Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of the men's sabre team competition in fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A total of 31 men from nine nations competed in this event. Competition took place in the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex on August 19.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Tournament results 2.1 Brackets 2.2 Preliminary match 2.3 Quarterfinals 2.4 Semifinals 2.5 Classification matches 2.6 Seventh place match 2.7 Fifth place match 2.8 Bronze medal match 2.9 Gold medal match 3 References

Medalists

Gold	Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gael Touya France (FRA)
Silver	Aldo Montano, Gianpiero Pastore, and Luigi Tarantino Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Sergei Charikov, Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov, and Alexey Yakimenko Russia (RUS)

Tournament results

The team competition was a single-elimination tournament among eight teams. Quarterfinal losers continued to play classification matches to determine final placement from first to eighth. Each team match consisted of a set of nine individual matches, comprising a full round-robin schedule among the three fencers on each team.

Brackets

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal final
	11:15
	France	45
					12:30
	China	35
					France	45
	11:15
					United States	44
	United States	45
									19:40
	Hungary	43
									France	45
	11:15
									Italy	42
	Italy	45
					12:30
	Ukraine	44
					Italy	45			Bronze medal final
	11:15
					Russia	42
	Russia	45							Russia	45
	Greece	22							United States	44
									18:30

	Classification matches				Fifth place match
	12:30
	Hungary	45
	China	40
					13:40
					Hungary	45
					Ukraine	40
					Seventh place match
	12:30			13:40
	Ukraine	45		China	45
	Greece	39			Greece	42

Preliminary match

As there were nine teams in the competition, one preliminary match was held to reduce the field to eight teams. The losing team, Algeria, therefore had a final classification of ninth place in the tournament.

Greece	45 – 25	Algeria
Marios Basmatzian	5 – 2	Raouf Salim Bernaoui
Constantine Manetas	5 – 2	Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Jason Dourakos	5 – 2	Reda Benchehima
Marios Basmatzian	5 – 2	Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Jason Dourakos	5 – 2	Raouf Salim Bernaoui
Constantine Manetas	5 – 4	Reda Benchehima
Jason Dourakos	5 – 3	Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Marios Basmatzian	5 – 3	Reda Benchehima
Constantine Manetas	5 – 5	Raouf Salim Bernaoui

Quarterfinals

France	45 – 35	China
Damien Touya	5 – 3	Zhou Hanming
Gael Touya	3 – 7	Chen Feng
Julien Pillet	4 – 5	Huang Yaojiang
Gael Touya	7 – 5	Zhou Hanming
Damien Touya	3 – 5	Huang Yaojiang
Julien Pillet	8 – 4	Chen Feng
Gael Touya	5 – 2	Huang Yaojiang
Julien Pillet	5 – 2	Zhou Hanming
Damien Touya	5 – 2	Chen Feng

United States	45 – 43	Hungary
Ivan Lee	3 – 5	Domonkos Ferjancsik
Keeth Smart	7 – 3	Balazs Lengyel
Jason Rogers	2 – 7	Zsolt Nemcsik
Ivan Lee	8 – 3	Balazs Lengyel
Jason Rogers	4 – 7	Domonkos Ferjancsik
Keeth Smart	1 – 5	Zsolt Nemcsik
Jason Rogers	7 – 5	Balazs Lengyel
Ivan Lee	6 – 5	Zsolt Nemcsik
Keeth Smart	7 – 3	Domonkos Ferjancsik

Italy	45 – 44	Ukraine
Luigi Tarantino	5 – 1	Vladislav Tretiak
Gianpiero Pastore	5 – 8	Vladimir Kalujny
Aldo Montano	5 – 4	Vladimir Lukashenko
Gianpiero Pastore	5 – 5	Vladislav Tretiak
Luigi Tarantino	5 – 3	Vladimir Lukashenko
Aldo Montano	5 – 3	Vladimir Kalujny
Gianpiero Pastore	5 – 9	Vladimir Lukashenko
Aldo Montano	5 – 6	Vladislav Tretiak
Luigi Tarantino	5 – 5	Vladimir Kalujny

Russia	45 – 22	Greece
Sergei Charikov	4 – 5	Constantine Manetas
Stanislav Pozdniakov	6 – 3	Jason Dourakos
Alexei Diatchenko	5 – 3	Marios Basmatzian
Sergei Charikov	5 – 4	Jason Dourakos
Alexei Diatchenko	5 – 0	Constantine Manetas
Stanislav Pozdniakov	5 – 0	Marios Basmatzian
Alexei Diatchenko	5 – 3	Jason Dourakos
Sergei Charikov	5 – 2	Marios Basmatzian
Stanislav Pozdniakov	5 – 3	Constantine Manetas

Semifinals

France	45 – 44	United States
Damien Touya	3 – 5	Ivan Lee
Gael Touya	7 – 3	Keeth Smart
Julien Pillet	4 – 7	Jason Rogers
Gael Touya	6 – 2	Ivan Lee
Damien Touya	5 – 4	Jason Rogers
Julien Pillet	5 – 8	Keeth Smart
Gael Touya	5 – 3	Jason Rogers
Julien Pillet	5 – 6	Ivan Lee
Damien Touya	5 – 6	Keeth Smart

Italy	45 – 42	Russia
Luigi Tarantino	4 – 5	Sergei Charikov
Gianpiero Pastore	3 – 5	Stanislav Pozdniakov
Aldo Montano	4 – 5	Alexey Yakimenko
Gianpiero Pastore	4 – 5	Sergei Charikov
Luigi Tarantino	8 – 5	Alexey Yakimenko
Aldo Montano	7 – 4	Stanislav Pozdniakov
Gianpiero Pastore	4 – 6	Alexey Yakimenko
Aldo Montano	5 – 5	Sergei Charikov
Luigi Tarantino	6 – 2	Stanislav Pozdniakov

Classification matches

Hungary	45 – 40	China
Zsolt Nemcsik	5 – 0	Wang Jingzhi
Kende Fodor	5 – 3	Huang Yaojiang
Domonkos Ferjancsik	4 – 12	Chen Feng
Kende Fodor	4 – 5	Wang Jingzhi
Zsolt Nemcsik	7 – 3	Chen Feng
Domonkos Ferjancsik	5 – 6	Huang Yaojiang
Kende Fodor	5 – 2	Chen Feng
Domonkos Ferjancsik	5 – 3	Wang Jingzhi
Zsolt Nemcsik	5 – 6	Huang Yaojiang

Ukraine	45 – 39	Greece
Vladimir Lukashenko	4 – 5	Constantine Manetas
Oleg Shturbabin	0 – 5	Jason Dourakos
Vladimir Kalujny	5 – 3	Marios Basmatzian
Vladimir Lukashenko	5 – 4	Jason Dourakos
Vladimir Kalujny	5 – 2	Constantine Manetas
Oleg Shturbabin	5 – 4	Marios Basmatzian
Vladimir Kalujny	5 – 5	Jason Dourakos
Vladimir Lukashenko	5 – 5	Marios Basmatzian
Oleg Shturbabin	5 – 10	Constantine Manetas

Seventh place match

China	45 – 42	Greece
Wang Jingzhi	2 – 5	Constantine Manetas
Huang Yaojiang	5 – 5	Dimitris Costakos
Chen Feng	8 – 4	Marios Basmatzian
Wang Jingzhi	3 – 6	Dimitris Costakos
Chen Feng	3 – 5	Constantine Manetas
Huang Yaojiang	9 – 4	Marios Basmatzian
Chen Feng	3 – 6	Dimitris Costakos
Wang Jingzhi	5 – 5	Marios Basmatzian
Huang Yaojiang	7 – 2	Constantine Manetas

Fifth place match

Hungary	45 – 40	Ukraine
Zsolt Nemcsik	5 – 4	Oleg Shturbabin
Kende Fodor	5 – 5	Vladimir Kalujny
Domonkos Ferjancsik	5 – 3	Vladimir Lukashenko
Kende Fodor	5 – 6	Oleg Shturbabin
Zsolt Nemcsik	5 – 4	Vladimir Lukashenko
Domonkos Ferjancsik	5 – 6	Vladimir Kalujny
Kende Fodor	5 – 6	Vladimir Lukashenko
Domonkos Ferjancsik	5 – 4	Oleg Shturbabin
Zsolt Nemcsik	5 – 2	Vladimir Kalujny

Bronze medal match

Russia	45 – 44	United States
Sergei Charikov	3 – 5	Keeth Smart
Stanislav Pozdniakov	7 – 1	Jason Rogers
Alexey Yakimenko	5 – 4	Ivan Lee
Sergei Charikov	4 – 10	Jason Rogers
Alexey Yakimenko	5 – 5	Keeth Smart
Stanislav Pozdniakov	5 – 5	Ivan Lee
Alexey Yakimenko	4 – 5	Jason Rogers
Sergei Charikov	2 – 5	Ivan Lee
Stanislav Pozdniakov	10 – 4	Keeth Smart

Gold medal match

France	45 – 42	Italy
Julien Pillet	4 – 5	Luigi Tarantino
Damien Touya	3 – 5	Gianpiero Pastore
Gael Touya	6 – 5	Aldo Montano
Julien Pillet	7 – 2	Gianpiero Pastore
Gael Touya	5 – 1	Luigi Tarantino
Damien Touya	5 – 11	Aldo Montano
Gael Touya	5 – 4	Gianpiero Pastore
Julien Pillet	4 – 7	Aldo Montano
Damien Touya	6 – 2	Luigi Tarantino

References

• Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Fencing Results