Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée B

Men's Épée B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Men's Épée B; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	5 September 2012
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists

The men's épée category B fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 5 September 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. This class was for athletes who had good trunk control and their fencing arm was not affected by their impairment.

Schedule[]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
5 September 2012	12:00	Qualification
	15:00	Round of 16
	15:45	Quarterfinals
	17:45	Semifinals
	18:30	Final

Competition format[]

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage. During a qualification round-robin, bouts last a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete has scored five hits. There is then a knockout phase, in which bouts last a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete has scored 15 hits.

Results[]

Qualification[]

Group A[]

Athlete	B	V	V/B	HS	HD	Belarus (BLR)	Canada (CAN)	Brazil (BRA)	Poland (POL)	Russia (RUS)
(BLR)	4	4	1.00	20	7	N/A	5–0	5–1	5–2	5–4
(CAN)	4	2	0.50	14	15	1–5	N/A	5–2	3–5	5–3
Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)	4	2	0.50	12	15	0–5	2–5	N/A	5–2	5–3
Grzegorz Pluta (POL)	4	2	0.50	14	17	2–5	5–3	2–5	N/A	5–4
(RUS)	4	0	0	14	20	4–5	3–5	3–5	4–5	N/A

Group B[]

Athlete	B	V	V/B	HS	HD	France (FRA)	China (CHN)	Russia (RUS)	Belarus (BLR)	Hong Kong (HKG)
Marc-André Cratère (FRA)	4	4	1.00	20	7	N/A	5–3	5–2	5–1	5–1
Hu Daoliang (CHN)	4	3	0.50	15	12	3–5	N/A	5–3	5–4	2–0
Alexander Kuzyukov (RUS)	4	2	0.50	15	17	2–5	3–5	N/A	5–3	5–4
(BLR)	4	1	0.25	13	18	1–5	4–5	3–5	N/A	5–3
(HKG)	4	0	0	8	17	1–5	0–2	4–5	3–5	N/A

Group C[]

Athlete	B	V	V/B	HS	HD	France (FRA)	Iraq (IRQ)	Hong Kong (HKG)	United States (USA)	Argentina (ARG)
Alim Latrèche (FRA)	4	3	0.75	16	15	N/A	2–5	5–4	5–2	5–4
Ammar Ali (IRQ)	4	3	0.75	19	10	5–2	N/A	4–5	5–3	5–0
(HKG)	4	3	0.75	19	15	4–5	5–4	N/A	5–4	5–2
Ryan Estep (USA)	4	1	0.25	14	18	2–5	3–5	4–5	N/A	5–3
(ARG)	4	0	0	10	19	4–5	0–5	2–5	3–5	N/A

Finals[]

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Grzegorz Pluta (POL)	5
Alexander Kuzyukov (RUS)	8	(BLR)	15
		Alexander Kuzyukov (RUS)	10
				(BLR)	11
				(HKG)	15
		Hu Daoliang (CHN)	9
		(HKG)	15
						(HKG)	14
						Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)	15
		Ammar Ali (IRQ)	6
		Alim Latrèche (FRA)	15
				Alim Latrèche (FRA)	11	Third place match
				Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)	15
		Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)	15			(BLR)	11
(CAN)	6	Marc-André Cratère (FRA)	11			Alim Latrèche (FRA)	15
Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)	15

Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Épée A	men	women
Épée B	men	women
Foil A	men	women
Foil B	men	women
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