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Sabre, Individual, Men

Date	24 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants	36 from 18 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

36 sabre fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion was Áron Szilágyi of Hungary and the reigning World Champion was Oh Sang-Uk of South Korea. Szilágyi dominated all his bouts except the semi-final, when he closely won 15-13 against Sandro Bazadze of Georgia. Bazadze finally finished unfortunate fourth losing the bronze match against South Korean Kim Jeong-Hwan. Szilágyi easily won the final against Italian Luigi Samele. Oh Sang-Uk was beaten by Bazadze 15-13 in the quarter-finals.

Szilágyi had won the two previous Olympics and became the first fencer to win the Olympic men’s sabre title three times. This brought back memories of Hungary’s glory days in sabre when a Hungarian was the champion in nine consecutive Olympics (1924-1964). Since then, however, Hungary won the title only once (in 1992) until Szilágyi won in 2012.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	4	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	Gold
2	11	Luigi Samele	ITA	Silver
3	15	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	Bronze
4	8	Sandro Bazadze	GEO
5	1	Oh Sang-Uk	KOR
6	7	Kamil Ibragimov	ROC
7	19	Enrico Berrè	ITA
8	21	Ali Pakdaman	IRI
9	2	Eli Dershwitz	USA
10	5	Max Hartung	GER
11	13	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI
12	17	Mohamed Amer	EGY
13	23	Matyas Szabo	GER
14	24	Ziad El-Sissy	EGY
15	27	Mohammad Rahbari	IRI
16	30	Iulian Teodosiu	ROU
17	3	Luca Curatoli	ITA
18	6	Boladé Apithy	FRA
19	10	Gu Bon-Gil	KOR
20	9	Veniamin Reshetnikov	ROC
21	12	András Szatmári	HUN
22	14	Fares Ferjani	TUN
23	16	Daryl Homer	USA
24	18	Konstantin Lokhanov	ROC
25	20	Shaul Gordon	CAN
26	22	Xu Yingming	CHN
27	26	Benedikt Wagner	GER
28	25	Mohab Shawky	EGY
29	28	Tamás Decsi	HUN
30	31	Kaito Streets	JPN
31	32	Andrew Mackiewicz	USA
32	36	José Quintero	VEN
33	29	Kento Yoshida	JPN
34	33	Tomohiro Shimamura	JPN
35	34	Akram Bounabi	ALG
36	35	Sherzod Mamutov	UZB

Round One

Date	24 July 2021 — 9:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul		Oh Sang-Uk	KOR				bye
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Andrew Mackiewicz	USA	15 – 13	Tomohiro Shimamura	JPN
Bout #3	24 Jul		Mohamed Amer	EGY				bye
Bout #4	24 Jul		Daryl Homer	USA				bye
Bout #5	24 Jul		Veniamin Reshetnikov	ROC				bye
Bout #6	24 Jul		Ziad El-Sissy	EGY				bye
Bout #7	24 Jul		Mohab Shawky	EGY				bye
Bout #8	24 Jul		Sandro Bazadze	GEO				bye
Bout #9	24 Jul		Max Hartung	GER				bye
Bout #10	24 Jul		Tamás Decsi	HUN				bye
Bout #11	24 Jul		Ali Pakdaman	IRI				bye
Bout #12	24 Jul		András Szatmári	HUN				bye
Bout #13	24 Jul		Mojtaba Abedini	IRI				bye
Bout #14	24 Jul		Shaul Gordon	CAN				bye
Bout #15	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	José Quintero	VEN	15 – 13	Kento Yoshida	JPN
Bout #16	24 Jul		Áron Szilágyi	HUN				bye
Bout #17	24 Jul		Luca Curatoli	ITA				bye
Bout #18	24 Jul	Green Piste	Iulian Teodosiu	ROU	15 – 11	Sherzod Mamutov	UZB
Bout #19	24 Jul		Enrico Berrè	ITA				bye
Bout #20	24 Jul		Fares Ferjani	TUN				bye
Bout #21	24 Jul		Luigi Samele	ITA				bye
Bout #22	24 Jul		Xu Yingming	CHN				bye
Bout #23	24 Jul		Mohammad Rahbari	IRI				bye
Bout #24	24 Jul		Boladé Apithy	FRA				bye
Bout #25	24 Jul		Kamil Ibragimov	ROC				bye
Bout #26	24 Jul		Benedikt Wagner	GER				bye
Bout #27	24 Jul		Matyas Szabo	GER				bye
Bout #28	24 Jul		Gu Bon-Gil	KOR				bye
Bout #29	24 Jul		Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR				bye
Bout #30	24 Jul		Konstantin Lokhanov	ROC				bye
Bout #31	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kaito Streets	JPN	15 – 9	Akram Bounabi	ALG
Bout #32	24 Jul		Eli Dershwitz	USA				bye

Round Two

Date	24 July 2021 — 9:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Oh Sang-Uk	KOR	15 – 7	Andrew Mackiewicz	USA
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Mohamed Amer	EGY	15 – 11	Daryl Homer	USA
Bout #3	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Ziad El-Sissy	EGY	15 – 13	Veniamin Reshetnikov	ROC
Bout #4	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Sandro Bazadze	GEO	15 – 10	Mohab Shawky	EGY
Bout #5	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Max Hartung	GER	15 – 8	Tamás Decsi	HUN
Bout #6	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Ali Pakdaman	IRI	15 – 12	András Szatmári	HUN
Bout #7	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI	15 – 10	Shaul Gordon	CAN
Bout #8	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 7	José Quintero	VEN
Bout #9	24 Jul	Green Piste	Iulian Teodosiu	ROU	15 – 13	Luca Curatoli	ITA
Bout #10	24 Jul	Green Piste	Enrico Berrè	ITA	15 – 10	Fares Ferjani	TUN
Bout #11	24 Jul	Green Piste	Luigi Samele	ITA	15 – 12	Xu Yingming	CHN
Bout #12	24 Jul	Green Piste	Mohammad Rahbari	IRI	15 – 13	Boladé Apithy	FRA
Bout #13	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kamil Ibragimov	ROC	15 – 13	Benedikt Wagner	GER
Bout #14	24 Jul	Red Piste	Matyas Szabo	GER	15 – 8	Gu Bon-Gil	KOR
Bout #15	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 11	Konstantin Lokhanov	ROC
Bout #16	24 Jul	Red Piste	Eli Dershwitz	USA	15 – 9	Kaito Streets	JPN

Round Three

Date	24 July 2021 — 14:35
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Oh Sang-Uk	KOR	15 – 9	Mohamed Amer	EGY
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Sandro Bazadze	GEO	15 – 12	Ziad El-Sissy	EGY
Bout #3	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Ali Pakdaman	IRI	15 – 9	Max Hartung	GER
Bout #4	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 7	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI
Bout #5	24 Jul	Green Piste	Enrico Berrè	ITA	15 – 12	Iulian Teodosiu	ROU
Bout #6	24 Jul	Green Piste	Luigi Samele	ITA	15 – 7	Mohammad Rahbari	IRI
Bout #7	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kamil Ibragimov	ROC	15 – 13	Matyas Szabo	GER
Bout #8	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 9	Eli Dershwitz	USA

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 July 2021 — 15:55
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Sandro Bazadze	GEO	15 – 13	Oh Sang-Uk	KOR
Bout #2	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 6	Ali Pakdaman	IRI
Bout #3	24 Jul	Green Piste	Luigi Samele	ITA	15 – 10	Enrico Berrè	ITA
Bout #4	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 14	Kamil Ibragimov	ROC

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 2021 — 19:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Final Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 13	Sandro Bazadze	GEO
Bout #2	24 Jul	Final Piste	Luigi Samele	ITA	15 – 12	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR

Final Round

Date	24 July 2021 — 20:20

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	24 Jul 21:15	Final Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 7	Luigi Samele	ITA
Bout 3/4	24 Jul 20:20	Final Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 11	Sandro Bazadze	GEO