Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 1 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's épée at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	1 August
Competitors	30 from 24 nations
Medalists
Rubén Limardo  Venezuela Bartosz Piasecki  Norway Jung Jin-Sun  South Korea

Rubén Limardo of Venezuela won the gold medal — the country's only medal of the 2012 Games. Norway's Bartosz Piasecki won silver and Jung Jin-Sun from South Korea took bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	09:00	Qualifications and final

Results

Finals

Jung Jin-Sun won the bronze medal match

	Semi-finals				Final
	Weston Kelsey (USA)	5
	Rubén Limardo (VEN)	6
					Rubén Limardo (VEN)	15
					Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)	10
	Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)	13
	Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)	15
					Bronze medal match
					Weston Kelsey (USA)	11
					Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)	12

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Nikolai Novosjolov (EST)		11
	Weston Kelsey (USA)		8			Weston Kelsey (USA)		15
	Li Guojie (CHN)		7								Weston Kelsey (USA)		15
	Silvio Fernández (VEN)		15								Silvio Fernández (VEN)		9
	Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ)		12			Silvio Fernández (VEN)		15
	Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)		15			Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)		3
	Park Kyoung-Doo (KOR)		9													Weston Kelsey (USA)		5
	Max Heinzer (SUI)		15													Rubén Limardo (VEN)		6
	Paris Inostroza (CHI)		2			Max Heinzer (SUI)		11
	Ayman Fayez (EGY)		13			Rubén Limardo (VEN)		15
	Rubén Limardo (VEN)		15								Rubén Limardo (VEN)		15
	Radosław Zawrotniak (POL)		9								Paolo Pizzo (ITA)		12
	Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)		15			Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)		11
	Leung Ka Ming (HKG)		14			Paolo Pizzo (ITA)		15
	Paolo Pizzo (ITA)		15

Bottom half

The semi final of Bartosz Piasecki versus Jung Jin-Sun

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
	Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)		15
	Nguyen Tien Nhat (VIE)		9			Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)		8
	Pavel Sukhov (RUS)		11			Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)		15
	Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)		15								Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)		15
	Soren Thompson (USA)		4								Jörg Fiedler (GER)		11
	Jörg Fiedler (GER)		15			Jörg Fiedler (GER)		15
	Athos Schwantes (BRA)		10			Bas Verwijlen (NED)		8
	Bas Verwijlen (NED)		15													Jung Jin-Sun (KOR)		13
	Géza Imre (HUN)		15													Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)		15
	Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR)		8			Géza Imre (HUN)		7
	Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)		14			Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)		15
	Gauthier Grumier (FRA)		13								Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)		15
	Dmytro Karyuchenko (UKR)		10								Yannick Borel (FRA)		14
	Yannick Borel (FRA)		15			Yannick Borel (FRA)		15
						Fabian Kauter (SUI)		11

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Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
	Rubén Limardo	Venezuela
	Bartosz Piasecki	Norway
	Jung Jin-Sun	South Korea
4	Seth Kelsey	United States
5	Paolo Pizzo	Italy
6	Silvio Fernández	Venezuela
7	Yannick Borel	France
8	Jörg Fiedler	Germany
9	Nikolai Novosjolov	Estonia
10	Fabian Kauter	Switzerland
11	Elmir Alimzhanov	Kazakhstan
12	Max Heinzer	Switzerland
13	Bas Verwijlen	Netherlands
14	Géza Imre	Hungary
15	Alexandre Bouzaid	Senegal
16	Ruslan Kudayev	Uzbekistan
17	Park Kyoung-Doo	South Korea
18	Gauthier Grumier	France
19	Soren Thompson	United States
20	Radosław Zawrotniak	Poland
21	Li Guojie	China
22	Dmytro Kariuchenko	Ukraine
23	Pavel Sukhov	Russia
24	Ayman Fayez	Egypt
25	Dmitry Aleksanin	Kazakhstan
26	Abdelkarim El Haouari	Morocco
27	Paris Inostroza	Chile
28	Athos Schwantes	Brazil
29	Nguyễn Tiến Nhật	Vietnam
30	Leung Ka Ming	Hong Kong

References

1. http://www.london2012.com/fencing/schedule-and-results/day=01-august/all-day.html