Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre

Women's sabre at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	1 August
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Medalists
Kim Ji-yeon  South Korea Sofiya Velikaya  Russia Olha Kharlan  Ukraine

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
	Olha Kharlan (UKR)	12
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15
					Bronze medal match
					Mariel Zagunis (USA)	10
					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
	María Belén Pérez 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 Benítez (VEN)		15			Alejandra Benítez (VEN)		10
	Lea Moutoussamy (ALG)		6			Sofya Velikaya (RUS)		15
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15

Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
	Kim Ji-yeon	South Korea
	Sofiya Velikaya	Russia
	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 Benítez	Venezuela
16	Seira Nakayama	Japan
17	Léonore Perrus	France
18	Lee Ra-Jin	South Korea
19	Sandra Sassine	Canada
20	Alexandra Bujdoso	Germany
21	María Belén Pérez 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 Archived 2013-01-27 at archive.today, london2012.com.