The men's sabre was one of ten
fencing
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events on the
fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 21 September 2000. 39 fencers from 20 nations competed.
Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by
Mihai Covaliu
Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (born 5 November 1977 in Brașov) is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team. He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federat ...
of Romania, the nation's first medal in the men's sabre.
Mathieu Gourdain's silver extended France's podium streak in the event to five Games. Germany also earned its first medal in the men's sabre, with
Wiradech Kothny
Wiradech Kothny ( th, วีระเดช โค๊ธนี, born 10 May 1979) is a Thai former fencer. He won bronze medals in the individual and team sabre events at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the G ...
's bronze.
Background
This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five of the quarterfinalists from 1996 returned: gold medalist
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov ( rus, Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков, , stənʲɪˈslaf pəzʲnʲɪˈkof; born 27 September 1973) is a Russian former fencer, a five-time Olympian (1992–2008) and five-time Olymp ...
and silver medalist
Sergey Sharikov of Russia, bronze medalist
Damien Touya of France, sixth-place finisher
Vadym Huttsait of Ukraine, and seventh-place finisher
Rafał Sznajder of Poland. The three world champions since the Atlanta Games were Pozdnyakov (1997),
Luigi Tarantino
Luigi Tarantino (born 10 November 1972) is an Italian fencing, fencer and Olympic medalist in the Sabre (fencing), sabre competition. He was the 1998 World Fencing Championships, 1998 World Champion for men's sabre.
Biography
Achievements
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of Italy (1998), and Touya (1999).
Belarus and Kazakhstan each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 22nd appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Games.
Competition format
The 1996 tournament had vastly simplified the competition format into a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match. The 2000 tournament continued to use that format. Bouts were to 15 touches. Standard
sabre
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rules regarding target area, striking, and priority were used.
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Schedule
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Port Moresby, Dededo, Saipan''
North Asia
*Russia – ...
)
Results
The field of 40 fencers competed in a single-elimination tournament
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to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match
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.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Finals
Final classification
References
External links
Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
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Sabre men
Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics