Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's sabre

Women's sabre at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Multipurpose Gymnasium
Dates	October 25
Competitors	18 from 10 nations
Medalists
Mariel Zagunis   United States   Alejandra Benítez   Venezuela   Yaritza Goulet   Cuba   Eileen Grench   Panama
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The women's sabre competition of the fencing events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held on October 25 at the Multipurpose Gymnasium. The defending champion was Mailyn González from Cuba.

The sabre 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 Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	11:50	Qualification pools
October 25, 2011	13:10	Round of 16
October 25, 2011	13:50	Quarterfinals
October 25, 2011	19:40	Semifinals
October 25, 2011	20:30	Final

Results

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	Patricia Contreras	Venezuela	5	25	12	+13	Q
2	Alejandra Benítez	Venezuela	4	24	13	+11	Q
3	Eileen Grench	Panama	4	22	11	+11	Q
4	Mariel Zagunis	United States	4	24	15	+9	Q
5	Ibtihaj Muhammad	United States	3	22	14	+8	Q
6	Sandra Sassine	Canada	3	22	16	+6	Q
7	María Belén Pérez Maurice	Argentina	3	20	16	+4	Q
8	Estefania Berninsone	Argentina	3	20	17	+3	Q
9	Yaritza Goulet	Cuba	3	19	19	0	Q
10	Élora Pattaro	Brazil	2	20	17	+3	Q
11	Rossy Félix	Dominican Republic	2	18	19	-1	Q
12	Angélica Larios	Mexico	2	16	18	-2	Q
13	Yexi Salazar	Cuba	2	12	18	-6	Q
14	Maybelline Johnnson	Dominican Republic	2	11	21	-10	Q
15	Úrsula González	Mexico	1	15	22	-7	Q
16	Melanie Mercado	Puerto Rico	1	16	24	-8	Q
17	Karina Lakerbai	Brazil	1	13	23	-10
18	Ana Batista	Panama	0	1	25	-24

Elimination round

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Patricia Contreras (VEN)	10
	16	Melanie Mercado (PUR)	15
						16	Melanie Mercado (PUR)	11
						9	Yaritza Goulet (CUB)	15
	9	Yaritza Goulet (CUB)	15
	10	Élora Pattaro (BRA)	5
											9	Yaritza Goulet (CUB)	7
											4	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
	5	Ibtihaj Muhammad (USA)	15
	12	Angélica Larios (MEX)	4
						5	Ibtihaj Muhammad (USA)	4
						4	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
	13	Yexi Salazar (CUB)	11
	4	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
																4	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	15
																2	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)	13
	3	Eileen Grench (PAN)	15
	14	Maybelline Johnnson (DOM)	6
						3	Eileen Grench (PAN)	15
						6	Sandra Sassine (CAN)	13
	11	Rossy Félix (DOM)	13
	6	Sandra Sassine (CAN)	15
											3	Eileen Grench (PAN)	14
											2	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)	15
	7	María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)	15
	8	Estefania Berninsone (ARG)	9
						7	María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)	13
						2	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)	15
	15	Úrsula González (MEX)	6
	2	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)	15