Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's foil A

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]

Men's foil A
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair fencing
VenueOlympic Green Convention Center
Dates14 September
Competitors19 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ye Ruyi  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Lei  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dariusz Pender  Poland
2004
2012

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.

The event was won by Ye Ruyi, representing  China. [2]

Results

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Preliminaries

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Pool A

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   CHN ITA KUW HUN ESP THA GER
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

Pool B

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   POL ITA FRA HUN KUW RUS
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

Pool C

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Rank Competitor MP W L Points   CHN HKG UKR POL RUS USA
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

Competition bracket

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's foil A". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2012.