Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team sabre
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The women's team sabre fencing
competition at the Beijing
2008 Summer Olympics
took place on August 14 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre
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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. 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.
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
competition at the Beijing
Beijing
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2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
took place on August 14 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre
Olympic Green Convention Centre
The Olympic Green Convention Center or National Convention Center is a new convention center located in the Olympic Green in Beijing. It was designed by RMJM and was used for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It covers an area of 270,000 square metres...
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The team sabre
Sabre (fencing)
The sabre is one of the three weapons of modern sport fencing, and is alternatively spelled saber in American English. The sabre differs from the other modern fencing weapons, the épée and foil, in that it is possible to score with the edge of the blade; for this reason, sabreur movements and...
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. 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.
Medalists
| Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics... Halyna Pundyk Halyna Pundyk Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk is an Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Bao Yingying Bao Yingying Bao Yingying is a female Chinese sabre fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major performances:*2001 World University Games - 3rd saber individual;*2002 World Junior Championships - 1st saber individual;*2002 Asian Games - 1st saber team;... Huang Haiyang Huang Haiyang Huang Haiyang is a female Chinese sabre fencer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major performances:*2002 Asian Games - 1st team;*2003 World Championships - 2nd team;*2004 World Cup Grand Prix - 2nd team-References:*... Ni Hong Ni Hong Ni Hong is a female Chinese sabre fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5439... Tan Xue Tan Xue Tan Xue is a female Chinese fencer who won silver medals in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the Team Sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Sada Jacobson Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a... Rebecca Ward Rebecca Ward Rebecca "Becca" Ward is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15-11 in the final, and took bronze in both individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-History:A member of the Oregon Fencing... Mariel Zagunis Mariel Zagunis Mariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the... |
Finals
Classification 5- 8
Final classification
| Rank | Team | |Athlete |
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| Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir Olha Zhovnir is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan Olga Kharlan is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics... Halyna Pundyk Halyna Pundyk Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk is an Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova Olena Khomrova is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Bao Yingying Bao Yingying Bao Yingying is a female Chinese sabre fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major performances:*2001 World University Games - 3rd saber individual;*2002 World Junior Championships - 1st saber individual;*2002 Asian Games - 1st saber team;... Huang Haiyang Huang Haiyang Huang Haiyang is a female Chinese sabre fencer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major performances:*2002 Asian Games - 1st team;*2003 World Championships - 2nd team;*2004 World Cup Grand Prix - 2nd team-References:*... Ni Hong Ni Hong Ni Hong is a female Chinese sabre fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5439... Tan Xue Tan Xue Tan Xue is a female Chinese fencer who won silver medals in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the Team Sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Sada Jacobson Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a... Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis Mariel Zagunis Mariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the... |
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| 4 | Anne-Lise Touya Léonore Perrus Carole Vergne Solenn Mary |
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| 5 | Ekaterina Fedorkina Elena Nechaeva Ekaterina Dyachenko Sofiya Velikaya Sofiya Velikaya Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya is a Russian sabre fencer.-External links:** at sports-reference.com... |
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| 6 | Aleksandra Socha Aleksandra Socha Aleksandra Socha Szelagowski is a Polish fencer.Polish Female Sabre Champion for years 1999,2002,2003,2008 and 2010. As a member of Polish Sabre Fencing Team she won medals at the European Championships in 2001 , 2006 , and 2008... Bogna Jozwiak Irena Wieckowska |
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| 7 | Olga Ovtchinnikova Olga Ovtchinnikova Olya Ovtchinnikova is a Canadian fencer. Ovtchinnikova started fencing for recreation in Moscow, Russia, where she participated in local competitions. In 2000, her family moved to Toronto, Canada, where she began to train more seriously... Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine is a Canadian fencer. She was born in Chibougamau, Quebec. She will compete in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the women's sabre, she competed in section 3, beating Elvira Wood in the first round, but was eliminated in the second round by gold... Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 7th place in the team sabre event. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.- External links :*... Wendy Saschenbrecker Wendy Saschenbrecker Wendy Saschenbrecker is a Canadian fencer from Ottawa. She was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada at the age of five.Saschenbrecker began fencing at the University of Ottawa in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and from McGill University. She works as a manager with the Canada... |
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| 8 | Elvira Wood Jyoti Chetty Adele du Plooy Shelley Gosher |