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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	26 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants	35 from 18 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

36 foil fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion was Daniele Garozzo of Italy and the reigning World Champion was Enzo Lefort of France. They fought each other in the quarter-finals with Garozzo becoming the winner by a very close 15-13 win. Garozzo then finally lost the final 15-11 against Edgar Cheung from Hong Kong who won the second Olympic gold medal for his country after windsurfer Lee Lai Shan in 1996. The bronze medal went to the Czech Alexander Choupenitch.

Pos	Seed	Competitor	NOC
1	15	Edgar Cheung	HKG	Gold
2	5	Daniele Garozzo	ITA	Silver
3	19	Alexander Choupenitch	CZE	Bronze
4	9	Takahiro Shikine	JPN
5	4	Enzo Lefort	FRA
6	16	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem	EGY
7	22	Mohamed Hamza	EGY
8	23	Kirill Borodachov	ROC
9	2	Alessio Foconi	ITA
10	6	Andrea Cassarà	ITA
11	8	Ryan Choi	HKG
12	7	Nick Itkin	USA
13	20	Toshiya Saito	JPN
14	21	Kyosuke Matsuyama	JPN
15	30	Peter Joppich	GER
16	33	Vladislav Mylnikov	ROC
17	1	Gerek Meinhardt	USA
18	3	Alexander Massialas	USA
19	10	Lee Gwang-Hyeon	KOR
20	11	Marcus Mepstead	GBR
21	12	Maxime Pauty	FRA
22	13	Guilherme Toldo	BRA
23	14	Carlos Llavador	ESP
24	18	Julien Mertine	FRA
25	17	Benjamin Kleibrink	GER
26	24	Mohamed Samandi	TUN
27	26	Anton Borodachov	ROC
28	25	Maximilien Van Haaster	CAN
29	28	Mohamed Hassan	EGY
30	27	Eli Schenkel	CAN
31	34	André Sanità	GER
32	36	Diego Cervantes	MEX
33	29	Huang Mengkai	CHN
34	31	Cheung Siu Lun	HKG
35	32	Salim Heroui	ALG

Round One

Date	26 July 2021 — 9:25
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul		Gerek Meinhardt (1)	USA				bye
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Vladislav Mylnikov (33)	ROC	15 – 6	Salim Heroui (32)	ALG
Bout #3	26 Jul		Benjamin Kleibrink (17)	GER				bye
Bout #4	26 Jul		Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (16)	EGY				bye
Bout #5	26 Jul		Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN				bye
Bout #6	26 Jul		Mohamed Samandi (24)	TUN				bye
Bout #7	26 Jul		Maximilien Van Haaster (25)	CAN				bye
Bout #8	26 Jul		Ryan Choi (8)	HKG				bye
Bout #9	26 Jul		Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA				bye
Bout #10	26 Jul		Mohamed Hassan (28)	EGY				bye
Bout #11	26 Jul		Kyosuke Matsuyama (21)	JPN				bye
Bout #12	26 Jul		Maxime Pauty (12)	FRA				bye
Bout #13	26 Jul		Guilherme Toldo (13)	BRA				bye
Bout #14	26 Jul		Toshiya Saito (20)	JPN				bye
Bout #15	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Diego Cervantes (36)	MEX	15 – 14	Huang Mengkai (29)	CHN
Bout #16	26 Jul		Enzo Lefort (4)	FRA				bye
Bout #17	26 Jul		Alexander Massialas (3)	USA				bye
Bout #18	26 Jul	Green Piste	Peter Joppich (30)	GER	15 – 12	Alex Cai (35)	CAN
Bout #19	26 Jul		Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE				bye
Bout #20	26 Jul		Carlos Llavador (14)	ESP				bye
Bout #21	26 Jul		Marcus Mepstead (11)	GBR				bye
Bout #22	26 Jul		Mohamed Hamza (22)	EGY				bye
Bout #23	26 Jul		Eli Schenkel (27)	CAN				bye
Bout #24	26 Jul		Andrea Cassarà (6)	ITA				bye
Bout #25	26 Jul		Nick Itkin (7)	USA				bye
Bout #26	26 Jul		Anton Borodachov (26)	ROC				bye
Bout #27	26 Jul		Kirill Borodachov (23)	ROC				bye
Bout #28	26 Jul		Lee Gwang-Hyeon (10)	KOR				bye
Bout #29	26 Jul		Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG				bye
Bout #30	26 Jul		Julien Mertine (18)	FRA				bye
Bout #31	26 Jul	Red Piste	André Sanità (34)	GER	15 – 14	Cheung Siu Lun (31)	HKG
Bout #32	26 Jul		Alessio Foconi (2)	ITA				bye

Round Two

Date	26 July 2021 — 11:35
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Vladislav Mylnikov (33)	ROC	15 – 11	Gerek Meinhardt (1)	USA
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (16)	EGY	15 – 11	Benjamin Kleibrink (17)	GER
Bout #3	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN	15 – 4	Mohamed Samandi (24)	TUN
Bout #4	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Ryan Choi (8)	HKG	15 – 10	Maximilien Van Haaster (25)	CAN
Bout #5	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA	15 – 6	Mohamed Hassan (28)	EGY
Bout #6	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Kyosuke Matsuyama (21)	JPN	15 – 7	Maxime Pauty (12)	FRA
Bout #7	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Toshiya Saito (20)	JPN	15 – 10	Guilherme Toldo (13)	BRA
Bout #8	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Enzo Lefort (4)	FRA	15 – 11	Diego Cervantes (36)	MEX
Bout #9	26 Jul	Green Piste	Peter Joppich (30)	GER	15 – 12	Alexander Massialas (3)	USA
Bout #10	26 Jul	Green Piste	Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE	15 – 11	Carlos Llavador (14)	ESP
Bout #11	26 Jul	Green Piste	Mohamed Hamza (22)	EGY	15 – 13	Marcus Mepstead (11)	GBR
Bout #12	26 Jul	Green Piste	Andrea Cassarà (6)	ITA	15 – 11	Eli Schenkel (27)	CAN
Bout #13	26 Jul	Red Piste	Nick Itkin (7)	USA	15 – 11	Anton Borodachov (26)	ROC
Bout #14	26 Jul	Red Piste	Kirill Borodachov (23)	ROC	15 – 14	Lee Gwang-Hyeon (10)	KOR
Bout #15	26 Jul	Red Piste	Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG	15 – 12	Julien Mertine (18)	FRA
Bout #16	26 Jul	Red Piste	Alessio Foconi (2)	ITA	15 – 8	André Sanità (34)	GER

Round Three

Date	26 July 2021 — 14:25
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (16)	EGY	15 – 12	Vladislav Mylnikov (33)	ROC
Bout #2	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN	15 – 6	Ryan Choi (8)	HKG
Bout #3	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA	15 – 14	Kyosuke Matsuyama (21)	JPN
Bout #4	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Enzo Lefort (4)	FRA	15 – 4	Toshiya Saito (20)	JPN
Bout #5	26 Jul	Green Piste	Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE	15 – 13	Peter Joppich (30)	GER
Bout #6	26 Jul	Green Piste	Mohamed Hamza (22)	EGY	15 – 13	Andrea Cassarà (6)	ITA
Bout #7	26 Jul	Red Piste	Kirill Borodachov (23)	ROC	15 – 13	Nick Itkin (7)	USA
Bout #8	26 Jul	Red Piste	Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG	15 – 3	Alessio Foconi (2)	ITA

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 2021 — 15:50
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Blue Piste	Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN	15 – 13	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (16)	EGY
Bout #2	26 Jul	Yellow Piste	Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA	15 – 10	Enzo Lefort (4)	FRA
Bout #3	26 Jul	Green Piste	Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE	15 – 9	Mohamed Hamza (22)	EGY
Bout #4	26 Jul	Red Piste	Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG	15 – 14	Kirill Borodachov (23)	ROC

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 2021 — 18:50
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	26 Jul	Final Piste	Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA	15 – 9	Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN
Bout #2	26 Jul	Final Piste	Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG	15 – 10	Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE

Final Round

Date	26 July 2021 — 20:15

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout 1/2	26 Jul 21:10	Final Piste	Edgar Cheung (15)	HKG	15 – 11	Daniele Garozzo (5)	ITA
Bout 3/4	26 Jul 20:15	Final Piste	Alexander Choupenitch (19)	CZE	15 – 8	Takahiro Shikine (9)	JPN