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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	20 September 2000 — 9:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales / Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	40 from 23 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Though missing out on a medal at the 1996 Olympics, Kim Yeong-Ho of Korea had caused a major upset by defeating reigning World Champion Dmitry Shevchenko of Russia in Atlanta. Since then Kim had established himself as one of the world’s best and had won World Championship medals in 1997 and 1999. However his victory over Serhiy Holubytskiy of Ukraine was still a huge upset as the Ukrainian had completely dominated the event in the years since the Barcelona Olympics. Strangely the quarter final victory over the World Champion was Kim’s only clear victory of an entire campaign peppered with 15-14 and 15-13 wins.

It was one of the 15-14 victories that earned him the gold medal as Kim overcame Ralf Bißdorf in the final to become the first Asian male to win an Olympic fencing title.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	5	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	Gold
2	1	Ralf Bißdorf	GER	Silver
3	10	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	Bronze
4	4	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA
5	2	Salvatore Sanzo	ITA
6	3	Serhiy Holubytskyi	UKR
7	12	Richard Breutner	GER
8	25	Márk Marsi	HUN
9	8	Elvis Gregory	CUB
10	11	Cliff Bayer	USA
11	13	Matteo Zennaro	ITA
12	16	João Gomes	POR
13	18	Carlos Rodríguez	VEN
14	19	Rolando Tucker	CUB
15	24	Ye Chong	CHN
16	27	Sławomir Mocek	POL
17	6	Óscar García	CUB
18	7	Wolfgang Wienand	GER
19	9	Dong Zhaozhi	CHN
20	14	Benny Wendt	AUT
21	15	Ilgar Mamedov	RUS
22	17	Michael Ludwig	AUT
23	20	Daniele Crosta	ITA
24	21	Ryszard Sobczak	POL
25	22	Andrey Deyev	RUS
26	23	Adam Krzesiński	POL
27	28	Brice Guyart	FRA
28	29	James Beevers	GBR
29	30	Lionel Plumenail	FRA
30	41	Wang Haibin	CHN
31	32	Oleksiy Kruhliak	UKR
32	39	Abdul Muhsen Shahrayen	KUW
33	26	Naoto Okazaki	JPN
34	33	Oleksiy Bryzhalov	UKR
35	34	Gerald McMahon	AUS
36	35	Tamer Mohamed Tahoun	EGY
37	36	Marco Martins	BRA
38	47	Leandro Marchetti	ARG
39	38	Maher Ben Aziza	TUN
40	40	Andrey Kolganov	KAZ

Round One

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Sep		Salvatore Sanzo	ITA				bye
Bout #2	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Wang Haibin	CHN	15 – 9	Gerald McMahon	AUS
Bout #3	20 Sep		Carlos Rodríguez	VEN				bye
Bout #4	20 Sep		Ilgar Mamedov	RUS				bye
Bout #5	20 Sep		Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS				bye
Bout #6	20 Sep		Adam Krzesiński	POL				bye
Bout #7	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Abdul Muhsen Shahrayen	KUW	15 – 6	Naoto Okazaki	JPN
Bout #8	20 Sep		Elvis Gregory	CUB				bye
Bout #9	20 Sep		Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR				bye
Bout #10	20 Sep	Piste Green	Brice Guyart	FRA	15 – 6	Leandro Marchetti	ARG
Bout #11	20 Sep		Ryszard Sobczak	POL				bye
Bout #12	20 Sep		Cliff Bayer	USA				bye
Bout #13	20 Sep		Matteo Zennaro	ITA				bye
Bout #14	20 Sep		Daniele Crosta	ITA				bye
Bout #15	20 Sep	Piste Green	James Beevers	GBR	15 – 7	Marco Martins	BRA
Bout #16	20 Sep		Serhiy Holubytskyi	UKR				bye
Bout #17	20 Sep		Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA				bye
Bout #18	20 Sep	Piste Red	Lionel Plumenail	FRA	15 – 9	Tamer Mohamed Tahoun	EGY
Bout #19	20 Sep		Rolando Tucker	CUB				bye
Bout #20	20 Sep		Benny Wendt	AUT				bye
Bout #21	20 Sep		Richard Breutner	GER				bye
Bout #22	20 Sep		Andrey Deyev	RUS				bye
Bout #23	20 Sep	Piste Red	Sławomir Mocek	POL	15 – 2	Maher Ben Aziza	TUN
Bout #24	20 Sep		Óscar García	CUB				bye
Bout #25	20 Sep		Wolfgang Wienand	GER				bye
Bout #26	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Márk Marsi	HUN	15 – 13	Andrey Kolganov	KAZ
Bout #27	20 Sep		Ye Chong	CHN				bye
Bout #28	20 Sep		Dong Zhaozhi	CHN				bye
Bout #29	20 Sep		João Gomes	POR				bye
Bout #30	20 Sep		Michael Ludwig	AUT				bye
Bout #31	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Oleksiy Kruhliak	UKR	15 – 9	Oleksiy Bryzhalov	UKR
Bout #32	20 Sep		Ralf Bißdorf	GER				bye

Round Two

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Salvatore Sanzo	ITA	15 – 10	Wang Haibin	CHN
Bout #2	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Carlos Rodríguez	VEN	15 – 14	Ilgar Mamedov	RUS
Bout #3	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	15 – 8	Adam Krzesiński	POL
Bout #4	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Elvis Gregory	CUB	15 – 5	Abdul Muhsen Shahrayen	KUW
Bout #5	20 Sep	Piste Green	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	15 – 13	Brice Guyart	FRA
Bout #6	20 Sep	Piste Green	Cliff Bayer	USA	15 – 9	Ryszard Sobczak	POL
Bout #7	20 Sep	Piste Green	Matteo Zennaro	ITA	15 – 11	Daniele Crosta	ITA
Bout #8	20 Sep	Piste Green	Serhiy Holubytskyi	UKR	15 – 1	James Beevers	GBR
Bout #9	20 Sep	Piste Red	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA	15 – 8	Lionel Plumenail	FRA
Bout #10	20 Sep	Piste Red	Rolando Tucker	CUB	15 – 5	Benny Wendt	AUT
Bout #11	20 Sep	Piste Red	Richard Breutner	GER	15 – 10	Andrey Deyev	RUS
Bout #12	20 Sep	Piste Red	Sławomir Mocek	POL	15 – 9	Óscar García	CUB
Bout #13	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Márk Marsi	HUN	15 – 8	Wolfgang Wienand	GER
Bout #14	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Ye Chong	CHN	15 – 6	Dong Zhaozhi	CHN
Bout #15	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	João Gomes	POR	15 – 12	Michael Ludwig	AUT
Bout #16	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Ralf Bißdorf	GER	15 – 7	Oleksiy Kruhliak	UKR

Round Three

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Salvatore Sanzo	ITA	15 – 7	Carlos Rodríguez	VEN
Bout #2	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	15 – 14	Elvis Gregory	CUB
Bout #3	20 Sep	Piste Green	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	15 – 14	Cliff Bayer	USA
Bout #4	20 Sep	Piste Green	Serhiy Holubytskyi	UKR	15 – 12	Matteo Zennaro	ITA
Bout #5	20 Sep	Piste Red	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA	15 – 13	Rolando Tucker	CUB
Bout #6	20 Sep	Piste Red	Richard Breutner	GER	15 – 9	Sławomir Mocek	POL
Bout #7	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Márk Marsi	HUN	15 – 8	Ye Chong	CHN
Bout #8	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Ralf Bißdorf	GER	15 – 11	João Gomes	POR

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Sep	Piste Blue	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	15 – 14	Salvatore Sanzo	ITA
Bout #2	20 Sep	Piste Green	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	15 – 5	Serhiy Holubytskyi	UKR
Bout #3	20 Sep	Piste Red	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA	15 – 9	Richard Breutner	GER
Bout #4	20 Sep	Piste Yellow	Ralf Bißdorf	GER	15 – 13	Márk Marsi	HUN

Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Sep	Piste Final	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	15 – 14	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS
Bout #2	20 Sep	Piste Final	Ralf Bißdorf	GER	15 – 7	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA

Final Round

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	20 Sep	Piste Final	Kim Yeong-Ho	KOR	15 – 14	Ralf Bißdorf	GER
Bout 3/4	20 Sep	Piste Final	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	15 – 14	Jean-Noël Ferrari	FRA