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

The men's individual foil A at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London took place on 4 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. This class is for athletes who have good trunk control and their fencing arm is not affected by their impairment.

Men's Individual Foil A
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL
Dates4 September 2012
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ye Ruyi  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chen Yijun  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richárd Osváth  Hungary

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
4 September 2012 09:30 Qualification
12:00 Round of 16
14:30 Quarterfinals
17:45 Semifinals
18:30 Final

Competition format

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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.

Results

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Qualification

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Group A

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Athlete B V V/B HS HD     China (CHN)   Russia (RUS)   Poland (POL)   Hungary (HUN)   Italy (ITA)
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 4 4 1.00 20 6 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–0
  Artur Yusupov (RUS) 4 3 0.75 17 14 2–5 5–4 5–2 5–3
  Dariusz Pender (POL) 4 2 0.50 17 14 3–5 4–5 5–0 5–4
  Gyula Mato (HUN) 4 1 0.25 8 18 1–5 2–5 0–5 5–3
  Matteo Betti (ITA) 4 0 0.00 10 20 0–5 3–5 4–5 3–5

Group B

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Athlete B V V/B HS HD     Hungary (HUN)   Hong Kong (HKG)   France (FRA)   Russia (RUS)   United States (USA)
  Richard Osvath (HUN) 4 3 0.75 18 9 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–0
  Chan Wing Kin (HKG) 4 3 0.75 19 13 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–1
  Ludovic Lemoine (FRA) 4 2 0.50 16 16 3–5 5–4 3–5 5–2
  Ivan Andreev (RUS) 4 2 0.50 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
  Mario Rodriguez (USA) 4 4 0.00 6 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 3–5

Group C

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Athlete B V V/B HS HD     Kuwait (KUW)   Ukraine (UKR)   Poland (POL)   France (FRA)   Hong Kong (HKG)   China (CHN)
  Andrii Demchuk (UKR) 3 2 1 22 15 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–1 4–5
  Ye Ruyi (CHN) 3 2 2 19 18 5–1 5–4 5–3 4–5 0–5
  Damien Tokatlian (FRA) 3 2 0.66 18 17 5–1 3–5 5–2 0–5 5–4
  Stefan Makowski (POL) 2 3 1.5 7 10 5–3 1–5 2–5 5–0 3–5
  Abdullah Alhaddad (KUW) 2 3 1.5 15 19 5–3 3–5 1–5 5–1 1–5
  Wong Tang Tat (HKG) 0 5 5 2 25 1–5 1–5 0–5 0–5 0–5

Finals

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 15
  Ludovic Lemoine (FRA) 14   Dariusz Pender (POL) 12
  Dariusz Pender (POL) 15   Chen Yijun (CHN) 15
  Richard Osvath (HUN) 13
  Wing Kin Chan (HKG) 6
  Richard Osvath (HUN) 15
  Chen Yijun (CHN) 5
  Ye Ruyi (CHN) 15
  Damien Tokatlian (FRA) 15
  Stefan Makowski (POL) 13   Artur Yusupov (RUS) 10
  Artur Yusupov (RUS) 15   Damien Tokatlian (FRA) 8 Third place match
  Ye Ruyi (CHN) 15
  Ye Ruyi (CHN) 6   Richard Osvath (HUN) 15
  Andrii Demchuk (UKR) 12   Ivan Andreev (RUS) 15   Damien Tokatlian (FRA) 7
  Ivan Andreev (RUS) 15
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