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{{short description|Fencing at the Olympics}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Men's sabre
| games = 2020 Summer
| image = Fencing pictogram.svg
| caption = Olympic fencing
| venue = [[Makuhari Messe]]
| date = 24 July 2021
| competitors = 36
| nations  = 18
| gold = [[Áron Szilágyi]]
| goldNOC = HUN
| silver = [[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]
| silverNOC = ITA
| bronze = [[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]
| bronzeNOC = KOR
| prev = [[Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|2016]]
| next = [[Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|2024]]
}}
{{Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}{{Update|date=December 2022|reason=While I've altered the tenses, a proper summary should be included, including images and finer game details.}}
The men's [[sabre (fencing)|sabre]] event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] took place on 24 July 2021 at the [[Makuhari Messe]].<ref name="Dates">{{cite web|url=https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/fencing-schedule |title=Fencing Competition Schedule |publisher=Tokyo 2020 |accessdate=25 November 2020 }}</ref> Thirty-six fencers from 18 nations competed.<ref name="Qualifying">{{cite web |url = http://www.pzszerm.pl/static/domain/files/others/136/136/13693_10._tokyo_2020_-_qualification_system_-_fencing_-_ang.pdf |title = Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – ''Fencing'' |publisher = [[Fédération Internationale d'Escrime]] |accessdate = 26 December 2018 |archive-date = 9 May 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180509221611/http://www.pzszerm.pl/static/domain/files/others/136/136/13693_10._tokyo_2020_-_qualification_system_-_fencing_-_ang.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> Two-time defending champion Hungary's [[Áron Szilágyi]] completed the [[three-peat]] by winning the gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-24 |title=Áron Szilágyi Claims Hungary’s First Gold in Tokyo and Writes History |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/aron-szilagyi-claims-hungarys-first-gold-in-tokyo-and-writes-history/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref>
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==Background==
This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
The two-time reigning Olympic champion was Áron Szilágyi of Hungary. The reigning World Champion was [[Oh Sang-uk]] of South Korea. A preview from Olympics.com identified Szilágyi and Oh as among the strongest contenders in the event, although Oh was eliminated by [[Sandro Bazadze]] and failed to medal.<ref name=Tokyo2020Preview>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/dnp-20-03-everything-you-need-to-know-about-olympic-fencing-at-tokyo-2020 |title=Everything you need to know about Olympic fencing at Tokyo 2020 |publisher=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=30 June 2021 |date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703144103/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/dnp-20-03-everything-you-need-to-know-about-olympic-fencing-at-tokyo-2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Qualification==
{{main|Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
A [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified fencers in the men's sabre. Nations were limited to three fencers each from 1928 to 2004. However, the 2008 Games introduced a rotation of men's team fencing events with one weapon left off each Games; the individual event without a corresponding team event had the number of fencers per nation reduced to two. Men's sabre was the third event this applied to, so each nation could enter a maximum of two fencers in the event in 2016. The 2020 Games eliminated this rotation and all weapons had team events.<ref name=Qualifying/>
There are 34 dedicated quota spots for men's sabre. The first 24 spots go to the 3 members of each of the 8 qualified teams in the team sabre event. Next, 6 more men are selected from the world rankings based on continents: 2 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 2 from Asia/Oceania, and 1 from Africa. Finally, 4 spots are allocated by continental qualifying events: 1 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia/Oceania, and 1 from Africa. Each nation can earn only one spot through rankings or events.<ref name=Qualifying/>
Additionally, there are 8 host/invitational spots that can be spread throughout the various fencing events.<ref name=Qualifying/> Japan used 2 host places to fill its men's sabre team (adding to the 1 place earned through general qualification).
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.<ref name=Qualifying/><ref name=Academy>[https://academyoffencingmasters.com/blog/olympic-fencing-qualification-updates-may-2020/ Academy of Fencing Masters]</ref>
==Competition format==
The 1996 tournament had vastly simplified the competition format into a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match. The 2020 tournament continued to use that format. Fencing is done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reaches 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer is the winner; a tie results in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period is further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scores a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner wins the bout. Standard [[sabre (fencing)|sabre]] rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used.<ref name=NBC>[https://www.nbcolympics.com/fencing/ NBC]</ref>
==Schedule==
The competition was held over a single day, Saturday, 24 July. The first session was scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to approximately 4:20 p.m. (when the quarterfinals were expected to conclude), after which there was a break until 6 p.m. before the semifinals and medal bouts were held. Men's sabre bouts alternate with the [[Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's épée|women's épée event]] bouts.<ref name=Dates/>
<small>All times are [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Saturday, 24 July 2021 || '''9:00'''<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>'''18:00'''<br>&nbsp; || '''Round of 64'''<br>'''Round of 32'''<br>'''Round of 16'''<br>'''Quarterfinals'''<br>'''Semifinals'''<br>'''Finals'''
|}
==Results==
===Finals===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|bold_winner=high
|team-width=210
|RD1=Semifinals
|Consol=Bronze medal bout
|3rdplace=yes
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semifinals -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandro Bazadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Áron Szilágyi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|15
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|12
<!--final -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Áron Szilágyi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|7
<!--bronze medal-->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandro Bazadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}}|11|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15
|
}}
===Top half===
====Section 1====
{{#invoke:RoundN|N16
|bold_winner=high|team-width=210
|3rdplace=no
|omit_blanks=yes
|flex_tree=yes
|skipmatch=1;3-8
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|RD2=Round of 32
|RD3=Round of 16
|RD4=Quarterfinals
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- round of 64-->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tomohiro Shimamura]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andrew Mackiewicz]]|USA|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 32 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oh Sang-uk]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andrew Mackiewicz]]|USA|2020 Summer}}|7
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Amer (fencer)|Mohamed Amer]]|EGY|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Daryl Homer]]|USA|2020 Summer}}|11
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Veniamin Reshetnikov]]|ROC|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ziad El-Sissy]]|EGY|2020 Summer}}|15
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohab Samer]]|EGY|2020 Summer}}|10|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandro Bazadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 16 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oh Sang-uk]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Amer (fencer)|Mohamed Amer]]|EGY|2020 Summer}}|9
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ziad El-Sissy]]|EGY|2020 Summer}}|12|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandro Bazadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- quarterfinals -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oh Sang-uk]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandro Bazadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}}|15
}}
====Section 2====
{{#invoke:RoundN|N16
|bold_winner=high|team-width=210
|3rdplace=no
|omit_blanks=yes
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|skipmatch=1-6;8
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<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- round of 64-->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kento Yoshida]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[José Quintero (fencer)|José Quintero]]|VEN|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 32 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Max Hartung]]|GER|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tamás Decsi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|8
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ali Pakdaman]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[András Szatmári]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|12
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mojtaba Abedini]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shaul Gordon]]|CAN|2020 Summer}}|10
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[José Quintero (fencer)|José Quintero]]|VEN|2020 Summer}}|7|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Áron Szilágyi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 16 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Max Hartung]]|GER|2020 Summer}}|9|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ali Pakdaman]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|15
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mojtaba Abedini]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|7|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Áron Szilágyi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- quarterfinals -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ali Pakdaman]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|6|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Áron Szilágyi]]|HUN|2020 Summer}}|15
}}
===Bottom half===
====Section 3====
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<!-- round of 64-->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sherzod Mamutov]]|UZB|2020 Summer}}|11|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iulian Teodosiu]]|ROU|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 32 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luca Curatoli]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|13|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iulian Teodosiu]]|ROU|2020 Summer}}|15
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Enrico Berrè]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Farès Ferjani]]|TUN|2020 Summer}}|10
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Xu Yingming]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}|12
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohammad Rahbari]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boladé Apithy]]|FRA|2020 Summer}}|13
<!-- round of 16 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iulian Teodosiu]]|ROU|2020 Summer}}|12|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Enrico Berrè]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohammad Rahbari]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}|7
<!-- quarterfinals -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Enrico Berrè]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|10|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}|15
}}
====Section 4====
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||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kaito Streets]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Akram Bounabi]]|ALG|2020 Summer}}|9
<!-- round of 32 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kamil Ibragimov]]|ROC|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Benedikt Wagner]]|GER|2020 Summer}}|13
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matyas Szabo]]|GER|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gu Bon-gil]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|8
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Konstantin Lokhanov]]|ROC|2020 Summer}}|11
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kaito Streets]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}|9|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eli Dershwitz]]|USA|2020 Summer}}|15
<!-- round of 16 -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kamil Ibragimov]]|ROC|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matyas Szabo]]|GER|2020 Summer}}|13
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eli Dershwitz]]|USA|2020 Summer}}|9
<!-- quarterfinals -->
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kamil Ibragimov]]|ROC|2020 Summer}}|14|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]|KOR|2020 Summer}}|15
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FEN/OG2020-_FEN_C75I_FENMSABRE-------------------------.pdf Draw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723135426/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FEN/OG2020-_FEN_C75I_FENMSABRE-------------------------.pdf |date=23 July 2021 }}
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