Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B explained

Event:Men's sabre B
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:17 September
Competitors:18
Nations:12
Gold:Laurent François
Goldnpc:FRA
Silver:Hui Charn Hung
Silvernpc:HKG
Bronze:Serhiy Shenkevych
Bronzenpc:UKR
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's sabre B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 17 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 Laurent Francois, representing .[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints FRAUKRHUNGBRESPCAN
155025:105:35:35:05:35:1
254123:183:55:45:35:45:2
352320:193:54:55:33:55:1
452316:180:53:53:55:05:3
552317:213:54:55:30:55:3
650510:251:52:51:53:53:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints FRAGREUKRITAPOLUSA
155025:145:45:15:45:35:2
254124:164:55:45:35:35:1
353220:171:54:55:35:25:2
452320:184:53:53:55:35:0
551416:233:53:52:53:55:3
65058:252:51:52:50:53:5

Pool C

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints ITAHKGPOLRUSESPUSA
154123:155:43:55:15:35:2
253221:164:55:15:42:55:1
353220:175:31:54:55:25:2
453220:181:54:55:45:05:4
552315:193:55:22:50:55:2
650511:252:51:52:54:52:5

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 sabre B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.