| | Top level | Event type
Sabre, Team, Men – Final Round, Match 1/2
| Date | 17 August 2008 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Guojia Huiyi Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing (Piste Final) | |
| Format | First team to 45 touches. | |
| Referee | Marius Florea |  ROU |
| Referee | Zsolt Kaposvári |  HUN |
| Assistant Referee | Papa Khassoum Touré |  SEN |
| Assistant Referee | Phạm Anh Tuấn |  VIE |
| Details | Match Time: 4:27 | |
| Competitor | NOC | Team Touches Delivered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France |  FRA | 45 | |
| Nicolas Lopez • Julien Pillet • Boris Sanson | |||
| United States |  USA | 37 | |
| Tim Morehouse • Keeth Smart • James Williams | |||
France
| Pos | Competitor | Team Touches Delivered | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Lopez | 15 | – | – | ||||
| Julien Pillet | 15 | – | – | ||||
| Boris Sanson | 15 | – | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||
United States
| Pos | Competitor | Team Touches Delivered | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Morehouse | 7 | – | – | ||||
| Keeth Smart | 20 | – | – | ||||
| James Williams | 10 | – | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | Running score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 17 Aug | Julien Pillet | FRA | 5 – 1 | Tim Morehouse | USA | 5 – 1 | |
| Bout #2 | 17 Aug | Boris Sanson | FRA | 5 – 6 | Keeth Smart | USA | 10 – 7 | |
| Bout #3 | 17 Aug | Nicolas Lopez | FRA | 5 – 3 | James Williams | USA | 15 – 10 | |
| Bout #4 | 17 Aug | Boris Sanson | FRA | 5 – 1 | Tim Morehouse | USA | 20 – 11 | |
| Bout #5 | 17 Aug | Julien Pillet | FRA | 5 – 5 | James Williams | USA | 25 – 16 | |
| Bout #6 | 17 Aug | Nicolas Lopez | FRA | 5 – 5 | Keeth Smart | USA | 30 – 21 | |
| Bout #7 | 17 Aug | Boris Sanson | FRA | 5 – 2 | James Williams | USA | 35 – 23 | |
| Bout #8 | 17 Aug | Nicolas Lopez | FRA | 5 – 5 | Tim Morehouse | USA | 40 – 28 | |
| Bout #9 | 17 Aug | Julien Pillet | FRA | 5 – 9 | Keeth Smart | USA | 45 – 37 |