| | Event type
Sabre, Individual, Men
| Date | 21 September 2000 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales / Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Participants | 39 from 20 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
Romania’s Mihai Covaliu and Mathieu Gourdain of France surged to the final on a wave of upset victories. The Frenchman put out defending champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov and World team gold medallist Domonkos Ferjancsik to progress while Covaliu beat the second seed Damien Touya of France. The Romanian had competed without distinction in Atlanta and had never previously won a medal at a major international championship so it came as a shock when he bulldozed his way past Gourdain to the Olympic title. The final lasted just 1 minute 41 seconds.
| Pos | Seed | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Mihai Covaliu |  ROU | Gold | ||
| 2 | 17 | Matthieu Gourdain |  FRA | Silver | ||
| 3 | 13 | Wiradech Kothny |  GER | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 4 | Domonkos Ferjancsik |  HUN | |||
| 5 | 2 | Damien Touya | FRA | |||
| 6 | 11 | Aleksey Frosin |  RUS | |||
| 7 | 12 | Tonhi Terenzi |  ITA | |||
| 8 | 25 | Dan Găureanu | ROU | |||
| 9 | 1 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | RUS | |||
| 10 | 3 | Sergey Sharikov | RUS | |||
| 11 | 6 | Csaba Köves | HUN | |||
| 12 | 9 | Julien Pillet | FRA | |||
| 13 | 14 | Vadym Huttsait |  UKR | |||
| 14 | 18 | Dennis Bauer | GER | |||
| 15 | 26 | Dzmitry Lapkes |  BLR | |||
| 16 | 28 | James Williams |  GBR | |||
| 17 | 5 | Zsolt Nemcsik | HUN | |||
| 18 | 7 | Luigi Tarantino | ITA | |||
| 19 | 8 | Raffaello Caserta | ITA | |||
| 20 | 17 | Fernando Medina |  ESP | |||
| 21 | 16 | Jorge Pina | ESP | |||
| 22 | 19 | Rafał Sznajder |  POL | |||
| 23 | 20 | Eero Lehmann | GER | |||
| 24 | 21 | Marcin Sobala | POL | |||
| 25 | 22 | Volodymyr Kaliuzhnyi | UKR | |||
| 26 | 23 | Norbert Jaskot | POL | |||
| 27 | 24 | Alberto Falcón | ESP | |||
| 28 | 27 | Florin Lupeică | ROU | |||
| 29 | 29 | Volodymyr Lukashenko | UKR | |||
| 30 | 30 | Keeth Smart |  USA | |||
| 31 | 33 | Zhao Chunsheng |  CHN | |||
| 32 | 35 | Lee Seung-Won |  KOR | |||
| 33 | 30 | Laurent Waller |  SUI | |||
| 34 | 32 | Akhi Spencer-El | USA | |||
| 35 | 34 | Igor Tsel |  KAZ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Masashi Nagara |  JPN | |||
| 37 | 37 | Diego Drajer |  ARG | |||
| 38 | 38 | Cándido Maya |  CUB | |||
| 39 | 39 | Mahmoud Samir |  EGY |
Round One
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Round Two
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round three. |
Round Three
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 21 Sep | Piste Blue | Matthieu Gourdain (17) | FRA | 15 – 11 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov (1) | RUS | |
| Bout #2 | 21 Sep | Piste Blue | Dan Găureanu (25) | ROU | 15 – 10 | Julien Pillet (9) | FRA | |
| Bout #3 | 21 Sep | Piste Green | Tonhi Terenzi (12) | ITA | 15 – 14 | Csaba Köves (6) | HUN | |
| Bout #4 | 21 Sep | Piste Green | Domonkos Ferjancsik (4) | HUN | 15 – 10 | Vadym Huttsait (14) | UKR | |
| Bout #5 | 21 Sep | Piste Red | Wiradech Kothny (13) | GER | 15 – 14 | Sergey Sharikov (3) | RUS | |
| Bout #6 | 21 Sep | Piste Red | Aleksey Frosin (11) | RUS | 15 – 8 | James Williams (28) | GBR | |
| Bout #7 | 21 Sep | Piste Yellow | Mihai Covaliu (15) | ROU | 15 – 11 | Dzmitry Lapkes (26) | BLR | |
| Bout #8 | 21 Sep | Piste Yellow | Damien Touya (2) | FRA | 15 – 12 | Dennis Bauer (18) | GER |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 21 Sep | Piste Blue | Matthieu Gourdain (17) | FRA | 15 – 14 | Dan Găureanu (25) | ROU | |
| Bout #2 | 21 Sep | Piste Green | Domonkos Ferjancsik (4) | HUN | 15 – 13 | Tonhi Terenzi (12) | ITA | |
| Bout #3 | 21 Sep | Piste Red | Wiradech Kothny (13) | GER | 15 – 12 | Aleksey Frosin (11) | RUS | |
| Bout #4 | 21 Sep | Piste Yellow | Mihai Covaliu (15) | ROU | 15 – 14 | Damien Touya (2) | FRA |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 21 Sep | Piste Final | Matthieu Gourdain (17) | FRA | 15 – 12 | Domonkos Ferjancsik (4) | HUN | |
| Bout #2 | 21 Sep | Piste Final | Mihai Covaliu (15) | ROU | 15 – 12 | Wiradech Kothny (13) | GER |
Final Round
| Date | 21 September 2000 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout 1/2 | 21 Sep | Piste Final | Mihai Covaliu (15) | ROU | 15 – 12 | Matthieu Gourdain (17) | FRA | |
| Bout 3/4 | 21 Sep | Piste Final | Wiradech Kothny (13) | GER | 15 – 11 | Domonkos Ferjancsik (4) | HUN |