Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Exhibition Centre
Dates16 September
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Medalists
   Russia
   France
   South Korea
Fencing at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Épée men   women
Team épée men women
Foil men women
Team foil men women
Sabre men
Team sabre men

The men's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 September 2000. 42 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1]


Tournament results

Preliminary round

As there were more than 32 entrants in this event, ten first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 fencers.

 Meelis Loit (EST) 15–7  Wang Weixin (CHN)
 Aleksandr Poddubny (KGZ) 15–13  Andrus Kajak (EST)
 Michael Switak (AUT) 14–13  Sergey Shabalin (KAZ)
 Oleksandr Horbachuk (UKR) 15–14  Nelson Loyola (CUB)
 Mauricio Rivas (COL) 15–10  Nick Heffernan (AUS)
 Vladimir Pchenikin (BLR) 15–11  Jonathan Peña (PUR)
 Gerry Adams (AUS) 15–13  Carlos Pedroso (CUB)
 Laurie Shong (CAN) 15–8  David Nathan (AUS)
 Zhao Gang (CHN) 15–12  Muhannad Saif El-Din (EGY)
 Tamir Bloom (USA) 8–4  Andrey Murashko (BLR)

Main tournament bracket

The remaining field of 32 fencers competed in a single-elimination tournament to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match.

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Gold medal final
                                   
 Pavel Kolobkov
Russia
15  
 Meelis Loit
Estonia
9      Pavel Kolobkov
Russia
15  
 Lee Sang-Yeop
South Korea
15    Lee Sang-Yeop
South Korea
8  
 Vitaly Zhakarov
Belarus
14        Pavel Kolobkov
Russia
15  
 Ivan Trevejo
Cuba
15        Ivan Trevejo
Cuba
14  
 Aleksandr Poddubny
Kyrgyzstan
10      Ivan Trevejo
Cuba
15
 Alfredo Rota
Italy
15    Alfredo Rota
Italy
12  
 Michael Switak
Austria
11        Pavel Kolobkov Russia 13  
 Oleksandr Horbachuk
Ukraine
9        Lee Sang-Gi
South Korea
9  
 Jörg Fiedler
Germany
8      Oleksandr Horbachuk
Ukraine
11  
 Éric Srecki
France
15    Éric Srecki
France
15  
 Christoph Marik
Austria
10        Éric Srecki
France
14
 Lee Sang-Gi
South Korea
15        Lee Sang-Gi
South Korea
15  
 Marc-Konstantin Steifensand
Germany
8      Lee Sang-Gi
South Korea
15
 Mauricio Rivas
Colombia
15    Mauricio Rivas
Colombia
13  
 Kaido Kaaberma
Estonia
13        Pavel Kolobkov
Russia
15
 Peter Vánky
Sweden
15        Hugues Obry
France
12
 Vladimir Pchenikin
Belarus
9      Peter Vánky
Sweden
15  
 Paolo Milanoli
Italy
15    Paolo Milanoli
Italy
6  
 Angelo Mazzoni
Italy
13        Peter Vánky
Sweden
12  
 Hugues Obry
France
15        Hugues Obry
France
15  
 Jean-François Di Martino
France
12      Hugues Obry
France
15
 Gerry Adams
Australia
15    Gerry Adams
Australia
5  
 Iván Kovács
Hungary
14        Hugues Obry
France
15
 Attila Fekete
Hungary
14        Marcel Fischer
Switzerland
13  
 Laurie Shong
Canada
13      Attila Fekete
Hungary
8  
 Zhao Gang
China
15    Zhao Gang
China
9     Bronze medal final
 Oliver Kayser
Austria
12        Zhao Gang
China
10
 Marcel Fischer
Switzerland
13        Marcel Fischer
Switzerland
15      Lee Sang-Gi
South Korea
15
 Yang Noe-Seong
South Korea
12      Marcel Fischer
Switzerland
15    Marcel Fischer
Switzerland
14
 Arnd Schmitt
Germany
15    Arnd Schmitt
Germany
10  
 Tamir Bloom
United States
12  


Results

Rank Fencer Country
1st, gold medalist(s) Pavel Kolobkov Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hugues Obry France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lee Sang-Gi South Korea
4 Marcel Fischer Switzerland
5 Péter Vánky Sweden
6 Iván Trevejo Cuba
7 Éric Srecki France
8 Zhao Gang China
9 Arnd Schmitt Germany
10 Alfredo Rota Italy
11 Attila Fekete Hungary
12 Lee Sang-Yeop South Korea
13 Paolo Milanoli Italy
14 Mauricio Rivas Colombia
15 Gerry Adams Australia
16 Oleksandr Horbachuk Ukraine
17 Kaido Kaaberma Estonia
18 Jörg Fiedler Germany
19 Iván Kovács Hungary
20 Oliver Kayser Austria
21 Jean-François Di Martino France
22 Marc-Konstantin Steifensand Germany
23 Angelo Mazzoni Italy
24 Vitaly Zakharov Belarus
25 Yang Noe-Seong South Korea
26 Christoph Marik Austria
27 Michael Switak Austria
28 Laurie Shong Canada
29 Tamir Bloom United States
30 Meelis Loit Estonia
31 Vladimir Pchenikin Belarus
32 Aleksandr Poddubny Kyrgyzstan
33 Andrus Kajak Estonia
34 Carlos Pedroso Cuba
35 Nelson Loyola Cuba
36 Jonathan Peña Puerto Rico
37 Wang Weixin China
38 Andrey Murashko Belarus
39 Nick Heffernan Australia
40 Sergey Shabalin Kazakhstan
41 David Nathan Australia
42 Muhannad Saif El-Din Egypt

References

  1. "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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