Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre

Women's sabre at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	9 August 2008
Competitors	39 from 20 nations
Medalists
Mariel Zagunis   United States   Sada Jacobson   United States   Rebecca Ward   United States

Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée		men
Foil		men		women
Team foil				women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men		women

The women's sabre fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 9 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

The sabre competition consisted of a five-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Sada Jacobson (USA)	15
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	11
					Sada Jacobson (USA)	8
					Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
					Bronze medal match
	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15		Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	14
	Rebecca Ward (USA)	11			Rebecca Ward (USA)	15

Section 1

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						1	Sada Jacobson (USA)	15
	33	Nafi Toure (SEN)	7			32	Mailyn González (CUB)	11
	32	Mailyn González (CUB)	15								1	Sada Jacobson (USA)	15
											16	Olga Kharlan (UKR)	13
						17	Gioia Marzocca (ITA)	8
						16	Olga Kharlan (UKR)	15
																1	Sada Jacobson (USA)	15
																25	Olena Khomrova (UKR)	11
						9	Ekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)	15
						24	Madoka Hisagae (JPN)	10
											9	Ekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)	14
											25	Olena Khomrova (UKR)	15
						25	Olena Khomrova (UKR)	15
						8	Aleksandra Socha (POL)	11

Section 2

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						5	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15
	37	Adele du Plooy (RSA)	7			28	Halyna Pundyk (UKR)	7
	28	Halyna Pundyk (UKR)	15								5	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15
											12	Ilaria Bianco (ITA)	6
						21	Huang Haiyang (CHN)	12
						12	Ilaria Bianco (ITA)	15
																5	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15
																4	Xue Tan (CHN)	9
						13	Kim Keum-Hwa (KOR)	15
						20	Carole Vergne (FRA)	14
											13	Kim Keum-Hwa (KOR)	8
	29	Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)	15								4	Xue Tan (CHN)	15
	36	Julie Cloutier (CAN)	2			29	Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)	6
						4	Xue Tan (CHN)	15

Section 3

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						3	Elena Nechaeva (RUS)	12
	35	Siobhan Claire Byrne (IRL)	8			30	Irena Więckowska (POL)	15
	30	Irena Więckowska (POL)	15								30	Irena Więckowska (POL)	6
											14	Bao Yingying (CHN)	15
						19	Chow Tsz Ki (HKG)	5
						14	Bao Yingying (CHN)	15
																14	Bao Yingying (CHN)	9
																6	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
						11	Bogna Jóźwiak (POL)	15
						22	Alejandra Benitez (VEN)	11
											11	Bogna Jóźwiak (POL)	13
	27	Sandra Sassine (CAN)	15								6	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
	38	Elvira Wood (RSA)	2			27	Sandra Sassine (CAN)	10
						6	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15

Section 4

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						7	Léonore Perrus (FRA)	11
	39	Jyoti Chetty (RSA)	2			26	Azza Besbes (TUN)	15
	26	Azza Besbes (TUN)	15								26	Azza Besbes (TUN)	15
											23	Olga Ovtchinnikova (CAN)	12
						23	Olga Ovtchinnikova (CAN)	15
						10	Lee Shin-Mi (KOR)	13
																26	Azza Besbes (TUN)	14
																2	Rebecca Ward (USA)	15
						15	Anne-Lise Touya (FRA)	13
						18	Orsolya Nagy (HUN)	15
											18	Orsolya Nagy (HUN)	5
	31	Angélica Larios (MEX)	4								2	Rebecca Ward (USA)	15
	34	Araceli Navarro (ESP)	15			34	Araceli Navarro (ESP)	7(WD)
						2	Rebecca Ward (USA)	12

Final classification

Rank	Athlete	Nation
01 !	Zagunis, MarielMariel Zagunis	United States
02 !	Jacobson, SadaSada Jacobson	United States
03 !	Ward, RebeccaRebecca Ward	United States
04 !4	Velikaya, SofiyaSofiya Velikaya	Russia
05 !5	Tan, XueXue Tan	China
06 !6	Bao, YingyingYingying Bao	China
07 !7	Besbes, AzzaAzza Besbes	Tunisia
08 !8	Khomrova, OlenaOlena Khomrova	Ukraine
09 !9	Dyachenko, EkaterinaEkaterina Dyachenko	Russia
10	Jóźwiak, BognaBogna Jóźwiak	Poland
11	Bianco, IlariaIlaria Bianco	Italy
12	Kim, Keum-HwaKeum-Hwa Kim	South Korea
13	Kharlan, OlgaOlga Kharlan	Ukraine
14	Nagy , OrsolyaOrsolya Nagy	Hungary
15	Ovtchinnikova, OlgaOlga Ovtchinnikova	Canada
16	Więckowska, IrenaIrena Więckowska	Poland
17	Nechaeva, ElenaElena Nechaeva	Russia
18	Socha, AleksandraAleksandra Socha	Poland
19	Perrus, LéonoreLéonore Perrus	France
20	Lee, Shin-MiShin-Mi Lee	South Korea
21	Touya, Anne-LiseAnne-Lise Touya	France
22	Marzocca, GioiaGioia Marzocca	Italy
23	Chow, Tsz KiTsz Ki Chow	Hong Kong
24	Vergne, CaroleCarole Vergne	France
25	Huang, HaiyangHaiyang Huang	China
26	Benitez, AlejandraAlejandra Benitez	Venezuela
27	Hisagae, MadokaMadoka Hisagae	Japan
28	Sassine, SandraSandra Sassine	Canada
29	Pundyk, HalynaHalyna Pundyk	Ukraine
30	Bujdoso, AlexandraAlexandra Bujdoso	Germany
31	González, MailynMailyn González	Cuba
32	Navarro, AraceliAraceli Navarro	Spain
33	Larios, AngélicaAngélica Larios	Mexico
34	Toure, NafiNafi Toure	Senegal
35	Cloutier, JulieJulie Cloutier	Canada
36	Byrne, Siobhan ClaireSiobhan Claire Byrne	Ireland
37	du Plooy, AdeleAdele du Plooy	South Africa
38	Wood, ElviraElvira Wood	South Africa
39	Chetty, JyotiJyoti Chetty	South Africa

References

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