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

The men's sabre A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 6 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.[1]

Men's sabre A
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair fencing
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Yijun  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tian Jianquan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chan Wing Kin  Hong Kong
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The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

During a qualification round-robin, bouts lasted a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete had scored five hits. There was then a knockout phase, in which bouts lasted a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete had scored 15 hits.

The event was won by Chen Yijun, representing  China. [2]

Results

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Preliminaries

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Pool A

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   CHN HKG FRA GBR UKR
1   Tian Jianquan (CHN) 4 4 0 20:8 x 5:1 5:3 5:2 5:2
2   Cheong Meng Chai (HKG) 4 3 1 16:13 1:5 x 5:3 5:4 5:1
3   Romain Noble (FRA) 4 2 2 16:13 3:5 3:5 x 5:1 5:2
4   Tom Hall Butcher (GBR) 4 1 3 12:16 2:5 4:5 1:5 x 5:1
5   Vadym Tsedryk (UKR) 4 0 4 6:20 2:5 1:5 2:5 1:5 x

Pool B

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   HKG CHN RUS POL GRE
1   Chan Wing Kin (HKG) 4 4 0 20:10 x 5:3 5:3 5:2 5:2
2   Chen Yijun (CHN) 4 3 1 18:8 3:5 x 5:2 5:1 5:0
3   Timur Fayzullin (RUS) 4 2 2 15:13 3:5 2:5 x 5:2 5:1
4   Stefan Makowski (POL) 4 1 3 10:17 2:5 1:5 2:5 x 5:2
5   Georgios Alexakis (GRE) 4 0 4 5:20 2:5 0:5 1:5 2:5 x

Pool C

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   GRE RUS POL FRA MAS
1   Gerasimos Pylarinos (GRE) 4 4 0 20:8 x 5:4 5:1 5:3 5:0
2   Sergey Frolov (RUS) 4 3 1 19:11 4:5 x 5:4 5:2 5:0
3   Radoslaw Stanczuk (POL) 4 2 2 15:15 1:5 4:5 x 5:2 5:3
4   Moez El Assine (FRA) 4 1 3 12:16 3:5 2:5 2:5 x 5:1
5   Abd Rahman Razali (MAS) 4 0 4 4:20 0:5 0:5 3:5 1:5 x

Competition bracket

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Gerasimos Pylarinos (GRE) 6
  Radoslaw Stanczuk (POL) 15   Radoslaw Stanczuk (POL) 15
  Timur Fayzullin (RUS) 14   Radoslaw Stanczuk (POL) 8
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 15
  Sergey Frolov (RUS) 6
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 15
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 15
  Tian Jianquan (CHN) 12
  Chan Wing Kin (HKG) 15
  Tom Hall Butcher (GBR) 10   Cheong Meng Chai (HKG) 11
  Cheong Meng Chai (HKG) 15   Chan Wing Kin (HKG) 4 Third place
  Romain Noble (FRA) 13   Tian Jianquan (CHN) 15
  Moez El Assine (FRA) 15   Moez El Assine (FRA) 6   Radoslaw Stanczuk (POL) 9
  Tian Jianquan (CHN) 15   Chan Wing Kin (HKG) 15

References

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  1. ^ "Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's sabre A". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2012.