	O'Connell, AlexAlex O'Connell	Great Britain
40	Talaat, ShadiShadi Talaat	Egypt

References

• Competition format