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

Event:Women's foil B
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:14 September
Competitors:12
Nations:10
Gold:Chan Yui Chong
Goldnpc:HKG
Silver:Yao Fang
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Ye Hua
Bronzenpc:CHN
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The women's foil B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 14 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 HKGCHNTHAHUNRUSUSA
154123:113:55:25:35:15:0
254124:135:34:55:35:25:0
354122:112:55:45:15:15:0
452317:193:53:51:55:45:0
551413:201:52:51:54:55:0
65050:250:50:50:50:50:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNHUNUKRFRAESPITA
155025:115:15:45:45:15:1
254121:161:55:35:35:25:3
353222:134:53:55:15:25:0
451417:234:53:51:54:55:3
551414:241:52:52:55:44:5
651412:241:53:50:53:55:4

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 foil B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.