Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre

Women's sabre at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	1 August
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Medalists
Kim Ji-Yeon  South Korea Sofiya Velikaya  Russia Olha Kharlan  Ukraine

Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée				women
Foil		men		women
Team foil		men		women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men

The women's individual sabre competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 1 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

South Korea's Kim Ji-Yeon won the gold medal. Thirty-two fencers from 24 countries competed.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal final for semifinal losers.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	09:00	Qualifications and finals

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Mariel Zagunis (USA)	13
	Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)	15
					Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)	15
					Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	9
					Bronze medal match
	Olha Kharlan (UKR)	12		Mariel Zagunis (USA)	10
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	15			Olha Kharlan (UKR)	15

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
	Mariel Zagunis (USA)		15
	Diah Permatasari (INA)		7			Mariel Zagunis (USA)		15
	Seira Nakayama (JPN)		15			Seira Nakayama (JPN)		9
	Léonore Perrus (FRA)		12								Mariel Zagunis (USA)		15
	Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS)		15								Zhu Min (CHN)		6
	Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ)		7			Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS)		11
	Bianca Pascu (ROU)		10			Zhu Min (CHN)		15
	Zhu Min (CHN)		15													Mariel Zagunis (USA)		13
	Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)		15													Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)		15
	Ursula González (MEX)		3			Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)		15
	Maria Belen Perez Maurice (ARG)		10			Gioia Marzocca (ITA)		7
	Gioia Marzocca (ITA)		15								Kim Ji-Yeon (KOR)		15
	Aleksandra Socha (POL)		15								Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)		12
	Sandra Sassine (CAN)		7			Aleksandra Socha (POL)		7
	Louise Bond-Williams (GBR)		8			Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)		15
	Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)		15

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
	Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15
	Margarita Tschomakova (BUL)		8			Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15
	Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)		13			Sabina Mikina (AZE)		10
	Sabina Mikina (AZE)		15								Olha Kharlan (UKR)		15
	Chen Xiaodong (CHN)		15								Irene Vecchi (ITA)		9
	Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN)		12			Chen Xiaodong (CHN)		10
	Sophie Williams (GBR)		6			Irene Vecchi (ITA)		15
	Irene Vecchi (ITA)		15													Olha Kharlan (UKR)		12
	Azza Besbes (TUN)		15													Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15
	Au Sin Ying (HKG)		13			Azza Besbes (TUN)		13
	Salma Mahran (EGY)		6			Dagmara Wozniak (USA)		15
	Dagmara Wozniak (USA)		15								Dagmara Wozniak (USA)		13
	Lee Ra-Jin (KOR)		9								Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15
	Alejandra Benitez (VEN)		15			Alejandra Benitez (VEN)		10
	Lea Moutoussamy (ALG)		6			Sofya Velikaya (RUS)		15
	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)		15