Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
| Men's épée at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | women |
| Sabre | men | |
| Team sabre | men | |
The men's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 September 2000. 42 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1]
Competitors
Tournament results
Preliminary round
As there were more than 32 entrants in this event, ten first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 fencers.
 Meelis Loit (EST)
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15–7 |  Wang Weixin (CHN)
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 Aleksandr Poddubny (KGZ)
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15–13 | Andrus Kajak (EST)
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 Michael Switak (AUT)
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14–13 |  Sergey Shabalin (KAZ)
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 Oleksandr Horbachuk (UKR)
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15–14 |  Nelson Loyola (CUB)
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 Mauricio Rivas (COL)
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15–10 |  Nick Heffernan (AUS)
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 Vladimir Pchenikin (BLR)
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15–11 |  Jonathan Peña (PUR)
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| Gerry Adams (AUS)
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15–13 | Carlos Pedroso (CUB)
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 Laurie Shong (CAN)
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15–8 | David Nathan (AUS)
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| Zhao Gang (CHN)
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15–12 |  Muhannad Saif El-Din (EGY)
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 Tamir Bloom (USA)
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8–4 | Andrey Murashko (BLR)
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Main tournament bracket
The remaining field of 32 fencers competed in a single-elimination tournament to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match.
Results
References
- ^ "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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