Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B
# Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B

The men's sabre B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 17 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.

The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into three pools and played a round robin tournament. In this stage, the winner of a bout was the first person to score five hits or the person with the highest score at the end of four minutes. Next was a knock-out stage, where fencers competed in three three-minute bouts with a one-minute break between each. The winner was the first to reach fifteen hits, or the one with the highest score at the end of the last bout. In the event of a tie, another one-minute bout was held, with the winner being the first to score a hit.

The event was won by Laurent Francois, representing France.

## Results

### Preliminaries

**Pool A**

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | UKR | HUN | GBR | ESP | CAN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Laurent François (FRA) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:10 | x | 5:3 | 5:3 | 5:0 | 5:3 | 5:1 |
| 2 | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23:18 | 3:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:4 | 5:2 |
| 3 | Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20:19 | 3:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:3 | 3:5 | 5:1 |
| 4 | Lee Fawcett (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16:18 | 0:5 | 3:5 | 3:5 | x | 5:0 | 5:3 |
| 5 | Juan Arnau (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17:21 | 3:5 | 4:5 | 5:3 | 0:5 | x | 5:3 |
| 6 | Pierre Mainville (CAN) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10:25 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 3:5 | 3:5 | x |

**Pool B**

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | GRE | UKR | ITA | POL | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:14 | x | 5:4 | 5:1 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:2 |
| 2 | Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24:16 | 4:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:3 | 5:3 | 5:1 |
| 3 | Anton Datsko (UKR) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20:17 | 1:5 | 4:5 | x | 5:3 | 5:2 | 5:2 |
| 4 | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20:18 | 4:5 | 3:5 | 3:5 | x | 5:3 | 5:0 |
| 5 | Piotr Czop (POL) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16:23 | 3:5 | 3:5 | 2:5 | 3:5 | x | 5:3 |
| 6 | Benjy Williams (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8:25 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 0:5 | 3:5 | x |

**Pool C**

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | ITA | HKG | POL | RUS | ESP | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gerardo Mari (ITA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23:15 | x | 5:4 | 3:5 | 5:1 | 5:3 | 5:2 |
| 2 | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21:16 | 4:5 | x | 5:1 | 5:4 | 2:5 | 5:1 |
| 3 | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20:17 | 5:3 | 1:5 | x | 4:5 | 5:2 | 5:2 |
| 4 | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20:18 | 1:5 | 4:5 | 5:4 | x | 5:0 | 5:4 |
| 5 | Carlos Soler (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15:19 | 3:5 | 5:2 | 2:5 | 0:5 | x | 5:2 |
| 6 | Gerard Moreno (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11:25 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 4:5 | 2:5 | x |

### Competition bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Laurent François (FRA) | Laurent François (FRA) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Anton Datsko (UKR) | Anton Datsko (UKR) | 8 | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Marat Yusupov (RUS) | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 15 | | | | Laurent François (FRA) | Laurent François (FRA) | 15 | | | |
| Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | 15 | | | | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | 8 | | | |
| Lee Fawcett (GBR) | Lee Fawcett (GBR) | 4 | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Juan Arnau (ESP) | Juan Arnau (ESP) | 7 | Gerardo Mari (ITA) | Gerardo Mari (ITA) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Gerardo Mari (ITA) | Gerardo Mari (ITA) | 15 | | | | | | | Laurent François (FRA) | Laurent François (FRA) | 15 |
| Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | 14 | | | | | | | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | 9 |
| Carlos Soler (ESP) | Carlos Soler (ESP) | 15 | Carlos Soler (ESP) | Carlos Soler (ESP) | 10 | | | |
| Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | 15 | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | 15 | | | |
| Pál Szekeres (HUN) | Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 12 | | | | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | Hui Charn Hung (HKG) | 15 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 14 | | | | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 14 |
| Alessio Sarri (ITA) | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 15 | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 13 | | | | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | Serhiy Shenkevych (UKR) | 15 |
| | | | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 15 | | | | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 8 |
