Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's épée

The women's épée competition of the fencing events at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 21 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Women's épée at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
Dates	July 21
Competitors	18 from 10 nations
Medalists
Katharine Holmes   United States   Violeta Ramírez Peguero   Dominican Republic   María Martínez   Venezuela   Nathalie Moellhausen   Brazil
«2011 2019»

The épée competition consisted of a qualification round followed by a single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	9:05	Qualification pools
July 21, 2015	10:45	Round of 16
July 21, 2015	11:32	Quarterfinals
July 21, 2015	18:10	Semifinals
July 21, 2015	19:33	Final

Results

The following are the results of the event.[1]

Qualification

All 18 fencers were put into three groups of six athletes, were each fencer would have five individual matches. The top 16 athletes overall would qualify for next round.

Rank	Name	Nation	Victories	TG	TR	Dif.	Notes
1	Yamirka Rodriguez	Cuba	4	21	10	+11	Q
2	Clara Isabel Di Tella	Argentina	4	19	8	+11	Q
3	Rayssa Costa	Brazil	4	24	14	+10	Q
4	Katarzyna Trzopek	United States	4	23	15	+8	Q
5	María Martínez	Venezuela	4	22	16	+6	Q
6	Nathalie Moellhausen	Brazil	3	22	17	+5	Q
7	Katharine Holmes	United States	3	17	13	+4	Q
8	Violeta Ramírez Peguero	Dominican Republic	3	18	17	+1	Q
9	Dirley Yepes	Costa Rica	2	19	18	+1	Q
10	Leonora MacKinnon	Canada	2	16	18	-2	Q
11	Laskmi Lozano	Colombia	2	19	22	-3	Q
12	Elsa Mateo	Dominican Republic	2	17	20	-3	Q
13	María Luisa Doig	Peru	2	17	22	-5	Q
14	Eliana Lugo	Venezuela	2	15	20	-5	Q
15	Elida Aguero	Argentina	2	12	18	-6	Q
16	Malinka Hoppe	Canada	1	13	24	-11	Q
17	Diana Rodriguez	Colombia	1	10	22	-12
18	Seily Mendoza	Cuba	0	13	23	-10

Elimination round

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Yamirka Rodriguez (CUB)	15
	16	Malinka Hoppe (CAN)	8
						1	Yamirka Rodriguez (CUB)	14
						8	Violeta Ramírez Peguero (DOM)	15
	9	Dirley Yepes (CRC)	12
	8	Violeta Ramírez Peguero (DOM)	15
											8	Violeta Ramírez Peguero (DOM)	15
											5	María Martínez (VEN)	10
	5	María Martínez (VEN)	15
	12	Elsa Mateo (DOM)	9
						5	María Martínez (VEN)	15
						4	Katarzyna Trzopek (USA)	14
	13	María Luisa Doig (PER)	2
	4	Katarzyna Trzopek (USA)	15
																8	Violeta Ramírez Peguero (DOM)	14
																7	Katharine Holmes (USA)	15
	3	Rayssa Costa (BRA)	14
	14	Eliana Lugo (VEN)	15
						14	Eliana Lugo (VEN)	5
						6	Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA)	15
	11	Laskmi Lozano (COL)	4
	6	Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA)	15
											6	Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA)	7
											7	Katharine Holmes (USA)	10
	7	Katharine Holmes (USA)	14
	10	Leonora MacKinnon (CAN)	12
						7	Katharine Holmes (USA)	15
						2	Clara Isabel Di Tella (ARG)	6
	15	Elida Aguero (ARG)	7
	2	Clara Isabel Di Tella (ARG)	15

References

1. 2015 Pan American Games Fencing Result Book