Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's foil A explained

Event:Men's foil A
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:14 September
Competitors:19
Nations:13
Gold:Ye Ruyi
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Zhang Lei
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Dariusz Pender
Bronzenpc:POL
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's foil A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 14 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.[1]

The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into three pools and played a round robin tournament.In this stage, the winner of a bout was the first person to score five hits or the person with the highest score at the end of four minutes.Next was a knock-out stage, where fencers competed in three three-minute bouts with a one-minute break between each.The winner was the first to reach fifteen hits, or the one with the highest score at the end of the last bout.In the event of a tie, another one-minute bout was held, with the winner being the first to score a hit.

The event was won by Ye Ruyi, representing .[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNITAKUWHUNESPTHAGER
166030:25:05:05:15:05:15:0
265125:90:55:05:05:05:25:2
364220:160:50:55:45:05:15:1
463320:211:50:54:55:45:15:1
562414:270:50:50:54:55:45:3
661514:281:52:51:51:54:55:3
760610:300:52:51:51:53:53:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints POLITAFRAHUNKUWRUS
155025:105:25:45:15:35:0
254122:122:55:15:15:45:1
352319:184:51:55:25:14:5
452314:201:51:52:55:15:4
551414:223:54:51:51:55:2
651412:240:51:55:44:52:5

Pool C

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNHKGUKRPOLRUSUSA
155025:65:25:05:15:25:1
254122:112:55:35:15:25:0
352316:170:53:53:55:15:1
452316:221:51:55:35:44:5
551414:242:52:51:54:55:4
651411:241:50:51:55:44:5

Competition bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080925143620/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/WF.shtml. Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing. 25 September 2008. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 5 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's foil A. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.