Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre

Women's sabre
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date1 August
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Medalists
   South Korea
   Russia
   Ukraine
Fencing at the
2012 Summer Olympics

Épée   men   women
Team épée women
Foil men women
Team foil men women
Sabre men women
Team sabre men

The women's individual sabre competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 1 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

South Korea's Kim Ji-Yeon won the gold medal. Thirty-two fencers from 24 countries competed.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal final for semifinal losers.[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 1 August 2012 09:00 Qualifications and finals

Results

Finals

Semi-finals Final
  Mariel Zagunis (USA)  13  
  Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)  15  
 
      Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)  15
    Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)  9
Bronze medal match
  Olha Kharlan (UKR)  12   Mariel Zagunis (USA)  10
  Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)  15     Olha Kharlan (UKR)  15

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Mariel Zagunis (USA) 15  
  Diah Permatasari (INA) 7       Mariel Zagunis (USA) 15  
  Seira Nakayama (JPN) 15       Seira Nakayama (JPN) 9  
  Léonore Perrus (FRA) 12         Mariel Zagunis (USA) 15  
  Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS) 15         Zhu Min (CHN) 6  
  Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ) 7       Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS) 11  
  Bianca Pascu (ROU) 10       Zhu Min (CHN) 15  
  Zhu Min (CHN) 15         Mariel Zagunis (USA) 13
  Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR) 15         Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR) 15
  Ursula González (MEX) 3       Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR) 15  
  Maria Belen Perez Maurice (ARG) 10       Gioia Marzocca (ITA) 7  
  Gioia Marzocca (ITA) 15         Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR) 15  
  Aleksandra Socha (POL) 15         Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE) 12  
  Sandra Sassine (CAN) 7       Aleksandra Socha (POL) 7       
  Louise Bond-Williams (GBR) 8       Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE) 15       
  Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE) 15  

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Olha Kharlan (UKR) 15  
  Margarita Tschomakova (BUL) 8       Olha Kharlan (UKR) 15  
  Alexandra Bujdoso (GER) 13       Sabina Mikina (AZE) 10  
  Sabina Mikina (AZE) 15         Olha Kharlan (UKR) 15  
  Chen Xiaodong (CHN) 15         Irene Vecchi (ITA) 9  
  Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN) 12       Chen Xiaodong (CHN) 10  
  Sophie Williams (GBR) 6       Irene Vecchi (ITA) 15  
  Irene Vecchi (ITA) 15         Olha Kharlan (UKR) 12
  Azza Besbes (TUN) 15         Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) 15
  Au Sin Ying (HKG) 13       Azza Besbes (TUN) 13  
  Salma Mahran (EGY) 6       Dagmara Wozniak (USA) 15  
  Dagmara Wozniak (USA) 15         Dagmara Wozniak (USA) 13  
  Lee Ra-Jin (KOR) 9         Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) 15  
  Alejandra Benitez (VEN) 15       Alejandra Benitez (VEN) 10       
  Lea Moutoussamy (ALG) 6       Sofya Velikaya (RUS) 15       
  Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) 15  


Results

Rank Fencer Country
1st, gold medalist(s) Kim Ji-Yeon South Korea
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sofiya Velikaya Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Olha Kharlan Ukraine
4 Mariel Zagunis United States
5 Vassiliki Vougiouka Greece
6 Irene Vecchi Italy
7 Zhu Min China
8 Dagmara Wozniak United States
9 Azza Besbes Tunisia
10 Yuliya Gavrilova Russia
11 Chen Xiaodong China
12 Gioia Marzocca Italy
13 Aleksandra Socha Poland
14 Sabina Mikina Azerbaijan
15 Alejandra Benitez Venezuela
16 Seira Nakayama Japan
17 Léonore Perrus France
18 Lee Ra-Jin South Korea
19 Sandra Sassine Canada
20 Alexandra Bujdoso Germany
21 Maria Belen Perez Maurice Argentina
22 Amira Ben Chaabane Tunisia
23 Yuliya Zhivitsa Kazakhstan
24 Salma Mahran Egypt
25 Bianca Pascu Romania
26 Au Sin Ying Hong Kong
27 Sophie Williams Great Britain
28 Ursula González Mexico
29 Louise Bond-Williams Great Britain
30 Margarita Tschomakova Bulgaria
31 Diah Permatasari Indonesia
32 Lea Moutoussamy Algeria

References

  1. Competition format, london2012.com.
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