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

Event:Men's épée
Games:2023
Venue:Paralympic Training Center
Dates:October 30
Competitors:19
Nations:10
Gold:Dylan French
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Pablo Núñez
Silvernoc:CHI
Bronze:Francisco Limardo
Bronzenoc:VEN
Bronze2:Alexandre Camargo
Bronzenoc2:BRA
Prev:2019
Next:2027

The men's épée competition of the fencing events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 30 at the Paralympic Training Center.

The épée 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 30, 2023 09:00 Qualification pools
October 30, 2023 12:10 Round of 16
October 30, 2023 14:20 Quarterfinals
October 30, 2023 16:00 Semifinals
October 30, 2023 18:10 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 4 23 17 +6 Q
2 4 17 14 +3 Q
3 4 19 17 +2 Q
4 4 28 21 +7 Q
5 4 27 20 +7 Q
6 4 27 24 +3 Q
7 4 27 25 +2Q
8 3 21 16 +5 Q
9 3 19 16 +3 Q
10 3 12 11 +1 Q
11 3 21 25 -4 Q
12 2 17 15 +2 Q
13 2 17 16 +1 Q
14 2 17 19 -2 Q
15 2 16 21 -5 Q
16 1 16 24-8Q
17 1 23 27-4
18 1 17 28 -11
19 0 16 24 -8

Elimination round

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Notes and References

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