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

Event:Men's sabre A
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:17 September
Competitors:19
Nations:12
Gold:Ye Ruyi
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Tian Jianquan
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Alberto Pellegrini
Bronzenpc:ITA
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's sabre A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 17 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.[1]

The competition began at a preliminary stage, with fencers divided into three pools for 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 ITAFRAPOLUSARUSESPKUW
165126:101:55:45:05:05:05:1
265127:155:12:55:25:15:35:3
364228:224:55:25:44:55:35:3
463321:240:52:54:55:25:35:4
563318:260:51:55:42:55:35:4
661517:270:53:53:53:53:55:2
760617:301:53:53:54:54:52:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNPOLHUNFRARUSGRE
155025:75:25:05:05:15:4
253219:182:52:55:35:45:1
353217:170:55:22:55:35:2
452317:180:53:55:24:55:1
552318:231:54:53:55:45:4
650512:254:51:52:51:54:5

Pool C

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNHKGGREUKRITAESP
155025:95:35:15:35:15:1
254123:123:55:25:05:35:2
353218:161:52:55:25:45:0
452315:193:50:52:55:35:1
551416:221:53:54:53:55:2
65056:251:52:50:51:52:5

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 A. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.