Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's foil explained

Event:Men's foil
Games:2023
Venue:Paralympic Training Center
Dates:October 31
Competitors:18
Nations:10
Gold:Nick Itkin
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Miles Chamley-Watson
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Augusto Servello
Bronzenoc:ARG
Bronze2:Guilherme Toldo
Bronzenoc2:BRA
Prev:2019
Next:2027

The men's foil competition of the fencing events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 31 at the Paralympic Training Center.

The foil competition consisted of a qualification round followed by a 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.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
October 31, 2023 13:00 Qualification pools
October 31, 2023 16:10 Round of 16
October 31, 2023 18:20 Quarterfinals
October 31, 2023 20:00 Semifinals
October 31, 2023 22:10 Final

Results

The following are the results of the event.

Qualification

All 18 fencers were put into three groups of six athletes, were each fencer would have five individual matches. The top 14 athletes overall would qualify for next round.[1]

Rank Name Nation VictoriesTG TR Dif.Notes
1 5 25 6 +19 Q
2 5 25 10 +15 Q
3 5 25 11 +14 Q
4 4 20 15 +5 Q
5 3 22 14 +8 Q
6 3 19 14 +5 Q
7 3 19 16 +3Q
8 3 18 19 -1 Q
9 2 20 20 0 Q
10 2 16 17 -1 Q
11 2 19 22 -3 Q
12 2 17 20 -3 Q
13 2 18 22 -4 Q
14 2 16 20 -4 Q
15 1 15 23 -8 Q
16 1 12 23-11Q
17 0 11 25-14
18 0 5 25 -20

Elimination round

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Notes and References

  1. https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/FENMFOIL--------------------------.C74P_1_0.pdf Qualification
  2. https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/FENMFOIL--------------------------.C75_2_0.pdf Bracket