Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team sabre

Women's team sabre at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	14 August 2008
Competitors	30 from 8 nations
Medalists
Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova  Ukraine Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue  China Sada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis  United States

The women's team sabre fencing competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 14 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

The team sabre competition consisted of a three-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers and classification semifinals and finals for 5th to 8th places. Teams consist of three members each, and a substitute. Matches consist of nine bouts, with every fencer on one team facing each fencer on the other team. Scoring carried over between bouts with a total of 45 touches being the team goal. Bouts lasted until one team reached the target multiple of 5 touches. For example, if the first bout ended with a score of 5–3, that score would remain into the next bout and the second bout would last until one team reached 10 touches. Bouts also had a maximum time of three minutes each; if the final bout ended before either team reached 45 touches, the team leading at that point won. A tie at that point would result 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.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	United States	45
	8	South Africa	8
						1	United States	39
						5	Ukraine	45
	5	Ukraine	45
	4	Russia	34
											5	Ukraine	45
											3	China	44
	3	China	45
	6	Poland	25
						3	China	45			Third place
						2	France	38
	7	Canada	22								1	United States	45
	2	France	45								2	France	38

Classification 5- 8

	Placement 5-8					Placement 5-6
	8	South Africa	13
	5	Russia	45
						5	Russia	45
						6	Poland	36
	6	Poland	45
	7	Canada	44			Placement 7-8
						8	South Africa	16
						7	Canada	45

Final classification

Rank	Team	Athlete
	Ukraine	Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova
	China	Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue
	United States	Sada Jacobson Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis
4	France	Anne-Lise Touya Léonore Perrus Carole Vergne Solenn Mary
5	Russia	Ekaterina Fedorkina Elena Nechaeva Ekaterina Dyachenko Sofiya Velikaya
6	Poland	Aleksandra Socha Bogna Jóźwiak Irena Więckowska
7	Canada	Olga Ovtchinnikova Sandra Sassine Julie Cloutier Wendy Saschenbrecker
8	South Africa	Elvira Wood Jyoti Chetty Adele du Plooy Shelley Gosher

References

• Competition format