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

Event:	Men's sabre B
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:	6 September
Competitors:	15
Nations:	11
Gold:	Grzegorz Pluta
Goldnpc:	POL
Silver:	Marc-André Cratère
Silvernpc:	FRA
Bronze:	Alessio Sarri
Bronzenpc:	ITA
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The men's sabre B 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 Grzegorz Pluta, representing .^[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		UKR	RUS	ITA	GRE	AUT
1		4	3	1	17:10			5:2	2:5	5:1	5:2
2		4	3	1	17:12		2:5		5:4	5:2	5:1
3		4	2	2	17:12		5:2	4:5		3:5	5:0
4		4	2	2	13:15		1:5	2:5	5:3		5:2
5		4	0	4	5:20		2:5	1:5	0:5	2:5

Pool B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		POL	CAN	FRA	ESP	HKG
1		4	4	0	20:8			5:1	5:3	5:2	5:2
2		4	3	1	16:11		1:5		5:1	5:2	5:3
3		4	2	2	14:13		3:5	1:5		5:2	5:1
4		4	1	3	11:18		2:5	2:5	2:5		5:3
5		4	0	4	9:20		2:5	3:5	1:5	3:5

Pool C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	GRE	RUS	POL	USA
1		4	4	0	20:6			5:2	5:2	5:1	5:1
2		4	2	2	16:13		2:5		5:3	4:5	5:0
3		4	2	2	15:15		2:5	3:5		5:2	5:3
4		4	2	2	13:17		1:5	5:4	2:5		5:3
5		4	0	4	7:20		1:5	0:5	3:5	3:5

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 B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.