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Sabre, Individual, Men

Date	21 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	39 from 20 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Romania’s Mihai Covaliu and Mathieu Gourdain of France surged to the final on a wave of upset victories. The Frenchman put out defending champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov and World team gold medallist Domonkos Ferjancsik to progress while Covaliu beat the second seed Damien Touya of France. The Romanian had competed without distinction in Atlanta and had never previously won a medal at a major international championship so it came as a shock when he bulldozed his way past Gourdain to the Olympic title. The final lasted just 1 minute 41 seconds.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	Gold
2	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA	Silver
3	Wiradech Kothny	GER	Bronze
4	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN
5	Damien Touya	FRA
6	Aleksey Frosin	RUS
7	Tonhi Terenzi	ITA
8	Dan Găureanu	ROU
9	Stanislav Pozdnyakov	RUS
10	Sergey Sharikov	RUS
11	Csaba Köves	HUN
12	Julien Pillet	FRA
13	Vadym Huttsait	UKR
14	Dennis Bauer	GER
15	Dzmitry Lapkes	BLR
16	James Williams	GBR
17	Zsolt Nemcsik	HUN
18	Luigi Tarantino	ITA
19	Raffaello Caserta	ITA
20	Fernando Medina	ESP
21	Jorge Pina	ESP
22	Rafał Sznajder	POL
23	Eero Lehmann	GER
24	Marcin Sobala	POL
25	Volodymyr Kaliuzhnyi	UKR
26	Norbert Jaskot	POL
27	Alberto Falcón	ESP
28	Florin Lupeică	ROU
29	Volodymyr Lukashenko	UKR
30	Keeth Smart	USA
31	Zhao Chunsheng	CHN
32	Lee Seung-Won	KOR
33	Laurent Waller	SUI
34	Akhi Spencer-El	USA
35	Igor Tsel	KAZ
36	Masashi Nagara	JPN
37	Diego Drajer	ARG
38	Cándido Maya	CUB
39	Mahmoud Samir	EGY

Round One

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	21 Sep		Stanislav Pozdnyakov	RUS				bye
Bout #2	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Zhao Chunsheng	CHN	15 – 10	Akhi Spencer-El	USA
Bout #3	21 Sep		Matthieu Gourdain	FRA				bye
Bout #4	21 Sep		Fernando Medina	ESP				bye
Bout #5	21 Sep		Julien Pillet	FRA				bye
Bout #6	21 Sep		Alberto Falcón	ESP				bye
Bout #7	21 Sep		Dan Găureanu	ROU				bye
Bout #8	21 Sep		Luigi Tarantino	ITA				bye
Bout #9	21 Sep		Csaba Köves	HUN				bye
Bout #10	21 Sep	Piste Green	Florin Lupeică	ROU	15 – 10	Cándido Maya	CUB
Bout #11	21 Sep		Volodymyr Kaliuzhnyi	UKR				bye
Bout #12	21 Sep		Tonhi Terenzi	ITA				bye
Bout #13	21 Sep		Vadym Huttsait	UKR				bye
Bout #14	21 Sep		Rafał Sznajder	POL				bye
Bout #15	21 Sep	Piste Green	Lee Seung-Won	KOR	15 – 13	Laurent Waller	SUI
Bout #16	21 Sep		Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN				bye
Bout #17	21 Sep		Sergey Sharikov	RUS				bye
Bout #18	21 Sep	Piste Red	Volodymyr Lukashenko	UKR	15 – 7	Masashi Nagara	JPN
Bout #19	21 Sep		Eero Lehmann	GER				bye
Bout #20	21 Sep		Wiradech Kothny	GER				bye
Bout #21	21 Sep		Aleksey Frosin	RUS				bye
Bout #22	21 Sep		Marcin Sobala	POL				bye
Bout #23	21 Sep	Piste Red	James Williams	GBR	15 – 13	Diego Drajer	ARG
Bout #24	21 Sep		Zsolt Nemcsik	HUN				bye
Bout #25	21 Sep		Raffaello Caserta	ITA				bye
Bout #26	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Dzmitry Lapkes	BLR	15 – 7	Mahmoud Samir	EGY
Bout #27	21 Sep		Norbert Jaskot	POL				bye
Bout #28	21 Sep		Mihai Covaliu	ROU				bye
Bout #29	21 Sep		Jorge Pina	ESP				bye
Bout #30	21 Sep		Dennis Bauer	GER				bye
Bout #31	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Keeth Smart	USA	15 – 5	Igor Tsel	KAZ
Bout #32	21 Sep		Damien Touya	FRA				bye

Round Two

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Stanislav Pozdnyakov	RUS	15 – 11	Zhao Chunsheng	CHN
Bout #2	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA	15 – 14	Fernando Medina	ESP
Bout #3	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Julien Pillet	FRA	15 – 12	Alberto Falcón	ESP
Bout #4	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Dan Găureanu	ROU	15 – 10	Luigi Tarantino	ITA
Bout #5	21 Sep	Piste Green	Csaba Köves	HUN	15 – 14	Florin Lupeică	ROU
Bout #6	21 Sep	Piste Green	Tonhi Terenzi	ITA	15 – 10	Volodymyr Kaliuzhnyi	UKR
Bout #7	21 Sep	Piste Green	Vadym Huttsait	UKR	15 – 14	Rafał Sznajder	POL
Bout #8	21 Sep	Piste Green	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN	15 – 4	Lee Seung-Won	KOR
Bout #9	21 Sep	Piste Red	Sergey Sharikov	RUS	15 – 11	Volodymyr Lukashenko	UKR
Bout #10	21 Sep	Piste Red	Wiradech Kothny	GER	15 – 8	Eero Lehmann	GER
Bout #11	21 Sep	Piste Red	Aleksey Frosin	RUS	15 – 12	Marcin Sobala	POL
Bout #12	21 Sep	Piste Red	James Williams	GBR	15 – 10	Zsolt Nemcsik	HUN
Bout #13	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Dzmitry Lapkes	BLR	15 – 9	Raffaello Caserta	ITA
Bout #14	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	15 – 12	Norbert Jaskot	POL
Bout #15	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Dennis Bauer	GER	15 – 14	Jorge Pina	ESP
Bout #16	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Damien Touya	FRA	15 – 8	Keeth Smart	USA

Round Three

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA	15 – 11	Stanislav Pozdnyakov	RUS
Bout #2	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Dan Găureanu	ROU	15 – 10	Julien Pillet	FRA
Bout #3	21 Sep	Piste Green	Tonhi Terenzi	ITA	15 – 14	Csaba Köves	HUN
Bout #4	21 Sep	Piste Green	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN	15 – 10	Vadym Huttsait	UKR
Bout #5	21 Sep	Piste Red	Wiradech Kothny	GER	15 – 14	Sergey Sharikov	RUS
Bout #6	21 Sep	Piste Red	Aleksey Frosin	RUS	15 – 8	James Williams	GBR
Bout #7	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	15 – 11	Dzmitry Lapkes	BLR
Bout #8	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Damien Touya	FRA	15 – 12	Dennis Bauer	GER

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	21 Sep	Piste Blue	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA	15 – 14	Dan Găureanu	ROU
Bout #2	21 Sep	Piste Green	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN	15 – 13	Tonhi Terenzi	ITA
Bout #3	21 Sep	Piste Red	Wiradech Kothny	GER	15 – 12	Aleksey Frosin	RUS
Bout #4	21 Sep	Piste Yellow	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	15 – 14	Damien Touya	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	21 Sep	Piste Final	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA	15 – 12	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN
Bout #2	21 Sep	Piste Final	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	15 – 12	Wiradech Kothny	GER

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	21 Sep	Piste Final	Mihai Covaliu	ROU	15 – 12	Matthieu Gourdain	FRA
Bout 3/4	21 Sep	Piste Final	Wiradech Kothny	GER	15 – 11	Domonkos Ferjancsik	HUN