Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueHelliniko Olympic Complex
DateAugust 19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julien Pillet
Damien Touya
Gael Touya
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aldo Montano
Gianpiero Pastore
Luigi Tarantino
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Sharikov
Aleksey Dyachenko
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Aleksey Yakimenko
 Russia
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These are the results of the men's sabre team competition in fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A total of 31 men from nine nations competed in this event. Competition took place in the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex on August 19.

For the first time since 1988, a non-Russian team won gold in the event.

Tournament results

The team competition was a single-elimination tournament among eight teams. Quarterfinal losers continued to play classification matches to determine final placement from first to eighth. Each team match consisted of a set of nine individual matches, comprising a full round-robin schedule among the three fencers on each team.

Brackets

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal final
 
          
 
11:15
 
 
 France45
 
12:30
 
 China35
 
 France45
 
11:15
 
 United States44
 
 United States45
 
19:40
 
 Hungary43
 
 France45
 
11:15
 
 Italy42
 
 Italy45
 
12:30
 
 Ukraine44
 
 Italy45
 
11:15
 
 Russia42 Bronze medal final
 
 Russia45
 
18:30
 
 Greece22
 
 Russia45
 
 
 United States44
 
 
Classification matchesFifth place match
 
      
 
12:30
 
 
 Hungary45
 
13:40
 
 China40
 
 Hungary45
 
12:30
 
 Ukraine40
 
 Ukraine45
 
 
 Greece39
 
Seventh place match
 
 
13:40
 
 
 China45
 
 
 Greece42

Preliminary match

As there were nine teams in the competition, one preliminary match was held to reduce the field to eight teams. The losing team, Algeria, therefore had a final classification of ninth place in the tournament.

Greece Greece 45 – 25 Algeria Algeria
Marios Basmatzian 5 – 2 Raouf Salim Bernaoui
Constantine Manetas 5 – 2 Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Jason Dourakos 5 – 2 Reda Benchehima
Marios Basmatzian 5 – 2 Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Jason Dourakos 5 – 2 Raouf Salim Bernaoui
Constantine Manetas 5 – 4 Reda Benchehima
Jason Dourakos 5 – 3 Nassim Islam Bernaoui
Marios Basmatzian 5 – 3 Reda Benchehima
Constantine Manetas 5 – 5 Raouf Salim Bernaoui

Quarterfinals

France France 45 – 35 China China
Damien Touya 5 – 3 Zhou Hanming
Gaël Touya 3 – 7 Chen Feng
Julien Pillet 4 – 5 Huang Yaojiang
Gaël Touya 7 – 5 Zhou Hanming
Damien Touya 3 – 5 Huang Yaojiang
Julien Pillet 8 – 4 Chen Feng
Gaël Touya 5 – 2 Huang Yaojiang
Julien Pillet 5 – 2 Zhou Hanming
Damien Touya 5 – 2 Chen Feng
United States United States 45 – 43 Hungary Hungary
Ivan Lee 3 – 5 Domonkos Ferjancsik
Keeth Smart 7 – 3 Balázs Lengyel
Jason Rogers 2 – 7 Zsolt Nemcsik
Ivan Lee 8 – 3 Balázs Lengyel
Jason Rogers 4 – 7 Domonkos Ferjancsik
Keeth Smart 1 – 5 Zsolt Nemcsik
Jason Rogers 7 – 5 Balázs Lengyel
Ivan Lee 6 – 5 Zsolt Nemcsik
Keeth Smart 7 – 3 Domonkos Ferjancsik
Italy Italy 45 – 44 Ukraine Ukraine
Luigi Tarantino 5 – 1 Vladyslav Tretiak
Giampiero Pastore 5 – 8 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Aldo Montano 5 – 4 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Giampiero Pastore 5 – 5 Vladyslav Tretiak
Luigi Tarantino 5 – 3 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Aldo Montano 5 – 3 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Giampiero Pastore 5 – 9 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Aldo Montano 5 – 6 Vladyslav Tretiak
Luigi Tarantino 5 – 5 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Russia Russia 45 – 22 Greece Greece
Sergey Sharikov 4 – 5 Constantine Manetas
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 6 – 3 Jason Dourakos
Aleksey Dyachenko 5 – 3 Marios Basmatzian
Sergey Sharikov 5 – 4 Jason Dourakos
Aleksey Dyachenko 5 – 0 Constantine Manetas
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 5 – 0 Marios Basmatzian
Aleksey Dyachenko 5 – 3 Jason Dourakos
Sergey Sharikov 5 – 2 Marios Basmatzian
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 5 – 3 Constantine Manetas

Semifinals

France France 45 – 44 United States United States
Damien Touya 3 – 5 Ivan Lee
Gael Touya 7 – 3 Keeth Smart
Julien Pillet 4 – 7 Jason Rogers
Gael Touya 6 – 2 Ivan Lee
Damien Touya 5 – 4 Jason Rogers
Julien Pillet 5 – 8 Keeth Smart
Gael Touya 5 – 3 Jason Rogers
Julien Pillet 5 – 6 Ivan Lee
Damien Touya 5 – 6 Keeth Smart
Italy Italy 45 – 42 Russia Russia
Luigi Tarantino 4 – 5 Sergey Sharikov
Giampiero Pastore 3 – 5 Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Aldo Montano 4 – 5 Aleksey Yakimenko
Giampiero Pastore 4 – 5 Sergey Sharikov
Luigi Tarantino 8 – 5 Aleksey Yakimenko
Aldo Montano 7 – 4 Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Giampiero Pastore 4 – 6 Aleksey Yakimenko
Aldo Montano 5 – 5 Sergey Sharikov
Luigi Tarantino 6 – 2 Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Classification matches

Hungary Hungary 45 – 40 China China
Zsolt Nemcsik 5 – 0 Wang Jingzhi
Kende Fodor 5 – 3 Huang Yaojiang
Domonkos Ferjancsik 4 – 12 Chen Feng
Kende Fodor 4 – 5 Wang Jingzhi
Zsolt Nemcsik 7 – 3 Chen Feng
Domonkos Ferjancsik 5 – 6 Huang Yaojiang
Kende Fodor 5 – 2 Chen Feng
Domonkos Ferjancsik 5 – 3 Wang Jingzhi
Zsolt Nemcsik 5 – 6 Huang Yaojiang
Ukraine Ukraine 45 – 39 Greece Greece
Volodymyr Lukashenko 4 – 5 Constantine Manetas
Oleh Shturbabin 0 – 5 Jason Dourakos
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy 5 – 3 Marios Basmatzian
Volodymyr Lukashenko 5 – 4 Jason Dourakos
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy 5 – 2 Constantine Manetas
Oleh Shturbabin 5 – 4 Marios Basmatzian
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy 5 – 5 Jason Dourakos
Volodymyr Lukashenko 5 – 5 Marios Basmatzian
Oleh Shturbabin 5 – 10 Constantine Manetas

Seventh place match

China China 45 – 42 Greece Greece
Wang Jingzhi 2 – 5 Constantine Manetas
Huang Yaojiang 5 – 5 Dimitris Costakos
Chen Feng 8 – 4 Marios Basmatzian
Wang Jingzhi 3 – 6 Dimitris Costakos
Chen Feng 3 – 5 Constantine Manetas
Huang Yaojiang 9 – 4 Marios Basmatzian
Chen Feng 3 – 6 Dimitris Costakos
Wang Jingzhi 5 – 5 Marios Basmatzian
Huang Yaojiang 7 – 2 Constantine Manetas

Fifth place match

Hungary Hungary 45 – 40 Ukraine Ukraine
Zsolt Nemcsik 5 – 4 Oleh Shturbabin
Kende Fodor 5 – 5 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Domonkos Ferjancsik 5 – 3 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Kende Fodor 5 – 6 Oleh Shturbabin
Zsolt Nemcsik 5 – 4 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Domonkos Ferjancsik 5 – 6 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Kende Fodor 5 – 6 Volodymyr Lukashenko
Domonkos Ferjancsik 5 – 4 Oleh Shturbabin
Zsolt Nemcsik 5 – 2 Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy

Bronze medal match

Russia Russia 45 – 44 United States United States
Sergey Sharikov 3 – 5 Keeth Smart
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 7 – 1 Jason Rogers
Aleksey Yakimenko 5 – 4 Ivan Lee
Sergey Sharikov 4 – 10 Jason Rogers
Aleksey Yakimenko 5 – 5 Keeth Smart
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 5 – 5 Ivan Lee
Aleksey Yakimenko 4 – 5 Jason Rogers
Sergey Sharikov 2 – 5 Ivan Lee
Stanislav Pozdnyakov 10 – 4 Keeth Smart

Gold medal match

France France 45 – 42 Italy Italy
Julien Pillet 4 – 5 Luigi Tarantino
Damien Touya 3 – 5 Giampiero Pastore
Gaël Touya 6 – 5 Aldo Montano
Julien Pillet 7 – 2 Giampiero Pastore
Gaël Touya 5 – 1 Luigi Tarantino
Damien Touya 5 – 11 Aldo Montano
Gaël Touya 5 – 4 Giampiero Pastore
Julien Pillet 4 – 7 Aldo Montano
Damien Touya 6 – 2 Luigi Tarantino

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