Men's foil A at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Green Convention Center | ||||||||||||
Dates | 14 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wheelchair Fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Épée A | men | women |
Épée B | men | women |
Foil A | men | women |
Foil B | men | women |
Sabre A | men | |
Sabre B | men | |
The men's foil A wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 14 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center. [1]
The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into three pools and played a round robin tournament. In this stage, the winner of a bout was the first person to score five hits or the person with the highest score at the end of four minutes. Next was a knock-out stage, where fencers competed in three three-minute bouts with a one-minute break between each. The winner was the first to reach fifteen hits, or the one with the highest score at the end of the last bout. In the event of a tie, another one-minute bout was held, with the winner being the first to score a hit.
Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | ITA | KUW | HUN | ESP | THA | GER | |
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1 | Zhang Lei (CHN) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30:2 | x | 5:0 | 5:0 | 5:1 | 5:0 | 5:1 | 5:0 | |
2 | Matteo Betti (ITA) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25:9 | 0:5 | x | 5:0 | 5:0 | 5:0 | 5:2 | 5:2 | |
3 | Tariq Alqallaf (KUW) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20:16 | 0:5 | 0:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:0 | 5:1 | 5:1 | |
4 | Gabor Horvath (HUN) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20:21 | 1:5 | 0:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:1 | 5:1 | |
5 | Fernando Granell (ESP) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14:27 | 0:5 | 0:5 | 0:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:3 | |
6 | Korakod Saengsawang (THA) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14:28 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:3 | |
7 | Christian Andree (GER) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10:30 | 0:5 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 3:5 | 3:5 | x |
Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | POL | ITA | FRA | HUN | KUW | RUS | |
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1 | Dariusz Pender (POL) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:10 | x | 5:2 | 5:4 | 5:1 | 5:3 | 5:0 | |
2 | Alberto Pellegrini (ITA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22:12 | 2:5 | x | 5:1 | 5:1 | 5:4 | 5:1 | |
3 | David Maillard (FRA) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19:18 | 4:5 | 1:5 | x | 5:2 | 5:1 | 4:5 | |
4 | Gyula Mato (HUN) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14:20 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | x | 5:1 | 5:4 | |
5 | Abdullah Alhaddad (KUW) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14:22 | 3:5 | 4:5 | 1:5 | 1:5 | x | 5:2 | |
6 | Ivan Andreev (RUS) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12:24 | 0:5 | 1:5 | 5:4 | 4:5 | 2:5 | x |
Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | HKG | UKR | POL | RUS | USA | |
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1 | Ye Ruyi (CHN) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:6 | x | 5:2 | 5:0 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 5:1 | |
2 | Chan Wing Kin (HKG) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22:11 | 2:5 | x | 5:3 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 5:0 | |
3 | Mykhaylo Bazhukov (UKR) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16:17 | 0:5 | 3:5 | x | 3:5 | 5:1 | 5:1 | |
4 | Stefan Makowski (POL) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16:22 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 5:3 | x | 5:4 | 4:5 | |
5 | Sergey Frolov (RUS) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14:24 | 2:5 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:4 | |
6 | Mark Calhoun (USA) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11:24 | 1:5 | 0:5 | 1:5 | 5:4 | 4:5 | x |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Zhang Lei (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gabor Horvath (HUN) | 3 | David Maillard (FRA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
David Maillard (FRA) | 15 | Zhang Lei (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Chan Wing Kin (HKG) | 15 | Chan Wing Kin (HKG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Gyula Mato (HUN) | 11 | Chan Wing Kin (HKG) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Fernando Granell (ESP) | 5 | Matteo Betti (ITA) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Matteo Betti (ITA) | 15 | Zhang Lei (CHN) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Dariusz Pender (POL) | 15 | Ye Ruyi (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Abdullah Alhaddad (KUW) | 6 | Dariusz Pender (POL) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Alberto Pellegrini (ITA) | 15 | Alberto Pellegrini (ITA) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Stefan Makowski (POL) | 10 | Dariusz Pender (POL) | 4 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Tariq Alqallaf (KUW) | 15 | Ye Ruyi (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Mykhaylo Bazhukov (UKR) | 9 | Tariq Alqallaf (KUW) | 6 | Chan Wing Kin (HKG) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Sergey Frolov (RUS) | 9 | Ye Ruyi (CHN) | 15 | Dariusz Pender (POL) | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Ye Ruyi (CHN) | 15 |
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