| | Event type
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 | Seed | 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. |
Round Two
| Date | 26 July 2021 — 9:55 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round three. |
Round Three
| Date | 26 July 2021 — 13:35 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 26 Jul | Blue Piste | Sofiya Pozdnyakova (16) | ROC | 15 – 8 | Yang Hengyu (32) | CHN | |
| Bout #2 | 26 Jul | Blue Piste | Qian Jiarui (9) | CHN | 15 – 10 | Liza Pusztai (8) | HUN | |
| Bout #3 | 26 Jul | Yellow Piste | Olga Nikitina (12) | ROC | 15 – 13 | Anna Başta (28) | AZE | |
| Bout #4 | 26 Jul | Yellow Piste | Manon Brunet (4) | FRA | 15 – 12 | Misaki Emura (20) | JPN | |
| Bout #5 | 26 Jul | Green Piste | Zaynab Dayibekova (35) | UZB | 15 – 12 | Yun Ji-Su (14) | KOR | |
| Bout #6 | 26 Jul | Green Piste | Anna Márton (6) | HUN | 15 – 12 | Choi Su-Yeon (22) | KOR | |
| Bout #7 | 26 Jul | Red Piste | Mariel Zagunis (10) | USA | 15 – 12 | Kim Ji-Yeon (7) | KOR | |
| Bout #8 | 26 Jul | Red Piste | Sofya Velikaya (2) | ROC | 15 – 12 | Irene Vecchi (18) | ITA |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 26 July 2021 — 15:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 26 Jul | Blue Piste | Sofiya Pozdnyakova (16) | ROC | 15 – 12 | Qian Jiarui (9) | CHN | |
| Bout #2 | 26 Jul | Yellow Piste | Manon Brunet (4) | FRA | 15 – 5 | Olga Nikitina (12) | ROC | |
| Bout #3 | 26 Jul | Green Piste | Anna Márton (6) | HUN | 15 – 11 | Zaynab Dayibekova (35) | UZB | |
| Bout #4 | 26 Jul | Red Piste | Sofya Velikaya (2) | ROC | 15 – 8 | Mariel Zagunis (10) | USA |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 26 July 2021 — 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 26 Jul | Final Piste | Sofiya Pozdnyakova (16) | ROC | 15 – 10 | Manon Brunet (4) | FRA | |
| Bout #2 | 26 Jul | Final Piste | Sofya Velikaya (2) | ROC | 15 – 8 | Anna Márton (6) | HUN |
Final Round
| Date | 26 July 2021 — 19:50 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout 1/2 | 26 Jul 20:45 | Final Piste | Sofiya Pozdnyakova (16) | ROC | 15 – 11 | Sofya Velikaya (2) | ROC | |
| Bout 3/4 | 26 Jul 19:50 | Final Piste | Manon Brunet (4) | FRA | 15 – 6 | Anna Márton (6) | HUN |