| Event: | Men's épée A |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Green Convention Center |
| Dates: | 15 September |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: | Tian Jianquan |
| Goldnpc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Zhang Lei |
| Silvernpc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Radoslaw Stanczuk |
| Bronzenpc: | POL |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The men's épée A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 15 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 Tian Jianquan, representing .[2]
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | GRE | KUW | UKR | THA | ESP | ITA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29:22 | 4:5 | 5:4 | 5:4 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:2 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27:20 | 5:4 | 3:5 | 4:5 | 5:1 | 5:3 | 5:2 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25:18 | 4:5 | 5:3 | 1:5 | 5:4 | 5:0 | 5:1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24:19 | 4:5 | 5:4 | 5:1 | 0:5 | 5:2 | 5:2 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24:18 | 4:5 | 1:5 | 4:5 | 5:0 | 5:0 | 5:3 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13:26 | 3:5 | 3:5 | 0:5 | 2:5 | 0:5 | 5:1 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11:30 | 2:5 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 3:5 | 1:5 |
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | FRA | POL | UKR | ESP | GER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24:16 | 5:3 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 4:5 | 5:1 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22:15 | 3:5 | 5:2 | 4:5 | 5:2 | 5:1 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21:16 | 4:5 | 2:5 | 5:3 | 5:1 | 5:2 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21:20 | 3:5 | 5:4 | 3:5 | 5:2 | 5:4 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15:21 | 5:4 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 5:2 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10:25 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 4:5 | 2:5 |
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | HKG | ITA | POL | KUW | HUN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:9 | 5:2 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:0 | 5:0 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22:20 | 2:5 | 5:4 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:4 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21:15 | 4:5 | 4:5 | 3:5 | 5:0 | 5:0 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20:21 | 3:5 | 4:5 | 5:3 | 3:5 | 5:3 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13:19 | 0:5 | 3:5 | 0:5 | 5:3 | 5:1 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8:25 | 0:5 | 4:5 | 0:5 | 3:5 | 1:5 |