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Sabre, Individual, Men

Date	10 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Arena Carioca 3, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	32 from 25 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

FIE’s third seeded Áron Szilágyi from Hungary defended his Olympic sabre title against American Daryl Homer. US Virgin Islands-born Homer missed another chance for the United States’ first gold medal in fencing since 1904. Homer already had to settle for silver at the 2015 World Championships. losing to Russia’s Aleksey Yakimenko, who did not survive his first bout in Rio. Top seeded Korean Kim Jeong-Hwan clinched the bronze medal beating Mojtaba Abedini from Iran. Abedini’s fourth place was the best placing of an Iranian fencer ever. In the semi-final he was edged out by Homer by just one point 14-15.

Pos	Seed	Competitor	NOC
1	–	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	Gold
2	–	Daryl Homer	USA	Silver
3	–	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	Bronze
4	–	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI
5	–	Tiberiu Dolniceanu	ROU
6	–	Vincent Anstett	FRA
7	–	Nikolay Kovalyov	RUS
8	–	Matyas Szabo	GER
9	–	Gu Bon-Gil	KOR
10	–	Max Hartung	GER
11	–	Aldo Montano	ITA
12	–	Aliaksandr Buikevich	BLR
13	–	Sandro Bazadze	GEO
14	–	Seppe Van Holsbeke	BEL
15	–	Vũ Thành An	VIE
16	–	Pancho Paskov	BUL
17	–	Aleksey Yakimenko	RUS
18	–	Diego Occhiuzzi	ITA
19	–	Eli Dershwitz	USA
20	–	Ali Pakdaman	IRI
21	–	Renzo Agresta	BRA
22	–	Andriy Yahodka	UKR
23	–	Joseph Polossifakis	CAN
24	–	Ilya Mokretsov	KAZ
25	–	Fares Ferjani	TUN
26	–	Tamás Decsi	HUN
27	–	Yémi Apithy	BEN
28	–	Kenta Tokunan	JPN
29	–	Sun Wei	CHN
30	–	Julián Ayala	MEX
31	–	Mohamed Amer	EGY
32	–	Yoandry Iriarte	CUB

Round One

Date	10 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	10 Aug 12:45	Blue Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 7	Yoandry Iriarte	CUB
Bout #2	10 Aug 13:05	Blue Piste	Sandro Bazadze	GEO	15 – 3	Renzo Agresta	BRA
Bout #3	10 Aug 13:25	Blue Piste	Aldo Montano	ITA	15 – 11	Fares Ferjani	TUN
Bout #4	10 Aug 13:45	Blue Piste	Nikolay Kovalyov	RUS	15 – 10	Tamás Decsi	HUN
Bout #5	10 Aug 12:45	Red Piste	Tiberiu Dolniceanu	ROU	15 – 7	Sun Wei	CHN
Bout #6	10 Aug 13:05	Red Piste	Seppe Van Holsbeke	BEL	15 – 12	Eli Dershwitz	USA
Bout #7	10 Aug 13:25	Red Piste	Aliaksandr Buikevich	BLR	15 – 6	Joseph Polossifakis	CAN
Bout #8	10 Aug 13:45	Red Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 9	Julián Ayala	MEX
Bout #9	10 Aug 12:45	Green Piste	Gu Bon-Gil	KOR	15 – 9	Mohamed Amer	EGY
Bout #10	10 Aug 13:05	Green Piste	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI	15 – 9	Andriy Yahodka	UKR
Bout #11	10 Aug 13:25	Green Piste	Vũ Thành An	VIE	15 – 12	Diego Occhiuzzi	ITA
Bout #12	10 Aug 13:45	Green Piste	Vincent Anstett	FRA	15 – 13	Kenta Tokunan	JPN
Bout #13	10 Aug 12:45	Yellow Piste	Max Hartung	GER	15 – 9	Yémi Apithy	BEN
Bout #14	10 Aug 13:05	Yellow Piste	Daryl Homer	USA	15 – 11	Ilya Mokretsov	KAZ
Bout #15	10 Aug 13:25	Yellow Piste	Matyas Szabo	GER	15 – 11	Ali Pakdaman	IRI
Bout #16	10 Aug 13:45	Yellow Piste	Pancho Paskov	BUL	15 – 14	Aleksey Yakimenko	RUS

Round Two

Date	10 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	10 Aug 14:35	Blue Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 14	Sandro Bazadze	GEO
Bout #2	10 Aug 14:55	Blue Piste	Nikolay Kovalyov	RUS	15 – 13	Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #3	10 Aug 14:35	Red Piste	Tiberiu Dolniceanu	ROU	15 – 13	Seppe Van Holsbeke	BEL
Bout #4	10 Aug 14:55	Red Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 12	Aliaksandr Buikevich	BLR
Bout #5	10 Aug 14:35	Green Piste	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI	15 – 12	Gu Bon-Gil	KOR
Bout #6	10 Aug 14:55	Green Piste	Vincent Anstett	FRA	15 – 8	Vũ Thành An	VIE
Bout #7	10 Aug 14:35	Yellow Piste	Daryl Homer	USA	15 – 12	Max Hartung	GER
Bout #8	10 Aug 14:55	Yellow Piste	Matyas Szabo	GER	15 – 6	Pancho Paskov	BUL

Quarter-Finals

Date	10 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	10 Aug 15:40	Blue Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 10	Nikolay Kovalyov	RUS
Bout #2	10 Aug 15:40	Red Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 10	Tiberiu Dolniceanu	ROU
Bout #3	10 Aug 15:40	Green Piste	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI	15 – 13	Vincent Anstett	FRA
Bout #4	10 Aug 15:40	Yellow Piste	Daryl Homer	USA	15 – 12	Matyas Szabo	GER

Semi-Finals

Date	10 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	10 Aug 18:30	Finals Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 12	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR
Bout #2	10 Aug 18:50	Finals Piste	Daryl Homer	USA	15 – 14	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI

Final Round

Date	10 August 2016

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout 1/2	10 Aug 20:45	Finals Piste	Áron Szilágyi	HUN	15 – 8	Daryl Homer	USA
Bout 3/4	10 Aug 19:50	Finals Piste	Kim Jeong-Hwan	KOR	15 – 8	Mojtaba Abedini	IRI