Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre competition of the fencing events at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 23 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Men's team sabre at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
Dates	July 23
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Medalists
Eli Dershwitz Daryl Homer Jeff Spear   United States   Shaul Gordon Mark Peros Joseph Polossifakis   Canada   Ricardo Bustamante Pascual Di Tella Stefano Lucchetti   Argentina
«2011 2019»

The team sabre competition consisted of a three-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers and classification semifinals and finals for 5th to 8th places. Teams consist of three members each. Matches consist of nine bouts, with every fencer on one team facing each fencer on the other team. Scoring carried over between bouts with a total of 45 touches being the team goal. Bouts lasted until one team reached the target multiple of 5 touches. For example, if the first bout ended with a score of 5-3, that score would remain into the next bout and the second bout would last until one team reached 10 touches. Bouts also had a maximum time of three minutes each; if the final bout ended before either team reached 45 touches, the team leading at that point won. A tie at that point would result in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 23, 2015	12:35	Quarterfinals
July 23, 2015	13:45	Fifth to eighth
July 23, 2015	14:55	Semifinals
July 23, 2015	18:05	Bronze medal match
July 23, 2015	20:05	Final

Results

The following are the results of the event.[1]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	United States	45
	8	Chile	24
						1	United States	45
						4	Argentina	25
	5	Brazil	42
	4	Argentina	45
											1	United States	45
											2	Canada	37
	3	Mexico	34
	6	Venezuela	45
						6	Venezuela	40		Third place
						2	Canada	45
	7	Colombia	25								4	Argentina	45
	2	Canada	45								6	Venezuela	42

Classification 5 – 8

	Classification					Fifth place
	8	Chile	41
	5	Brazil	45
						5	Brazil	45
						3	Mexico	38
	3	Mexico	45
	7	Colombia	44			Seventh place
						8	Chile	45
						7	Colombia	38

Final classification

Rank	Team	Athlete
	United States	Eli Dershwitz Daryl Homer Jeff Spear
	Canada	Shaul Gordon Mark Peros Joseph Polossifakis
	Argentina	Ricardo Bustamante Pascual Di Tella Stefano Lucchetti
4	Venezuela	Jesus Carvajal José Quintero Eliecer Romero
5	Brazil	Renzo Agresta Enrico Pezzi William Zeytounlian
6	Mexico	Julian Ayala Hector Florencia Padilla Eduardo Lara Azueta
7	Chile	Víctor Contreras Tarik Ruiz Israel Vasquez
8	Colombia	Carlos Enrique Correa Vila Luis Enrique Correa Vila Sebastian Cuellar Peña

References

1. 2015 Pan American Games Fencing Result Book