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

Event:Men's épée B
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:15 September
Competitors:18
Nations:14
Gold:Hu Daoliang
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Mikalai Bezyazychny
Silvernpc:BLR
Bronze:Serhiy Shenkevych
Bronzenpc:UKR
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's épée B 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 Hu Daoliang, representing .[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints UKRBLRKORITACHNPOL
154124:174:55:15:35:45:4
254124:195:45:34:55:45:3
353219:191:53:55:25:45:3
452319:213:55:42:54:55:2
551421:244:54:54:55:44:5
651417:244:53:53:52:55:4

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints FRAUSACANCHNESPJPN
154123:123:55:15:35:25:1
254123:165:33:55:45:35:1
354121:171:55:35:45:25:3
452321:153:54:54:55:05:0
551412:212:53:52:50:55:1
65056:251:51:53:50:51:5

Pool C

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints UKRFRARUSGREUSAKUW
154123:153:55:35:25:35:2
254121:165:31:55:35:35:2
353220:153:55:12:55:35:1
452319:212:53:55:24:55:4
552319:233:53:53:55:45:4
650513:252:52:51:54:54:5

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 épée B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.