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

Event:	Men's sabre A
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:	6 September
Competitors:	15
Nations:	9
Gold:	Chen Yijun
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Tian Jianquan
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Chan Wing Kin
Bronzenpc:	HKG
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The men's sabre A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 6 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 Chen Yijun, representing .^[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		CHN	HKG	FRA	GBR	UKR
1		4	4	0	20:8			5:1	5:3	5:2	5:2
2		4	3	1	16:13		1:5		5:3	5:4	5:1
3		4	2	2	16:13		3:5	3:5		5:1	5:2
4		4	1	3	12:16		2:5	4:5	1:5		5:1
5		4	0	4	6:20		2:5	1:5	2:5	1:5

Pool B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		HKG	CHN	RUS	POL	GRE
1		4	4	0	20:10			5:3	5:3	5:2	5:2
2		4	3	1	18:8		3:5		5:2	5:1	5:0
3		4	2	2	15:13		3:5	2:5		5:2	5:1
4		4	1	3	10:17		2:5	1:5	2:5		5:2
5		4	0	4	5:20		2:5	0:5	1:5	2:5

Pool C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		GRE	RUS	POL	FRA	MAS
1		4	4	0	20:8			5:4	5:1	5:3	5:0
2		4	3	1	19:11		4:5		5:4	5:2	5:0
3		4	2	2	15:15		1:5	4:5		5:2	5:3
4		4	1	3	12:16		3:5	2:5	2:5		5:1
5		4	0	4	4:20		0:5	0:5	3:5	1:5

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 sabre A. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.