Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's individual foil

Men's individual foil
at the 2018 Asian Games
VenueJakarta Convention Center
Date21 August
Competitors29 from 16 nations
Medalists
gold medal Huang Mengkai   China
silver medal Nicholas Choi   Hong Kong
bronze medal Cheung Ka Long   Hong Kong
bronze medal Son Young-ki   South Korea
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The men's individual foil competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 21 August at the Jakarta Convention Center.[1][2] This event made its debut at the Asian Games since the seventh edition in 1974 Tehran. China led the medal tally by collecting five gold medals, while Japan and South Korea stand in the second and third position with 3 and 2 gold medals respectively.[3] Huang Mengkai of China managed to claim the gold medal after won the final match against Nicholas Choi of Hong Kong with the score 11–10.[4] Choi settled for the silver medal, and the bronze medal goes to Son Young-ki of South Korea and Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong.[5][6]

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 21 August 2018 10:45 Preliminaries
13:15 Round of 32
15:15 Round of 16
16:45 Quarterfinals
19:00 Semifinals
20:30 Gold medal match

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

  HKG THA PHI VIE INA
 Cheung Ka Long (HKG) 5–0 5–3 5–0 5–1
 Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA) 0–5 3–5 4–5 3–5
 Nathaniel Perez (PHI) 3–5 5–3 0–5 5–2
 Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE) 0–5 5–4 5–0 5–2
 Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA) 1–5 5–3 2–5 2–5

Pool B

  KOR SGP PHI TPE THA CHN
 Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) 5–2 5–3 5–2 1–5 5–1
 Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP) 2–5 1–5 5–3 5–2 3–5
 Brennan Louie (PHI) 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–1 2–5
 Chen Chih-chieh (TPE) 2–5 3–5 4–5 5–4 3–5
 Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA) 5–1 2–5 1–5 4–5 0–5
 Ma Jianfei (CHN) 1–5 5–3 5–2 5–3 5–0

Pool C

  HKG TPE KAZ MAC MAS QAT
 Nicholas Choi (HKG) 5–1 5–1 5–2 5–0 5–0
 Ou Feng-ming (TPE) 1–5 5–1 5–1 5–1 5–3
 Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ) 1–5 1–5 5–1 1–5 5–1
 Hoi Man Kit (MAC) 2–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 5–2
 Cheng Xing Han (MAS) 0–5 1–5 5–1 5–4 5–2
 Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT) 0–5 3–5 1–5 2–5 2–5

Pool D

  CHN JPN VIE SGP NEP CAM
 Huang Mengkai (CHN) 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
 Takahiro Shikine (JPN) 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–0 5–0
 Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE) 1–5 3–5 5–1 5–1 5–1
 Joshua Lim (SGP) 5–4 1–5 1–5 5–1 5–1
 Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP) 0–5 0–5 1–5 1–5 3–5
 Chim Theara (CAM) 1–5 0–5 1–5 1–5 5–3

Pool E

  JPN KOR INA MAS NEP QAT
 Toshiya Saito (JPN) 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–2 5–0
 Son Young-ki (KOR) 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–1 5–1
 Mohammad Zulfikar (INA) 1–5 2–5 3–5 5–0 5–1
 Hans Yoong (MAS) 0–5 4–5 5–3 5–0 5–2
 Sanjeep Lama (NEP) 2–5 1–5 0–5 0–5 1–5
 Ali Owaida (QAT) 0–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–1

Summary

Rank Pool Athlete W L W/M TD TF
1 C  Nicholas Choi (HKG) 5 0 1.000 +21 25
2 D  Takahiro Shikine (JPN) 5 0 1.000 +18 25
3 E  Son Young-ki (KOR) 5 0 1.000 +16 25
4 A  Cheung Ka Long (HKG) 4 0 1.000 +16 20
5 E  Toshiya Saito (JPN) 4 1 0.800 +13 21
6 C  Ou Feng-ming (TPE) 4 1 0.800 +10 21
7 B  Ma Jianfei (CHN) 4 1 0.800 +8 21
7 B  Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) 4 1 0.800 +8 21
9 A  Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE) 3 1 0.750 +4 15
10 D  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 3 2 0.600 +10 22
11 D  Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE) 3 2 0.600 +6 19
12 B  Brennan Louie (PHI) 3 2 0.600 +4 20
13 E  Hans Yoong (MAS) 3 2 0.600 +4 19
14 D  Joshua Lim (SGP) 3 2 0.600 +1 17
15 C  Cheng Xing Han (MAS) 3 2 0.600 −1 16
16 A  Nathaniel Perez (PHI) 2 2 0.500 −2 13
17 E  Mohammad Zulfikar (INA) 2 3 0.400 0 16
18 B  Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP) 2 3 0.400 −4 16
19 C  Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ) 2 3 0.400 −4 13
20 A  Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA) 1 3 0.250 −8 10
21 B  Chen Chih-chieh (TPE) 1 4 0.200 −7 17
22 C  Hoi Man Kit (MAC) 1 4 0.200 −9 13
23 B  Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA) 1 4 0.200 −9 12
24 E  Ali Owaida (QAT) 1 4 0.200 −12 9
25 D  Chim Theara (CAM) 1 4 0.200 −15 8
26 A  Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA) 0 4 0.000 −10 10
27 C  Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT) 0 5 0.000 −17 8
28 D  Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP) 0 5 0.000 −20 5
29 E  Sanjeep Lama (NEP) 0 5 0.000 −21 4

Knockout round

Final

Gold medal match
1  Nicholas Choi (HKG) 10
10  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 11

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  Nicholas Choi (HKG) 15
17  Mohammad Zulfikar (INA) 10 16  Nathaniel Perez (PHI) 6
16  Nathaniel Perez (PHI) 15 1  Nicholas Choi (HKG) 15
8  Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) 11
9  Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE) 5
8  Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) 15
1  Nicholas Choi (HKG) 15
4  Cheung Ka Long (HKG) 9
5  Toshiya Saito (JPN) 15
21  Chen Chih-chieh (TPE) 15 21  Chen Chih-chieh (TPE) 12
12  Brennan Louie (PHI) 13 5  Toshiya Saito (JPN) 3
13  Hans Yoong (MAS) 8 4  Cheung Ka Long (HKG) 15
20  Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA) 15 20  Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA) 4
4  Cheung Ka Long (HKG) 15

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
3  Son Young-ki (KOR) 15
19  Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ) 10 14  Joshua Lim (SGP) 6
14  Joshua Lim (SGP) 15 3  Son Young-ki (KOR) 15
11  Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE) 15 6  Ou Feng-ming (TPE) 8
22  Hoi Man Kit (MAC) 9 11  Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE) 9
6  Ou Feng-ming (TPE) 15
3  Son Young-ki (KOR) 6
10  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 15
7  Ma Jianfei (CHN) 9
23  Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA) 3 10  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 15
10  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 15 10  Huang Mengkai (CHN) 15
15  Cheng Xing Han (MAS) 8 18  Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP) 11
18  Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP) 15 18  Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP) 15
2  Takahiro Shikine (JPN) 12

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Huang Mengkai (CHN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Nicholas Choi (HKG)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cheung Ka Long (HKG)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Son Young-ki (KOR)
5  Toshiya Saito (JPN)
6  Ou Feng-ming (TPE)
7  Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)
8  Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)
9  Takahiro Shikine (JPN)
10  Ma Jianfei (CHN)
11  Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE)
12  Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)
13  Joshua Lim (SGP)
14  Nathaniel Perez (PHI)
15  Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)
16  Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)
17  Brennan Louie (PHI)
18  Hans Yoong (MAS)
19  Cheng Xing Han (MAS)
20  Mohammad Zulfikar (INA)
21  Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ)
22  Hoi Man Kit (MAC)
23  Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA)
24  Ali Owaida (QAT)
25  Chim Theara (CAM)
26  Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA)
27  Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT)
28  Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP)
29  Sanjeep Lama (NEP)

References

  1. ^ "Fencing Sports Technical Handbook" (PDF). Asian Games 2018. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Official Result Book Fencing" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Event preview - Men's Individual Foil - Fencing". Asian Games 2018. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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