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Sabre, Individual, Women

Date	26 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 Yana Yegoryan of Russia but she was not in Tokyo. The reigning World Champion was Olha Kharlan of Ukraine but she was eliminated by Yang Hengyu of China in her first bout. In the all-Russian final, Sofiya Pozdnyakova beat her teammate Sofya Velikaya 15-11. In the bronze medal bout Manon Brunet from France beat Anna Márton from Hungary by 15-6.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	16	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	Gold
2	2	Sofya Velikaya	ROC	Silver
3	4	Manon Brunet	FRA	Bronze
4	6	Anna Márton	HUN
5	10	Mariel Zagunis	USA
6	9	Qian Jiarui	CHN
7	12	Olga Nikitina	ROC
8	35	Zaynab Dayibekova	UZB
9	8	Liza Pusztai	HUN
10	7	Kim Ji-Yeon	KOR
11	14	Yun Ji-Su	KOR
12	18	Irene Vecchi	ITA
13	20	Misaki Emura	JPN
14	22	Choi Su-Yeon	KOR
15	28	Anna Başta	AZE
16	32	Yang Hengyu	CHN
17	1	Olha Kharlan	UKR
18	3	Shao Yaqi	CHN
19	5	Eliza Stone	USA
20	11	Cécilia Berder	FRA
21	13	Theodora Gkountoura	GRE
22	15	Charlotte Lembach	FRA
23	17	Rossella Gregorio	ITA
24	19	Martina Criscio	ITA
25	21	Dagmara Wozniak	USA
26	24	Norika Tamura	JPN
27	23	Gabriella Page	CAN
28	25	Amira Ben Chaabane	TUN
29	26	Nada Hafez	EGY
30	27	Belén Pérez	ARG
31	29	C. A. Bhavani Devi	IND
32	31	Renáta Katona	HUN
33	30	Chika Aoki	JPN
34	34	Yasmine Daghfous	TUN
35	33	Kaouther Belkebir	ALG
36	36	Nadia Ben Azizi	TUN

Round One

Date	26 July 2021 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul		Olha Kharlan	UKR				bye
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Yang Hengyu	CHN	15 – 1	Kaouther Belkebir	ALG
Bout #3	26 Jul		Rossella Gregorio	ITA				bye
Bout #4	26 Jul		Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC				bye
Bout #5	26 Jul		Qian Jiarui	CHN				bye
Bout #6	26 Jul		Norika Tamura	JPN				bye
Bout #7	26 Jul		Amira Ben Chaabane	TUN				bye
Bout #8	26 Jul		Liza Pusztai	HUN				bye
Bout #9	26 Jul		Eliza Stone	USA				bye
Bout #10	26 Jul		Anna Başta	AZE				bye
Bout #11	26 Jul		Dagmara Wozniak	USA				bye
Bout #12	26 Jul		Olga Nikitina	ROC				bye
Bout #13	26 Jul		Theodora Gkountoura	GRE				bye
Bout #14	26 Jul		Misaki Emura	JPN				bye
Bout #15	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	C. A. Bhavani Devi	IND	15 – 3	Nadia Ben Azizi	TUN
Bout #16	26 Jul		Manon Brunet	FRA				bye
Bout #17	26 Jul		Shao Yaqi	CHN				bye
Bout #18	26 Jul	Green Piste	Zaynab Dayibekova	UZB	15 – 9	Chika Aoki	JPN
Bout #19	26 Jul		Martina Criscio	ITA				bye
Bout #20	26 Jul		Yun Ji-Su	KOR				bye
Bout #21	26 Jul		Cécilia Berder	FRA				bye
Bout #22	26 Jul		Choi Su-Yeon	KOR				bye
Bout #23	26 Jul		Belén Pérez	ARG				bye
Bout #24	26 Jul		Anna Márton	HUN				bye
Bout #25	26 Jul		Kim Ji-Yeon	KOR				bye
Bout #26	26 Jul		Nada Hafez	EGY				bye
Bout #27	26 Jul		Gabriella Page	CAN				bye
Bout #28	26 Jul		Mariel Zagunis	USA				bye
Bout #29	26 Jul		Charlotte Lembach	FRA				bye
Bout #30	26 Jul		Irene Vecchi	ITA				bye
Bout #31	26 Jul	Red Piste	Renáta Katona	HUN	15 – 6	Yasmine Daghfous	TUN
Bout #32	26 Jul		Sofya Velikaya	ROC				bye

Round Two

Date	26 July 2021 — 9:55
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Yang Hengyu	CHN	15 – 12	Olha Kharlan	UKR
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	15 – 12	Rossella Gregorio	ITA
Bout #3	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Qian Jiarui	CHN	15 – 8	Norika Tamura	JPN
Bout #4	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Liza Pusztai	HUN	15 – 12	Amira Ben Chaabane	TUN
Bout #5	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Anna Başta	AZE	15 – 9	Eliza Stone	USA
Bout #6	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Olga Nikitina	ROC	15 – 14	Dagmara Wozniak	USA
Bout #7	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Misaki Emura	JPN	15 – 8	Theodora Gkountoura	GRE
Bout #8	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Manon Brunet	FRA	15 – 7	C. A. Bhavani Devi	IND
Bout #9	26 Jul	Green Piste	Zaynab Dayibekova	UZB	15 – 10	Shao Yaqi	CHN
Bout #10	26 Jul	Green Piste	Yun Ji-Su	KOR	15 – 11	Martina Criscio	ITA
Bout #11	26 Jul	Green Piste	Choi Su-Yeon	KOR	15 – 11	Cécilia Berder	FRA
Bout #12	26 Jul	Green Piste	Anna Márton	HUN	15 – 12	Belén Pérez	ARG
Bout #13	26 Jul	Red Piste	Kim Ji-Yeon	KOR	15 – 4	Nada Hafez	EGY
Bout #14	26 Jul	Red Piste	Mariel Zagunis	USA	15 – 3	Gabriella Page	CAN
Bout #15	26 Jul	Red Piste	Irene Vecchi	ITA	15 – 11	Charlotte Lembach	FRA
Bout #16	26 Jul	Red Piste	Sofya Velikaya	ROC	15 – 4	Renáta Katona	HUN

Round Three

Date	26 July 2021 — 13:35
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	15 – 8	Yang Hengyu	CHN
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Qian Jiarui	CHN	15 – 10	Liza Pusztai	HUN
Bout #3	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Olga Nikitina	ROC	15 – 13	Anna Başta	AZE
Bout #4	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Manon Brunet	FRA	15 – 12	Misaki Emura	JPN
Bout #5	26 Jul	Green Piste	Zaynab Dayibekova	UZB	15 – 12	Yun Ji-Su	KOR
Bout #6	26 Jul	Green Piste	Anna Márton	HUN	15 – 12	Choi Su-Yeon	KOR
Bout #7	26 Jul	Red Piste	Mariel Zagunis	USA	15 – 12	Kim Ji-Yeon	KOR
Bout #8	26 Jul	Red Piste	Sofya Velikaya	ROC	15 – 12	Irene Vecchi	ITA

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 2021 — 15:25
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	15 – 12	Qian Jiarui	CHN
Bout #2	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Manon Brunet	FRA	15 – 5	Olga Nikitina	ROC
Bout #3	26 Jul	Green Piste	Anna Márton	HUN	15 – 11	Zaynab Dayibekova	UZB
Bout #4	26 Jul	Red Piste	Sofya Velikaya	ROC	15 – 8	Mariel Zagunis	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 2021 — 18:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Final Piste	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	15 – 10	Manon Brunet	FRA
Bout #2	26 Jul	Final Piste	Sofya Velikaya	ROC	15 – 8	Anna Márton	HUN

Final Round

Date	26 July 2021 — 19:50

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	26 Jul 20:45	Final Piste	Sofiya Pozdnyakova	ROC	15 – 11	Sofya Velikaya	ROC
Bout 3/4	26 Jul 19:50	Final Piste	Manon Brunet	FRA	15 – 6	Anna Márton	HUN