Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée A

The men's épée category A fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 5 September 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. This class was for athletes who had good trunk control and their fencing arm was not affected by their impairment.

Men's Épée A
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates5 September 2012
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dariusz Pender  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romain Noble  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matteo Betti  Italy

Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
5 September 2012 09:30 Qualification
12:00 Round of 16
14:30 Quarterfinals
17:45 Semifinals
18:30 Final

Competition format edit

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage. During a qualification round-robin, bouts last a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete has scored five hits. There is then a knockout phase, in which bouts last a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete has scored 15 hits.

Results edit

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Athlete B V V/B HS HD     China (CHN)   France (FRA)   Poland (POL)   Ukraine (UKR)   Hong Kong (HKG)
  Tian Jianquan (CHN) 4 4 MAX 20 6 5–0 5–2 5–2 5–2
  Robert Citerne (FRA) 4 3 0.75 15 6 0–5 5–3 5–2 5–1
  Dariusz Pender (POL) 4 2 0.5 14 18 2–5 3–5 5–3 5–4
  Vadym Tsedryk (UKR) 4 1 0.25 11 17 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–2
  Wong Tang Tat (HKG) 4 0 0 10 20 2–5 2–5 4–5 2–5

Group B edit

Athlete B V V/B HS HD     China (CHN)   France (FRA)   Poland (POL)   Hungary (HUN)   Belarus (BLR)
  Duan Yanfei (CHN) 4 3 0.75 19 7 4–5 5–1 5–0 5–1
  Romain Noble (FRA) 4 3 0.75 17 12 5–4 2–5 5–0 5–3
  Radosław Stańczuk (POL) 4 2 0.5 13 14 0–5 3–5 5–2 5–2
  Gyula Mató (HUN) 4 2 0.5 13 16 1–5 5–2 2–5 5–4
  Martyn Kavalenia (BLR) 4 0 0 10 20 1–5 3–5 2–5 4–5

Group C edit

Athlete B V V/B HS HD     Ukraine (UKR)   Russia (RUS)   Italy (ITA)   Hungary (HUN)   United States (USA)
  Andrii Demchuk (UKR) 4 3 0.75 19 7 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–4
  Artur Yusupov (RUS) 4 3 0.75 18 12 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–0
  Matteo Betti (ITA) 4 3 0.75 17 12 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–0
  Tamás Juhász (HUN) 4 1 0.25 16 17 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–2
  Gary van der Wege (USA) 4 0 0 6 20 0–5 4–5 0–5 2–5

Finals edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Dariusz Pender (POL) 15
  Radosław Stańczuk (POL) 11   Tian Jianquan (CHN) 8
    Dariusz Pender (POL) 15
    Dariusz Pender (POL) 15
    Artur Yusupov (RUS) 14
    Robert Citerne (FRA) 10
    Artur Yusupov (RUS) 15
    Dariusz Pender (POL) 15
    Romain Noble (FRA) 9
    Matteo Betti (ITA) 15
    Andrii Demchuk (UKR) 11
    Matteo Betti (ITA) 9 Third place match
    Romain Noble (FRA) 15
    Romain Noble (FRA) 15   Artur Yusupov (RUS) 10
  Romain Noble (FRA) 15   Yanfei Duan (CHN) 11   Matteo Betti (ITA) 15
  Gyula Mató (HUN) 9

Source: London2012.com [1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Paralympic 2012: Wheelchair Fencing". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

External links edit