The men's épée competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 9 August at the Carioca Arena 3.[1] There were 38 competitors from 20 nations. South Korea's Park Sang-young won the individual gold, the first victory for South Korea in the event after bronze medals in 2000 and 2012. Géza Imre took silver, Hungary's first medal in the event since 1996. Imre, at age 41, was the oldest individual fencing medalist since 1952.[2]Gauthier Grumier of France earned bronze.
This was the 27th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]
Five of the eight quarterfinalists from 2012 returned: gold medalist Rubén Limardo of Venezuela, bronze medalist Jung Jin-Sun of South Korea, fifth-place finisher Paolo Pizzo of Italy, sixth-place finisher Silvio Fernández of Venezuela, and seventh-place finisher Yannick Borel of France. Géza Imre of Hungary was the reigning (2015) World Champion; other World Champions competing in the event were Nikolai Novosjolov (2010 and 2013), Anton Avdeev (2009) and Pizzo (2011). France's Gauthier Grumier was the top seed in the tournament.[2]
No nations made their debut in the event, though one Kuwaiti athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Athlete. France and the United States each appeared for the 25th time, tied for most among nations.
Nations were limited to three fencers each from 1928 to 2004. However, the 2008 Games introduced a rotation of men's team fencing events with one weapon left off each Games; the individual event without a corresponding team event had the number of fencers per nation reduced to two. Men's épée was the second event this applied to, so each nation could enter a maximum of two fencers in the event in 2012. The team épée was back in 2016 (sabre the missing weapon for men), so the limit was three for 2016.
There were 35 dedicated quota spots for men's épée. The first 24 spots went to the 3 members of each of the 8 qualified teams in the team foil event. Next, 7 more men were selected from the world rankings based on continents: 2 from Europe, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Asia/Oceania, and 1 from Africa. Finally, 4 spots were allocated by continental qualifying events: 1 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia/Oceania, and 1 from Africa.
Additionally, there were 8 host/invitational spots that could be spread throughout the various fencing events. Brazil used 3 of those places in the men's épée, resulting in a total of 38 competitors.
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The épée competition, following the format introduced in 1996, consisted of a six-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.
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The men s epee competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 9 August at the Carioca Arena 3 1 There were 38 competitors from 20 nations South Korea s Park Sang young won the individual gold the first victory for South Korea in the event after bronze medals in 2000 and 2012 Geza Imre took silver Hungary s first medal in the event since 1996 Imre at age 41 was the oldest individual fencing medalist since 1952 2 Gauthier Grumier of France earned bronze Men s epeeat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadA bout during the competitionVenueCarioca Arena 3Date9 August 2016Competitors38 from 20 nationsMedalistsPark Sang young South KoreaGeza Imre HungaryGauthier Grumier France 20122020 In the final Imre led 14 10 before Park scored the final 5 points to win 15 14 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Top half 5 1 1 Section 1 5 1 2 Section 2 5 2 Bottom half 5 2 1 Section 3 5 2 2 Section 4 5 3 Finals 6 Results summary 7 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 27th appearance of the event which was not held at the first Games in 1896 with only foil and sabre events held but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900 2 Five of the eight quarterfinalists from 2012 returned gold medalist Ruben Limardo of Venezuela bronze medalist Jung Jin Sun of South Korea fifth place finisher Paolo Pizzo of Italy sixth place finisher Silvio Fernandez of Venezuela and seventh place finisher Yannick Borel of France Geza Imre of Hungary was the reigning 2015 World Champion other World Champions competing in the event were Nikolai Novosjolov 2010 and 2013 Anton Avdeev 2009 and Pizzo 2011 France s Gauthier Grumier was the top seed in the tournament 2 No nations made their debut in the event though one Kuwaiti athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Athlete France and the United States each appeared for the 25th time tied for most among nations Qualification editMain article Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification Nations were limited to three fencers each from 1928 to 2004 However the 2008 Games introduced a rotation of men s team fencing events with one weapon left off each Games the individual event without a corresponding team event had the number of fencers per nation reduced to two Men s epee was the second event this applied to so each nation could enter a maximum of two fencers in the event in 2012 The team epee was back in 2016 sabre the missing weapon for men so the limit was three for 2016 There were 35 dedicated quota spots for men s epee The first 24 spots went to the 3 members of each of the 8 qualified teams in the team foil event Next 7 more men were selected from the world rankings based on continents 2 from Europe 2 from the Americas 2 from Asia Oceania and 1 from Africa Finally 4 spots were allocated by continental qualifying events 1 from Europe 1 from the Americas 1 from Asia Oceania and 1 from Africa Additionally there were 8 host invitational spots that could be spread throughout the various fencing events Brazil used 3 of those places in the men s epee resulting in a total of 38 competitors Competition format editThe epee competition following the format introduced in 1996 consisted of a six round single elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then At the end of time the higher scoring fencer was the winner a tie resulted in an additional one minute sudden death time period This sudden death period was further modified by the selection of a draw winner beforehand if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute the predetermined draw winner won the bout Schedule editAll times are Brasilia Time UTC 03 00 Date Time RoundSunday 7 August 2016 9 0010 1512 3013 4516 0017 1517 45 Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medal matchFinalResults editTop half edit Section 1 edit Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter finals nbsp Gauthier Grumier FRA 15 nbsp Jiri Beran CZE 6 nbsp Athos Schwantes BRA 7 nbsp Athos Schwantes BRA 8 nbsp Gauthier Grumier FRA 15 nbsp Ayman Fayez EGY 9 nbsp Ruben Limardo VEN 5 nbsp Ayman Fayez EGY 15 nbsp Gauthier Grumier FRA 15 nbsp Kazuyasu Minobe JPN 8 nbsp Kazuyasu Minobe JPN 15 nbsp Marco Fichera ITA 8 nbsp Kazuyasu Minobe JPN 15 nbsp Anton Avdeev RUS 12 nbsp Anton Avdeev RUS 15 nbsp Bas Verwijlen NED 9Section 2 edit Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter finals nbsp Daniel Jerent FRA 14 nbsp Nicolas Ferreira BRA 9 nbsp Francisco Limardo VEN 15 nbsp Francisco Limardo VEN 15 nbsp Francisco Limardo VEN 12 nbsp Nikolai Novosjolov EST 15 nbsp Nikolai Novosjolov EST 12 nbsp Park Kyoung doo KOR 10 nbsp Nikolai Novosjolov EST 9 nbsp Geza Imre HUN 15 nbsp Gabor Boczko HUN 15 nbsp Alexandre Bouzaid SEN 9 nbsp Gabor Boczko HUN 8 nbsp Jhon Edison Rodriguez COL 15 nbsp Geza Imre HUN 15 nbsp Dmytro Karyuchenko UKR 7 nbsp Jhon Edison Rodriguez COL 8 nbsp Geza Imre HUN 15Bottom half edit Section 3 edit Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter finals nbsp Bohdan Nikishyn UKR 15 nbsp Guilherme Melaragno BRA 13 nbsp Jiao Yunlong CHN 11 nbsp Jiao Yunlong CHN 15 nbsp Bohdan Nikishyn UKR 14 nbsp Benjamin Steffen SUI 15 nbsp Jason Pryor USA 14 nbsp Benjamin Steffen SUI 15 nbsp Benjamin Steffen SUI 15 nbsp Yannick Borel FRA 10 nbsp Fabian Kauter SUI 15 nbsp Anatoliy Herey UKR 9 nbsp Fabian Kauter SUI 14 nbsp Andras Redli HUN 14 nbsp Yannick Borel FRA 15 nbsp Abdulaziz Al Shatti IOA 13 nbsp Andras Redli HUN 9 nbsp Yannick Borel FRA 15Section 4 edit Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter finals nbsp Vadim Anokhin RUS 15 nbsp Maxime Brinck Croteau CAN 14 nbsp Vadim Anokhin RUS 7 nbsp Max Heinzer SUI 15 nbsp Paolo Pizzo ITA 11 nbsp Max Heinzer SUI 15 nbsp Max Heinzer SUI 4 nbsp Park Sang young KOR 15 nbsp Pavel Sukhov RUS 11 nbsp Park Sang young KOR 15 nbsp Park Sang young KOR 15 nbsp Jung Jin sun KOR 15 nbsp Enrico Garozzo ITA 12 nbsp Silvio Fernandez VEN 8 nbsp Jung Jin sun KOR 11 nbsp Enrico Garozzo ITA 15Finals edit Semi finalsFinal nbsp Gauthier Grumier FRA 13 nbsp Geza Imre HUN 15 nbsp Geza Imre HUN 14 nbsp Park Sang young KOR 15 nbsp Benjamin Steffen SUI 9 nbsp Park Sang young KOR 15 Bronze medal match nbsp Gauthier Grumier FRA 15 nbsp Benjamin Steffen SUI 11Results summary editRank Fencer Nation nbsp Park Sang young nbsp South Korea nbsp Geza Imre nbsp Hungary nbsp Gauthier Grumier nbsp France4 Benjamin Steffen nbsp Switzerland5 Yannick Borel nbsp France6 Kazuyasu Minobe nbsp Japan7 Max Heinzer nbsp Switzerland8 Nikolai Novosjolov nbsp Estonia9 Enrico Garozzo nbsp Italy10 Bogdan Nikishin nbsp Ukraine11 Vadim Anokhin nbsp Russia12 Fabian Kauter nbsp Switzerland13 Gabor Boczko nbsp Hungary14 Ayman Fayez nbsp Egypt15 Anton Avdeev nbsp Russia16 Francisco Limardo nbsp Venezuela17 Daniel Jerent nbsp France18 Bas Verwijlen nbsp Netherlands19 Park Kyoung doo nbsp South Korea20 Pavel Sukhov nbsp Russia21 Ruben Limardo nbsp Venezuela22 Jason Pryor nbsp United States23 Alexandre Bouzaid nbsp Senegal24 Anatoliy Herey nbsp Ukraine25 Paolo Pizzo nbsp Italy26 Marco Fichera nbsp Italy27 Maxime Brinck Croteau nbsp Canada28 Andras Redli nbsp Hungary29 John Edison Rodriguez nbsp Colombia30 Jiao Yunlong nbsp China31 Jung Jin sun nbsp South Korea32 Athos Schwantes nbsp Brazil33 Jiri Beran nbsp Czech Republic34 Silvio Fernandez nbsp Venezuela35 Guilherme Melaragno nbsp Brazil36 Dmytro Karyuchenko nbsp Ukraine37 Nicolas Ferreira nbsp Brazil38 Abdulaziz Alshatti nbsp Independent Olympic AthletesReferences edit Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men s epee Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 14 August 2016 a b c d Epee Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 26 March 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men 27s epee amp oldid 1072762320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
