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

Event:Men's Individual Foil A
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL
Dates:4 September 2012
Competitors:16
Nations:10
Gold:Ye Ruyi
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Chen Yijun
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Richárd Osváth
Bronzenpc:HUN

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

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

DateTimeRound
style=background:lemonchiffon rowspan=54 September 2012 09:30 Qualification
12:00 Round of 16
14:30 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 lasted a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete had scored five hits. There was then a knockout phase, in which bouts lasted a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete had scored 15 hits.

Results

Qualification

Group A

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4 4 1.00 20 6 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–0
4 3 0.75 17 14 2–5 5–4 5–2 5–3
4 2 0.50 17 14 3–5 4–5 5–0 5–4
4 1 0.25 8 18 1–5 2–5 0–5 5–3
4 0 0.00 10 20 0–5 3–5 4–5 3–5

Group B

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4 3 0.75 18 9 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–0
4 3 0.75 19 13 5–34–5 5–4 5–1
4 2 0.50 16 16 3–5 5–4 3–5 5–2
4 2 0.50 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
4 4 0.00 6 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 3–5

Group C

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3 2 1 22 15 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–1 4–5
3 2 2 19 18 5–1 5–4 5–3 4–5 0–5
3 2 0.66 18 17 5–1 3–5 5–2 0–5 5–4
2 3 1.5 7 10 5–3 1–5 2–5 5–0 3–5
2 3 1.5 15 19 5–3 3–5 1–5 5–1 1–5
0 5 5 2 25 1–5 1–5 0–5 0–5 0–5

Finals

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