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

Event:	Men's foil B
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:	4 September
Competitors:	15
Nations:	12
Gold:	Hu Daoliang
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Anton Datsko
Silvernpc:	UKR
Bronze:	Alim Latreche
Bronzenpc:	FRA
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The men's foil B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 4 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.^[1]

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.

The event was won by Hu Daoliang, representing .^[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		UKR	BRA	HKG	ITA	POL
1		4	3	1	16:9			1:5	5:2	5:0	5:2
2		4	3	1	18:13		5:1		3:5	5:4	5:3
3		4	2	2	16:16		2:5	5:3		4:5	5:3
4		4	2	2	14:17		0:5	4:5	5:4		5:3
5		4	0	4	11:20		2:5	3:5	3:5	3:5

Pool B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	CHN	HUN	RUS	USA
1		4	4	0	20:7			5:0	5:4	5:2	5:1
2		4	3	1	15:11		0:5		5:3	5:1	5:2
3		4	2	2	17:14		4:5	3:5		5:4	5:0
4		4	1	3	12:19		2:5	1:5	4:5		5:4
5		4	0	4	7:20		1:5	2:5	0:5	4:5

Pool C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	RUS	POL	BLR	ARG
1		4	4	0	20:5			5:3	5:1	5:1	5:0
2		4	3	1	18:7		3:5		5:0	5:2	5:0
3		4	2	2	11:16		1:5	0:5		5:4	5:2
4		4	1	3	12:15		1:5	2:5	4:5		5:0
5		4	0	4	2:20		0:5	0:5	2:5	0:5

Competition bracket

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing. London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5 October 2012. 16 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120916144212/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-fencing/schedule-and-results/. dead.
2. Web site: Men's foil B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.