Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Exhibition Centre
Dates	16 September
Competitors	42 from 21 nations
Medalists
Pavel Kolobkov   Russia   Hugues Obry   France   Lee Sang-Gi   South Korea

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Épée	men		women
Team épée	men		women
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men		women
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

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]

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Pavel Kolobkov, Russia	Hugues Obry, France	Lee Sang-Gi, South Korea

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.

Winner	NOC	Score	Loser	NOC
Meelis Loit	Estonia	15-7	Wang Weixin	China
Aleksandr Poddubny	Kyrgyzstan	15-13	Andrus Kajak	Estonia
Michael Switak	Austria	14-13	Sergey Shabalin	Kazakhstan
Oleksandr Horbachuk	Ukraine	15-14	Nelson Loyola	Cuba
Mauricio Rivas	Colombia	15-10	Nick Heffernan	Australia
Vladimir Pchenikin	Belarus	15-11	Jonathan Peña	Puerto Rico
Gerry Adams	Australia	15-13	Carlos Pedroso	Cuba
Laurie Shong	Canada	15-8	David Nathan	Australia
Zhao Gang	China	15-12	Muhannad Saif El-Din|	Egypt
Tamir Bloom	United States	8-4	Andrey Murashko	Belarus

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
Attila Fekete Hungary	14											Marcel Fischer Switzerland	13
Laurie Shong Canada	13			Attila Fekete Hungary	8
Zhao Gang China	15			Zhao Gang China	9											Bronze medal final
Oliver Kayser Austria	12							Zhao Gang China	10
Marcel Fischer Switzerland	13							Marcel Fischer Switzerland	15							Lee Sang-Gi South Korea	15
Yang Noe-Seong South Korea	12			Marcel Fischer Switzerland	15										Marcel Fischer Switzerland	14
Arnd Schmitt Germany	15			Arnd Schmitt Germany	10
Tamir Bloom United States	12

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