Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's épée B explained

Event:Women's épée B
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:16 September
Competitors:12
Nations:10
Gold:Chan Yui Chong
Goldnpc:HKG
Silver:Yao Fang
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Saysunee Jana
Bronzenpc:THA
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The women's épée B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 16 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.[1]

The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into two 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 Chan Yui Chong, representing .[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints THAHKGCHNHUNUKRESP
155025:55:15:35:05:05:1
254121:131:55:15:45:35:0
353219:203:51:55:35:45:3
452317:180:54:53:55:25:1
551414:210:53:54:52:55:1
65056:251:50:53:51:51:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints RUSCHNFRAITAHUNUSA
155025:125:45:35:15:35:1
254124:114:55:25:15:35:0
352317:213:52:55:25:42:5
452314:201:51:52:55:15:4
551416:233:53:54:51:55:3
651413:221:50:55:24:53:5

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: Women's épée B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.