Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	31 July
Competitors	38 from 24 nations
Medalists
Lei Sheng   China   Alaaeldin Abouelkassem   Egypt   Choi Byung-chul   South Korea

Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée				women
Foil		men		women
Team foil		men		women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men

The men's foil competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 31 July at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Lei Sheng of China won the gold medal, beating Alaaeldin Abouelkassem from Egypt in the final.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 31 July 2012	09:00	Qualifications and finals

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Lei Sheng (CHN)	15
	Andrea Baldini (ITA)	11
					Lei Sheng (CHN)	15
					Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)	13
					Bronze medal match
	Choi Byung-chul (KOR)	12		Andrea Baldini (ITA)	14
	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)	15			Choi Byung-chul (KOR)	15

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		15
	Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG)		8			Radu Dărăban (ROU)		11
	Radu Dărăban (ROU)		15								Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		15
											Sebastian Bachmann (GER)		11
						Renal Ganeyev (RUS)		9
						Sebastian Bachmann (GER)		15
																Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		8
																Lei Sheng (CHN)		15
						Victor Sintès (FRA)		15
						Kenta Chida (JPN)		11
											Victor Sintès (FRA)		6
											Lei Sheng (CHN)		15
						Roland Schlosser (AUT)		9
						Lei Sheng (CHN)		15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		15
	Anas Mostafa (EGY)		5			Tarek Ayad (EGY)		8
	Tarek Ayad (EGY)		15								Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		15
											Alexander Massialas (USA)		6
						Étienne Lalonde‐Turbide (CAN)		6
						Alexander Massialas (USA)		15
																Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		5
																Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
						Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
						Ryo Miyake (JPN)		6
											Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
	Lahoussine Ali (MAR)		6								Race Imboden (USA)		9
	Guilherme Toldo (BRA)		15			Guilherme Toldo (BRA)		5
						Race Imboden (USA)		15

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Ma Jianfei (CHN)		15
	Bojan Jovanović (CRO)		14			Daniel Gómez (MEX)		9
	Daniel Gómez (MEX)		15								Ma Jianfei (CHN)		15
											Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS)		11
						Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS)		15
						Richard Kruse (GBR)		5
																Ma Jianfei (CHN)		13
																Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15
						Erwann Le Péchoux (FRA)		15
						Enzo Lefort (FRA)		9
											Erwann Le Péchoux (FRA)		13
	Zhu Jun (CHN)		15								Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15
	Zain Shaito (LIB)		2			Zhu Jun (CHN)		13
						Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
						Miles Chamley-Watson (USA)		10
											Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
											Peter Joppich (GER)		10
						James-Andrew Davis (GBR)		10
						Peter Joppich (GER)		15
																Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
																Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		10
						Yuki Ota (JPN)		15
						Benjamin Kleibrink (GER)		5
											Yuki Ota (JPN)		14
	Husayn Rosowsky (GBR)		8								Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		15
	Mohamed Samandi (TUN)		15			Mohamed Samandi (TUN)		7
						Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		15

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