Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
Men's épée at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Sydney Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
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Dates | 16 September | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||
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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.
Results
References
- ↑ "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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