Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B

Men's sabre B at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair fencing
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Grzegorz Pluta  Poland Marc-André Cratère  France Alessio Sarri  Italy

The men's sabre B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 6 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.[1]

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

During a qualification round-robin, bouts lasted a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete had scored five hits. There was then a knockout phase, in which bouts lasted a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete had scored 15 hits.

The event was won by Grzegorz Pluta, representing  Poland. [2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		UKR	RUS	ITA	GRE	AUT
1	Anton Datsko (UKR)	4	3	1	17:10		x	5:2	2:5	5:1	5:2
2	Marat Yusupov (RUS)	4	3	1	17:12		2:5	x	5:4	5:2	5:1
3	Alessio Sarri (ITA)	4	2	2	17:12		5:2	4:5	x	3:5	5:0
4	Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE)	4	2	2	13:15		1:5	2:5	5:3	x	5:2
5	Manfred Bohm (AUT)	4	0	4	5:20		2:5	1:5	0:5	2:5	x

Pool B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		POL	CAN	FRA	ESP	HKG
1	Grzegorz Pluta (POL)	4	4	0	20:8		x	5:1	5:3	5:2	5:2
2	Pierre Mainville (CAN)	4	3	1	16:11		1:5	x	5:1	5:2	5:3
3	Marc-André Cratère (FRA)	4	2	2	14:13		3:5	1:5	x	5:2	5:1
4	Carlos Soler Marquez (ESP)	4	1	3	11:18		2:5	2:5	2:5	x	5:3
5	Tam Chik Sum (HKG)	4	0	4	9:20		2:5	3:5	1:5	3:5	x

Pool C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	GRE	RUS	POL	USA
1	Laurent Francois (FRA)	4	4	0	20:6		x	5:2	5:2	5:1	5:1
2	Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE)	4	2	2	16:13		2:5	x	5:3	4:5	5:0
3	Alexandr Kurzin (RUS)	4	2	2	15:15		2:5	3:5	x	5:2	5:3
4	Adrian Castro (POL)	4	2	2	13:17		1:5	5:4	2:5	x	5:3
5	Joseph Brinson (USA)	4	0	4	7:20		1:5	0:5	3:5	3:5	x

Competition bracket

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Laurent Francois (FRA)		9
	Alexandr Kurzin (RUS)		9			Marc-André Cratère (FRA)		15
	Marc-André Cratère (FRA)		15								Marc-André Cratère (FRA)		15
											Marat Yusupov (RUS)		13
						Pierre Mainville (CAN)		9
						Marat Yusupov (RUS)		15
																Marc-André Cratère (FRA)		8
																Grzegorz Pluta (POL)		15
						Anton Datsko (UKR)		13
						Alessio Sarri (ITA)		15
											Alessio Sarri (ITA)		10			Third place
	Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE)		15								Grzegorz Pluta (POL)		15
	Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE)		11			Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE)		9								Marat Yusupov (RUS)		7
						Grzegorz Pluta (POL)		15								Alessio Sarri (ITA)		15

References

1. "Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
2. "Men's sabre B". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2012.