Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre

Women's sabre at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Carioca Arena 3
Date	8 August 2016
Competitors	36 from 20 nations
Medalists
Yana Egorian  Russia Sofiya Velikaya  Russia Olha Kharlan  Ukraine

The women's sabre competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 8 August at the Carioca Arena 3. Russia's Yana Egorian won the gold medal over compatriot Sofiya Velikaya, and Ukraine's Olha Kharlan won the bronze medal.

The medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, IOC member, Poland and Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the European Fencing Confederation and Russian Olympic Committee.

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15
	Manon Brunet (FRA)	14
					Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	14
					Yana Egorian (RUS)	15
	Yana Egorian (RUS)	15
	Olha Kharlan (UKR)	9
					Bronze medal match
					Manon Brunet (FRA)	10
					Olha Kharlan (UKR)	15

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15
	Marta Baeza (BRA) (retired)		2			Bogna Jóźwiak (POL)		5
	Bogna Jóźwiak (POL)		4								Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15
											Charlotte Lembach (FRA)		14
						Charlotte Lembach (FRA)		15
						Irene Vecchi (ITA)		11
																Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15
																Cécilia Berder (FRA)		10
						Cécilia Berder (FRA)		15
						María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)		6
											Cécilia Berder (FRA)		15
											Ibtihaj Muhammad (USA)		12
						Olena Kravatska (UKR)		13
						Ibtihaj Muhammad (USA)		15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Shen Chen (CHN)		9
						Małgorzata Kozaczuk (POL)		15
											Małgorzata Kozaczuk (POL)		12
											Azza Besbes (TUN)		15
						Sabina Mikina (AZE)		12
						Azza Besbes (TUN)		15
																Azza Besbes (TUN)		14
																Manon Brunet (FRA)		15
						Hwang Seon-a (KOR)		11
						Manon Brunet (FRA)		15
											Manon Brunet (FRA)		15
	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)		15								Anna Márton (HUN)		12
	Nada Hafez (EGY)		11			Alejandra Benítez (VEN)		14
						Anna Márton (HUN)		15

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Mariel Zagunis (USA)		15
	Chika Aoki (JPN)		5			Eileen Grench (PAN)		4
	Eileen Grench (PAN)		15								Mariel Zagunis (USA)		12
											Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)		15
						Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)		15
						Seo Ji-yeon (KOR)		12
																Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)		10
																Yana Egorian (RUS)		15
						Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)		15
						Dagmara Wozniak (USA)		8
											Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)		11
											Yana Egorian (RUS)		15
						Tania Arrayales (MEX)		7
						Yana Egorian (RUS)		15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)		15
						Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung (VIE)		3
											Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)		13
											Loreta Gulotta (ITA)		15
						Loreta Gulotta (ITA)		15
						Aleksandra Socha (POL)		10
																Loreta Gulotta (ITA)		4
																Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15
						Rossella Gregorio (ITA)		14
						Alina Komashchuk (UKR)		15
											Alina Komashchuk (UKR)		8
	Úrsula González (MEX)		15								Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15
	Julieta Toledo (MEX)		11			Úrsula González (MEX)		8
						Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15

Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
	Yana Egorian	Russia
	Sofya Velikaya	Russia
	Olga Kharlan	Ukraine
4	Manon Brunet	France
5	Cecilia Berder	France
6	Azza Besbes	Tunisia
7	Ekaterina Dyachenko	Russia
8	Loreta Gulotta	Italy
9	Mariel Zagunis	United States
10	Anna Marton	Hungary
11	Kim Ji-yeon	South Korea
12	Ibtihaj Muhammad	United States
13	Vassiliki Vougiouka	Greece
14	Charlotte Lembach	France
15	Alina Komashchuk	Ukraine
16	Malgorzata Kozaczuk	Poland
17	Shen Chen	China
18	Aleksandra Socha	Poland
19	Hwang Seon-a	South Korea
20	Seo Ji-yeon	South Korea
21	Rossella Gregorio	Italy
22	Irene Vecchi	Italy
23	Sabina Mikina	Azerbaijan
24	Dagmara Wozniak	United States
25	María Belén Pérez Maurice	Argentina
26	Olena Kravatska	Ukraine
27	Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung	Vietnam
28	Tania Arrayales	Mexico
29	Alejandra Benítez	Venezuela
30	Eileen Grench	Panama
31	Úrsula González	Mexico
32	Bogna Jozwiak	Poland
33	Marta Baeza	Brazil
34	Julieta Toledo	Mexico
35	Chika Aoki	Japan
36	Nada Hafez	Egypt