Fencing 2016 Rio Olympic Review

Men’s Individual Epee

Five of the six seeded fighters came through the round of 32, with only Francisco Limardo (Venezuela) upsetting Daniel Jerent (France). In the round of 16, Enrico Garozzo (Italy) went out to Park Sang-young (South Korea), while Benjamin Steffen (Switzerland) edged Bohdan Nikishyn (Ukraine). Steffen continued his run by beating Yannick Borel (France) in the quarter-finals but lost to Park in the semis. Géza Imre (Hungary), who had conceded only nine points in his worst bout, eliminated Gauthier Grumier (France). Imre, at 41 years old, went 14-10 up needing only one point to win gold, but could not get the final touch as Park landed five straight shots.

🥇Park Sang-young 🇰🇷

🥈Géza Imre 🇭🇺

🥉Gauthier Grumier 🇫🇷

Men’s Team Epee

Number one seed, France got a massive win in the quarter-finals. The closest bout came as Hungary edged South Korea 45-42. In the semi-finals, Italy took a big win over Ukraine, while France beat Hungary. Hungary beat Ukraine into third, while France showed their dominance with another big win, taking gold by beating Italy.

🥇France 🇫🇷

🥈Italy 🇮🇹

🥉Hungary 🇭🇺

Men’s Individual Foil

Yuki Ota (Japan) was the clear favourite for the tournament but went out in the round of 32 to home favourite Guilherme Toldo (Brazil). He continued his run until the quarter-finals, where he come up against Daniele Garozzo (Italy). The Italian made it through to the final with a comfortable 15-8 win over Timur Safin (Russia). In the other half, Alexander Massialas (United States) beat Richard Kruse (Great Britain) 15-9 in the semi-final after edging Giorgio Avola (Italy), while Kruse had beaten Gerek Meinhardt (United States). Garozzo sealed the gold with a 15-11 victory.

🥇Daniele Garozzo 🇮🇹

🥈Alexander Massialas 🇺🇸

🥉Timur Safin 🇷🇺

Men’s Team Foil

The quarter-finals went to seeding, although there were two close battles as Russia edged Great Britain 45-43 and France beat China 45-42. France produced a massive upset win in the semi-final over Italy, winning 45-30. Another upset saw Russia beat the United States in the semi-final. France led the final through seven fencers 35-26, but Russia came flying back to take the 45-41 win.

🥇Russia 🇷🇺

🥈France 🇫🇷

🥉United States of America 🇺🇸

Men’s Individual Sabre

Aleksey Yakimento (Russia) went out in the first round, losing 15-14. In the second round, Kim Jung-hwan (South Korea) was pushed all the way but edged Sandro Bazadze (Georgia) 15-14. Compatriot Gu Bon-gil (South Korea) was defeated in the round of 16 by Mojtaba Abedini (Iran). Abedini also won in the quarter-final before being edged out in the semi-final 15-14 by Daryl Homer (United States). The other semi-final saw Jung-hwan take on Aron Szilágyi (Hungary). Szilágyi beat him 15-12 before dominating Homer in the final, winning 15-9.

🥇Aron Szilágyi 🇭🇺

🥈Daryl Homer 🇺🇸

🥉Kim Jung-hwan 🇰🇷

Women’s Individual Epee

The bottom half of the draw was blown open as two of the top three seeds went out in the round of 32. Tatiana Logunova (Russia) lost 15-14 to Nozomi Nakano (Japan), while Marie-Florence Candassamy (France) beat Xu Anqi (China). Emese Szász (Hungary) instead came through the section, beating Lauren Rembi (France), who beat home favourite Nathalie Moellhausen (Brazil). Ana Maria Brânză (Romania) was beaten by Choi In-jeong (South Korea) and Sun Yiwen (China) eliminated Sarra Besbes (Tunisia). In the final, Rossella Fiamingo (Italy) was 10-6 up on Szász. The Hungarian turned it around, winning 15-12 with a double touch.

🥇Emese Szász 🇭🇺

🥈Rossella Fiamingo 🇮🇹

🥉Sun Yiwen 🇨🇳

Women’s Team Epee

China looked the strongest in the first-round, with a big win over Ukraine. Romania edged the United States, with it coming down to the final touch. In the semi-final, they got a big 45-31 win over Russia, with China joining them in the final. Romania beat China 44-38 to take the gold medal.

🥇Romania 🇷🇴

🥈China 🇨🇳

🥉Russia 🇷🇺

Women’s Individual Foil

Pretty much all of the seeds took a big win in the first round except for Aida Shanayeva (Russia), who had to dig deep for a 15-13 win. Nzingha Prescod (United States), Lee Kiefer (United States) and Arianna Errigo (Italy) all went out in the round of sixteen, but it was a high-quality quarter-final lineup. The four expected names qualified for the semi-finals, where Inna Deriglazova (Russia) put a 15-3 beating on compatriot Shanayeva. Elisa Di Francisca (Italy) joined her in the final by beating Inès Boubakri (Tunisia). In the final, Deriglazova went 12-7 up on Di Francisca with a minute remaining, the Italian pulled it to the brink but was unable to land the final blow, losing 12-11.

🥇Inna Deriglazova 🇷🇺

🥈Elisa Di Francisca 🇮🇹

🥉Inès Boubakri 🇹🇳

Women’s Individual Sabre

Again, the expected names moved through the last 32, except for Shen Chen (China), who lost to Malgorzata Kozaczuk (Poland). Sofiya Velikaya (Russia) made her way through to the semi-finals, despite a tough challenge from Charlotte Lembach (France). Anna Márton (Hungary) was knocked out, so Manon Brunet (France) came through the second section. In the bottom half, the two-seeded fencers went through with Olha Kharlan (Ukraine) particularly impressing, conceding only 20 points over three contests. She was beaten 15-9 in the semi-final though by Yana Egorian (Russia). She was pitted against compatriot Velikaya and just managed to beat her 15-14.

🥇Yana Egorian 🇷🇺

🥈Sofiya Velikaya 🇷🇺

🥉Olha Kharlan 🇺🇦

Women’s Team Sabre

Italy was responsible for the only upset in the first-round as they beat third-seeded France. The United States only managed to edge past Poland, winning 45-43. The two semi-finals were closely fought contests. Russia had an early lead, but the United States pulled it back to lead 35-34. Russia fought back to take the contest 45-42. Ukraine beat Italy by the same score to make the final. In the final, Russia were dominant and took a huge win.

🥇Russia 🇷🇺

🥈Ukraine 🇺🇦

🥉United States of America 🇺🇸