Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's foil A explained

Event:Women's Individual Foil A
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL
Dates:4 September 2012
Competitors:12
Nations:8
Gold:Yu Chui Yee
Goldnpc:HKG
Silver:Baili Wu
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Bronzenpc:HUN

The women's individual foil A at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London took place on 4 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. This class was for athletes who had good trunk control and their fencing arm was not affected by their impairment.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

DateTimeRound
style=background:lemonchiffon rowspan=44 September 2012 09:30 Qualification
13:00 Quarterfinals
17:45 Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon18:30 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal

Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

During a qualification round-robin, bouts last a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete has scored five hits. There is then a knockout phase, in which bouts last a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete has scored 15 hits.

Results

Qualification

Pool A

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5 5 MAX 25 15 5–4 5–1 5–3 5–3 5–4
5 4 0.8 24 17 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–4 5–3
5 3 0.6 20 16 1–5 4–5 5–1 5–1 5–4
5 2 0.4 15 23 3–5 1–5 1–5 5–4 5–4
5 1 0.2 17 22 3–5 4–5 1–5 4–5 5–2
5 0 0 17 25 4–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 2–5

Pool B

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5 5 MAX 25 5 5–1 5–0 5–4 5–0 5–0
5 4 0.8 21 13 1–5 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–1
5 2 0.4 18 19 0–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–0
5 2 0.4 18 23 4–5 0–5 5–4 4–5 5–4
5 2 0.4 14 24 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4 2–5*
5 0 0 10 22 0–5 1–5 0–5 4–5 5–2*

Finals

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