Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 September 2000. 42 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1]

Men's épée
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Exhibition Centre
Dates16 September
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Medalists
Pavel Kolobkov  Russia
Hugues Obry  France
Lee Sang-Gi  South Korea

Competitors

Athlete Nation
Wang Weixin China
Andrus Kajak Estonia
Sergey Shabalin Kazakhstan
Nelson Loyola Cuba
Nick Heffernan Australia
Jonathan Peña Puerto Rico
Carlos Pedroso Cuba
David Nathan Australia
Muhannad Saif El-Din Egypt
Andrey Murashko Belarus
Pavel Kolobkov Russia
Meelis Loit Estonia
Lee Sang-Yeop South Korea
Vitaly Zhakarov Belarus
Ivan trevejo Cuba
Aleksandr Poddubny Kyrgyzstan
Alfredo Rota Italy
Michael Switak Austria
Oleksandr Horbachuk Ukraine
Jörg Fiedler Germany
Éric Srecki France
Christoph Marik Austria
Lee Sang-Gi South Korea
Marc-Konstantin Steifensand Germany
Mauricio Rivas Colombia
Kaido Kaaberma Estonia
Peter Vánky Sweden
Vladimir Pchenikin Belarus
Paolo Milanoli Italy
Angelo Mazzoni Italy
Hugues Obry France
Jean François Di Martino France
Gerry Adams Australia
Iván Kovács Hungary
Attila Fekete Hungary
Laurie Shong Canada
Zhao Gang China
Oliver Kayser Austria
Marvel Fischer Switzerland
Yang Noe-Seong South Korea
Arnd Schmitt Germany
Tamir Bloom United States

Tournament results

Preliminary round

As there were more than 32 entrants in this event, ten first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 fencers.

 Meelis Loit (EST) 15–7  Wang Weixin (CHN)
 Aleksandr Poddubny (KGZ) 15–13  Andrus Kajak (EST)
 Michael Switak (AUT) 14–13  Sergey Shabalin (KAZ)
 Oleksandr Horbachuk (UKR) 15–14  Nelson Loyola (CUB)
 Mauricio Rivas (COL) 15–10  Nick Heffernan (AUS)
 Vladimir Pchenikin (BLR) 15–11  Jonathan Peña (PUR)
 Gerry Adams (AUS) 15–13  Carlos Pedroso (CUB)
 Laurie Shong (CAN) 15–8  David Nathan (AUS)
 Zhao Gang (CHN) 15–12  Muhannad Saif El-Din (EGY)
 Tamir Bloom (USA) 8–4  Andrey Murashko (BLR)

Main tournament bracket

The remaining field of 32 fencers competed in a single-elimination tournament to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match.

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal final
Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
15
Meelis Loit
 Estonia
9 Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
15
Lee Sang-Yeop
 South Korea
15 Lee Sang-Yeop
 South Korea
8
Vitaly Zhakarov
 Belarus
14 Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
15
Ivan Trevejo
 Cuba
15 Ivan Trevejo
 Cuba
14
Aleksandr Poddubny
 Kyrgyzstan
10 Ivan Trevejo
 Cuba
15
Alfredo Rota
 Italy
15 Alfredo Rota
 Italy
12
Michael Switak
 Austria
11 Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
13
Oleksandr Horbachuk
 Ukraine
9 Lee Sang-Gi
 South Korea
9
Jörg Fiedler
 Germany
8 Oleksandr Horbachuk
 Ukraine
11
Éric Srecki
 France
15 Éric Srecki
 France
15
Christoph Marik
 Austria
10 Éric Srecki
 France
14
Lee Sang-Gi
 South Korea
15 Lee Sang-Gi
 South Korea
15
Marc-Konstantin Steifensand
 Germany
8 Lee Sang-Gi
 South Korea
15
Mauricio Rivas
 Colombia
15 Mauricio Rivas
 Colombia
13
Kaido Kaaberma
 Estonia
13 Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
15
Peter Vánky
 Sweden
15 Hugues Obry
 France
12
Vladimir Pchenikin
 Belarus
9 Peter Vánky
 Sweden
15
Paolo Milanoli
 Italy
15 Paolo Milanoli
 Italy
6
Angelo Mazzoni
 Italy
13 Peter Vánky
 Sweden
12
Hugues Obry
 France
15 Hugues Obry
 France
15
Jean-François Di Martino
 France
12 Hugues Obry
 France
15
Gerry Adams
 Australia
15 Gerry Adams
 Australia
5
Iván Kovács
 Hungary
14 Hugues Obry
 France
15 Bronze medal final
Attila Fekete
 Hungary
14 Marcel Fischer
 Switzerland
13
Laurie Shong
 Canada
13 Attila Fekete
 Hungary
8 Lee Sang-Gi
 South Korea
15
Zhao Gang
 China
15 Zhao Gang
 China
9 Marcel Fischer
 Switzerland
14
Oliver Kayser
 Austria
12 Zhao Gang
 China
10
Marcel Fischer
 Switzerland
13 Marcel Fischer
 Switzerland
15
Yang Noe-Seong
 South Korea
12 Marcel Fischer
 Switzerland
15
Arnd Schmitt
 Germany
15 Arnd Schmitt
 Germany
10
Tamir Bloom
 United States
12

Results

RankFencerCountry
Pavel Kolobkov Russia
Hugues Obry France
Lee Sang-Gi South Korea
4Marcel Fischer Switzerland
5Péter Vánky Sweden
6Iván Trevejo Cuba
7Éric Srecki France
8Zhao Gang China
9Arnd Schmitt Germany
10Alfredo Rota Italy
11Attila Fekete Hungary
12Lee Sang-Yeop South Korea
13Paolo Milanoli Italy
14Mauricio Rivas Colombia
15Gerry Adams Australia
16Oleksandr Horbachuk Ukraine
17Kaido Kaaberma Estonia
18Jörg Fiedler Germany
19Iván Kovács Hungary
20Oliver Kayser Austria
21Jean-François Di Martino France
22Marc-Konstantin Steifensand Germany
23Angelo Mazzoni Italy
24Vitaly Zakharov Belarus
25Yang Noe-Seong South Korea
26Christoph Marik Austria
27Michael Switak Austria
28Laurie Shong Canada
29Tamir Bloom United States
30Meelis Loit Estonia
31Vladimir Pchenikin Belarus
32Aleksandr Poddubny Kyrgyzstan
33Andrus Kajak Estonia
34Carlos Pedroso Cuba
35Nelson Loyola Cuba
36Jonathan Peña Puerto Rico
37Wang Weixin China
38Andrey Murashko Belarus
39Nick Heffernan Australia
40Sergey Shabalin Kazakhstan
41David Nathan Australia
42Muhannad Saif El-Din Egypt

References

  1. "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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