Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July
Competitors	37 from 20 nations
Medalists
Áron Szilágyi   Hungary   Diego Occhiuzzi   Italy   Nikolay Kovalev   Russia

Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée				women
Foil		men		women
Team foil		men		women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men

The men's sabre competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 29 July at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Hungary's Áron Szilágyi won the gold medal, beating Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy won took silver. Nikolay Kovalev from Russia won the bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)	7
	Áron Szilágyi (HUN)	15
					Áron Szilágyi (HUN)	15
					Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)	8
					Bronze medal match
	Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)	15		Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)	15
	Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)	11			Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)	10

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Nicolas Limbach (GER)		15
	Lam Hin Chung (HKG)		10			Adam Skrodzki (POL)		8
	Adam Skrodzki (POL)		15								Nicolas Limbach (GER)		15
											Benedikt Wagner (GER)		7
						Renzo Agresta (BRA)		6
						Benedikt Wagner (GER)		15
																Nicolas Limbach (GER)		12
																Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)		15
						Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)		15
						James Williams (USA)		12
											Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)		15
											Won Woo-young (KOR)		11
						Wang Jingzhi (CHN)		6
						Won Woo-young (KOR)		15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Áron Szilágyi (HUN)		15
	Yu Peng Kean (MAS)		15			Yu Peng Kean (MAS)		1
	Mannad Zeid (EGY)		12								Áron Szilágyi (HUN)		15
											Zhong Man (CHN)		10
						Zhong Man (CHN)		15
						Kim Jung-hwan (KOR)		14
																Áron Szilágyi (HUN)		15
																Max Hartung (GER)		13
						Luigi Tarantino (ITA)		14
						Max Hartung (GER)		15
											Max Hartung (GER)		15
	Florin Zalomir (ROU)		15								Gu Bon-gil (KOR)		14
	Mojtaba Abedini (IRI)		7			Florin Zalomir (ROU)		12
						Gu Bon-gil (KOR)		15

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Aldo Montano (ITA)		15
	James Honeybone (GBR)		9			Valery Pryiemka (BLR)		9
	Valery Pryiemka (BLR)		15								Aldo Montano (ITA)		13
											Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)		15
						Liu Xiao (CHN)		9
						Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)		15
																Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)		15
																Tim Morehouse (USA)		9
						Dmitry Lapkes (BLR)		15
						Philippe Beaudry (CAN)		10
											Dmitry Lapkes (BLR)		13
											Tim Morehouse (USA)		15
						Tim Morehouse (USA)		15
						Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS)		6

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)		15
						Dmytro Boyko (UKR)		12
											Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)		15
											Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR)		6
						Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR)		15
						Bolade Apithy (FRA)		11
																Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU)		15
																Daryl Homer (USA)		13
						Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU)		11
						Daryl Homer (USA)		15
											Daryl Homer (USA)		15
	Hicheim Samandi (TUN)		13								Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS)		14
	Hernan Jansen (VEN)		15			Hernan Jansen (VEN)		4
						Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS)		15

Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
01 !	Áron Szilágyi	Hungary
02 !	Diego Occhiuzzi	Italy
03 !	Nikolay Kovalev	Russia
4	Rareş Dumitrescu	Romania
5	Nicolas Limbach	Germany
6	Daryl Homer	United States
7	Max Hartung	Germany
8	Tim Morehouse	United States
9	Aleksey Yakimenko	Russia
10	Gu Bon-Gil	South Korea
11	Aldo Montano	Italy
12	Won Woo-young	South Korea
13	Dmitry Lapkes	Belarus
14	Benedikt Wagner	Germany
15	Zhong Man	China
16	Aliaksandr Buikevich	Belarus
17	Veniamin Reshetnikov	Russia
18	Bolade Apithy	France
19	Kim Jung-hwan	South Korea
20	Luigi Tarantino	Italy
21	Tiberiu Dolniceanu	Romania
22	Renzo Agresta	Brazil
23	Liu Xiao	China
24	Philippe Beaudry	Canada
25	James Williams	United States
26	Dmytro Boyko	Ukraine
27	Wang Jingzhi	China
28	Valery Pryiemka	Belarus
29	Florin Zalomir	Romania
30	Adam Skrodzki	Poland
31	Hernán Jansen	Venezuela
32	Yu Peng Kean	Malaysia
33	Mannad Zeid	Egypt
34	Hichem Samandi	Tunisia
35	Lam Hin Chung	Hong Kong
36	James Honeybone	Great Britain
37	Mojtaba Abedini	Iran

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