Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 31 July at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's foil at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	31 July
Competitors	38 from 24 nations
Medalists
Lei Sheng  China Alaaeldin Abouelkassem  Egypt Choi Byung-chul  South Korea

Lei Sheng of China won the gold medal, beating Alaaeldin Abouelkassem from Egypt in the final.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 31 July 2012	09:00	Qualifications and finals

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Lei Sheng (CHN)	15
	Andrea Baldini (ITA)	11
					Lei Sheng (CHN)	15
					Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)	13
	Choi Byung-chul (KOR)	12
	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)	15
					Bronze medal match
					Andrea Baldini (ITA)	14
					Choi Byung-chul (KOR)	15

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		15
	Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG)		8			Radu Dărăban (ROU)		11
	Radu Dărăban (ROU)		15								Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		15
											Sebastian Bachmann (GER)		11
						Renal Ganeyev (RUS)		9
						Sebastian Bachmann (GER)		15
																Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)		8
																Lei Sheng (CHN)		15
						Victor Sintès (FRA)		15
						Kenta Chida (JPN)		11
											Victor Sintès (FRA)		6
											Lei Sheng (CHN)		15
						Roland Schlosser (AUT)		9
						Lei Sheng (CHN)		15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		15
	Anas Mostafa (EGY)		5			Tarek Ayad (EGY)		8
	Tarek Ayad (EGY)		15								Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		15
											Alexander Massialas (USA)		6
						Étienne Lalonde‐Turbide (CAN)		6
						Alexander Massialas (USA)		15
																Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS)		5
																Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
						Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
						Ryo Miyake (JPN)		6
											Andrea Baldini (ITA)		15
	Lahoussine Ali (MAR)		6								Race Imboden (USA)		9
	Guilherme Toldo (BRA)		15			Guilherme Toldo (BRA)		5
						Race Imboden (USA)		15

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Ma Jianfei (CHN)		15
	Bojan Jovanović (CRO)		14			Daniel Gómez (MEX)		9
	Daniel Gómez (MEX)		15								Ma Jianfei (CHN)		15
											Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS)		11
						Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS)		15
						Richard Kruse (GBR)		5
																Ma Jianfei (CHN)		13
																Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15
						Erwann Le Péchoux (FRA)		15
						Enzo Lefort (FRA)		9
											Erwann Le Péchoux (FRA)		13
	Zhu Jun (CHN)		15								Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15
	Zain Shaito (LIB)		2			Zhu Jun (CHN)		13
						Choi Byung-chul (KOR)		15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals
						Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
						Miles Chamley-Watson (USA)		10
											Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
											Peter Joppich (GER)		10
						James-Andrew Davis (GBR)		10
						Peter Joppich (GER)		15
																Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)		15
																Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		10
						Yuki Ota (JPN)		15
						Benjamin Kleibrink (GER)		5
											Yuki Ota (JPN)		14
	Husayn Rosowsky (GBR)		8								Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		15
	Mohamed Samandi (TUN)		15			Mohamed Samandi (TUN)		7
						Andrea Cassarà (ITA)		15

Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
	Lei Sheng	China
	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem	Egypt
	Choi Byeong-Cheol	South Korea
4	Andrea Baldini	Italy
5	Andrea Cassarà	Italy
6	Valerio Aspromonte	Italy
7	Ma Jianfei	China
8	Aleksey Cheremisinov	Russia
9	Race Imboden	United States
10	Victor Sintès	France
11	Peter Joppich	Germany
12	Erwann Le Péchoux	France
13	Alexander Massialas	United States
14	Yuki Ota	Japan
15	Sebastian Bachmann	Germany
16	Artur Akhmatkhuzin	Russia
17	Richard Kruse	Great Britain
18	Benjamin Kleibrink	Germany
19	Renal Ganeyev	Russia
20	Ryo Miyake	Japan
21	Étienne Lalonde-Turbide	Canada
22	Enzo Lefort	France
23	James-Andrew Davis	Great Britain
24	Kenta Chida	Japan
25	Miles Chamley-Watson	United States
26	Roland Schlosser	Austria
27	Zhu Jun	China
28	Tarek Fouad	Egypt
29	Daniel Gómez	Mexico
30	Radu Dărăban	Romania
31	Mohamed Samandi	Tunisia
32	Guilherme Toldo	Brazil
33	Lahoussine Ali	Morocco
34	Husayn Rosowsky	Great Britain
35	Nicholas Choi	Hong Kong
36	Bojan Jovanović	Croatia
37	Zain Shaito	Lebanon
38	Anas Mostafa	Egypt

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