title: Men's sabre at the 2014 World Fencing Championships
text: # Men's sabre at the 2014 World Fencing Championships
  
  The Men's sabre event of the 2014 World Fencing Championships was held on 18 July 2014. The qualification was held on 15 July 2014.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Nikolay Kovalev (RUS) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) |
  | Bronze | Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU) |
  | Bronze | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) |
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 |
  | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 9 | | |
  | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 9 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 |
  | | | Gu Bon-gil | 7 |
  | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | Gu Bon-gil | 7 |
  | Aleksey Yakimenko | 12 | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kim Jung-hwan | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 64 | Ahmed Amr | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 64 | Ahmed Amr | 9 | 1 | Kim Jung-hwan | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 32 | Tamás Decsi | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | 33 | Seppe van Holsbeke | 9 | 32 | Tamás Decsi | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | 32 | Tamás Decsi | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 32 | Tamás Decsi | 15 | | | | 1 | Kim Jung-hwan | 12 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | |
  | 17 | Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | | | | | | | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | |
  | 48 | Low Ho Tin | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 48 | Low Ho Tin | 8 | 17 | Aliaksandr Buikevich | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 49 | Benjamin Igoe | 6 | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 | | | | | | | | 16 | Nikolay Kovalev | 15 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Aldo Montano | 12 |
  | 9 | Aldo Montano | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Aldo Montano | 12 |
  | 56 | Dmytro Boiko | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 56 | Dmytro Boiko | 6 | 9 | Aldo Montano | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 41 | Mojtaba Abedini | 8 | | | | | | | |
  | 41 | Mojtaba Abedini | 15 | 41 | Mojtaba Abedini | 8 | | | | | | | |
  | 24 | James Honeybone | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 24 | James Honeybone | 10 | | | | 9 | Aldo Montano | 15 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 25 | Vincent Anstett | 5 | | | | |
  | 25 | Vincent Anstett | 15 | | | | | | | 25 | Vincent Anstett | 5 | | | | |
  | 40 | Tomohiro Shimamura | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 40 | Tomohiro Shimamura | 13 | 25 | Vincent Anstett | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 8 | Luigi Samele | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | 57 | Vũ Thành An | 3 | 8 | Luigi Samele | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Luigi Samele | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 60 | José Quintero | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 60 | José Quintero | 6 | 5 | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 37 | Matyas Szabo | 10 | | | | | | | |
  | 37 | Matyas Szabo | 15 | 37 | Matyas Szabo | 10 | | | | | | | |
  | 28 | Eli Dershwitz | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 28 | Eli Dershwitz | 14 | | | | 5 | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 15 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 53 | Oh Eun-seok | 13 | | | | |
  | 21 | Ilya Mokretcov | 15 | | | | | | | 53 | Oh Eun-seok | 13 | | | | |
  | 44 | Adam Skrodzki | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 44 | Adam Skrodzki | 8 | 21 | Ilya Mokretcov | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 53 | Oh Eun-seok | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 53 | Oh Eun-seok | 15 | 53 | Oh Eun-seok | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 12 | Csanád Gémesi | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 12 | Csanád Gémesi | 11 | | | | | | | | 5 | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | 15 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Max Hartung | 5 |
  | 13 | Max Hartung | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Max Hartung | 5 |
  | 52 | Yevgeniy Statsenko | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 52 | Yevgeniy Statsenko | 5 | 13 | Max Hartung | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 20 | Dmytro Pundyk | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 45 | Tan Sheng | 12 | 20 | Dmytro Pundyk | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 20 | Dmytro Pundyk | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 20 | Dmytro Pundyk | 15 | | | | 13 | Max Hartung | 15 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 4 | Enrico Berrè | 11 | | | | |
  | 29 | Farzad Baher | 11 | | | | | | | 4 | Enrico Berrè | 11 | | | | |
  | 36 | Boladé Apithy | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 36 | Boladé Apithy | 15 | 36 | Boladé Apithy | 10 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Enrico Berrè | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 61 | Maxence Lambert | 11 | 4 | Enrico Berrè | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Enrico Berrè | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Áron Szilágyi | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 62 | Mathias Willau | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 62 | Mathias Willau | 6 | 3 | Áron Szilágyi | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 35 | Sandro Bazadze | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 35 | Sandro Bazadze | 15 | 35 | Sandro Bazadze | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 30 | Chang Chi Hin Cyrus | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 30 | Chang Chi Hin Cyrus | 13 | | | | 3 | Áron Szilágyi | 15 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 19 | Nicolas Limbach | 13 | | | | |
  | 19 | Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | | | | | | 19 | Nicolas Limbach | 13 | | | | |
  | 46 | Jacub Ocinski | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 46 | Jacub Ocinski | 6 | 19 | Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 14 | Kamil Ibragimov | 13 | | | | | | | |
  | 51 | Renzo Agresta | 11 | 14 | Kamil Ibragimov | 13 | | | | | | | |
  | 14 | Kamil Ibragimov | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 14 | Kamil Ibragimov | 15 | | | | | | | | 3 | Áron Szilágyi | 10 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 |
  | 11 | Daryl Homer | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 |
  | 54 | Shaul Gordon | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 54 | Shaul Gordon | 11 | 11 | Daryl Homer | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 43 | Alin Badea | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 43 | Alin Badea | 15 | 43 | Alin Badea | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 22 | Ricardo Bustamante | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 22 | Ricardo Bustamante | 5 | | | | 43 | Alin Badea | 7 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | | | | |
  | 27 | Benedikt Wagner | 15 | | | | | | | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | | | | |
  | 38 | Fernando Casares | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 38 | Fernando Casares | 14 | 27 | Benedikt Wagner | 12 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 59 | Sun Wei | 8 | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Gu Bon-gil | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Diego Occhiuzzi | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 58 | Marco Miguel García | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 58 | Marco Miguel García | 12 | 7 | Diego Occhiuzzi | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 26 | Jeff Spear | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 39 | Ziad Elsissy | 12 | 26 | Jeff Spear | 14 | | | | | | | |
  | 26 | Jeff Spear | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 26 | Jeff Spear | 15 | | | | 7 | Diego Occhiuzzi | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | |
  | 23 | Andriy Yagodka | 15 | | | | | | | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | |
  | 42 | Eliecer Romero | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 42 | Eliecer Romero | 7 | 23 | Andriy Yagodka | 12 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 55 | András Szatmári | 10 | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | | | | | 10 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | Won Woo-young | 14 |
  | 15 | Nicolas Rousset | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | Won Woo-young | 14 |
  | 50 | Abraham Rodriguez | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 50 | Abraham Rodriguez | 3 | 15 | Nicolas Rousset | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 18 | Valery Pryiemka | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | 47 | Hector Florencia | 8 | 18 | Valery Pryiemka | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | 18 | Valery Pryiemka | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 18 | Valery Pryiemka | 15 | | | | 15 | Nicolas Rousset | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 31 | Won Woo-young | 15 | | | | |
  | 31 | Won Woo-young | 15 | | | | | | | 31 | Won Woo-young | 15 | | | | |
  | 34 | Ali Pakdaman | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 34 | Ali Pakdaman | 10 | 31 | Won Woo-young | 15 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | 12 | | | | | | | |
  | 63 | Iulian Teodosiu | 8 | 2 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | 12 | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Nikolay Kovalev | Russia |
  | | Gu Bon-gil | South Korea |
  | | Tiberiu Dolniceanu | Romania |
  | | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
  | 5 | Áron Szilágyi | Hungary |
  | 6 | Aldo Montano | Italy |
  | 7 | Max Hartung | Germany |
  | 8 | Won Woo-young | South Korea |
  | 9 | Kim Jung-hwan | South Korea |
  | 10 | Enrico Berrè | Italy |
  | 11 | Diego Occhiuzzi | Italy |
  | 12 | Nicolas Rousset | France |
  | 13 | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
  | 14 | Vincent Anstett | France |
  | 15 | Alin Badea | Romania |
  | 16 | Oh Eun-Seok | South Korea |
  | 17 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | Russia |
  | 18 | Luigi Samele | Italy |
  | 19 | Daryl Homer | United States |
  | 20 | Kamil Ibragimov | Russia |
  | 21 | Aliaksandr Buikevich | Belarus |
  | 22 | Valery Pryiemka | Belarus |
  | 22 | Dmytro Pundyk | Ukraine |
  | 24 | Ilya Mokretcov | Kazakhstan |
  | 25 | Andriy Yagodka | Ukraine |
  | 26 | Jeff Spear | United States |
  | 27 | Benedikt Wagner | Germany |
  | 28 | Tamás Decsi | Hungary |
  | 29 | Sandro Bazadze | Georgia |
  | 30 | Boladé Apithy | France |
  | 31 | Matyas Szabo | Germany |
  | 32 | Mojtaba Abedini | Iran |
  | 33 | Csanád Gémesi | Hungary |
  | 34 | Ricardo Alberto Bustamante | Argentina |
  | 35 | James Honeybone | Great Britain |
  | 36 | Eli Dershwitz | United States |
  | 37 | Farzad Baher Aresbaran | Iran |
  | 38 | Chang Chi Hin Cyrus | Hong Kong |
  | 39 | Seppe Van Holsbeke | Belgium |
  | 40 | Ali Pakdaman | Iran |
  | 41 | Fernando Casares | Spain |
  | 42 | Ziad Elsissy | Egypt |
  | 43 | Tomohiro Shimamura | Japan |
  | 44 | Eliecer Romero | Venezuela |
  | 45 | Adam Skrodzki | Poland |
  | 46 | Tan Sheng | China |
  | 47 | Jakub Ocinski | Poland |
  | 48 | Hector Florencia | Mexico |
  | 49 | Low Ho Tin | Hong Kong |
  | 50 | Benjamin Igoe | United States |
  | 51 | Abraham Rodriguez | Venezuela |
  | 52 | Renzo Agresta | Brazil |
  | 53 | Yevgeniy Statsenko | Ukraine |
  | 54 | Shaul Gordon | Canada |
  | 55 | András Szatmári | Hungary |
  | 56 | Dmytro Boiko | Ukraine |
  | 57 | Vũ Thành An | Vietnam |
  | 58 | Marco García Miguel | Spain |
  | 59 | Sun Wei | China |
  | 60 | José Quintero | Venezuela |
  | 60 | Maxence Lambert | France |
  | 62 | Mathias Willau | Austria |
  | 63 | Iulian Teodosiu | Romania |
  | 64 | Ahmed Amr | Egypt |
  | 65 | Diego de la Fuente | Spain |
  | 66 | Pablo Moreno | Spain |
  | 67 | Lam Hin Chung | Hong Kong |
  | 68 | Mikołaj Grzegorek | Poland |
  | 69 | Curtis Miller | Great Britain |
  | 70 | Hector David Castro Linares | Dominican Republic |
  | 71 | Pascual Maria Di Tella | Argentina |
  | 72 | Soji Aiyenuro | Great Britain |
  | 73 | Hernan Jansen Brito | Venezuela |
  | 74 | Alexander Crutchett | Great Britain |
  | 75 | Julian Ayala | Mexico |
  | 75 | Xu Yingming | China |
  | 77 | Philippe Beaudry | Canada |
  | 78 | Aliaksei Likhacheuski | Belarus |
  | 79 | Stefano Ivan Lucchetti | Argentina |
  | 80 | Ciprian Gălățanu | Romania |
  | 81 | Fares Arfa | Canada |
  | 82 | Hamzah Habeed M Al-Mohammedawi | Iraq |
  | 83 | Choy Yu Yong | Singapore |
  | 84 | Kenta Tokunan | Japan |
  | 85 | Yan Hon Pan | Hong Kong |
  | 86 | Saba Sulamanidze | Georgia |
  | 87 | Aly Adel | Egypt |
  | 88 | Adrian Acuna Ramirez | Mexico |
  | 89 | Ruangrit Haekerd | Thailand |
  | 90 | Choy Yu Yong | Singapore |
  | 91 | Tanaka Shun | Japan |
  | 91 | Ryo Miyayama | Japan |
  | 93 | Jan Hoschna | Czech Republic |
  | 94 | Zhanserik Turlybekov | Kazakhstan |
  | 95 | Fang Xin | China |
  | 96 | Alexandre Woog | Israel |
  | 97 | Teddy Weller | U.S. Virgin Islands |
  | 98 | Alexei Romanovitch | Belarus |
  | 99 | Beka Bazadze | Georgia |
  | 100 | Mikheil Mardaleishvili | Georgia |
  | 101 | Yemi Geoffrey Apithy | Benin |
  | 102 | Eduardo Lara | Mexico |
  | 103 | Yevgeni Frolov | Kazakhstan |
  | 104 | Rafael Wester Reyes | Dominican Republic |
  | 105 | Willian Zeytounlian | Brazil |
  | 106 | David Wei Ren Chan | Singapore |
  | 107 | Moustapha Diagne | Senegal |
  | 108 | Stephen Concannon | Ireland |
  | 108 | Tywilliam Guzenski | Brazil |
  | 110 | Adam Wilcock | Australia |
  | 111 | Tseng Lin Fang | Singapore |
  | 112 | Haitham Al-Bazooni | Iraq |
  | 113 | Israel Vásquez | Chile |
  | 114 | Guido Eduardo Mulero | Argentina |
  | 115 | Mohab Samer | Egypt |
  | 116 | Yevgeni Konovalov | Uzbekistan |
  | 117 | Zak Leonhard | Australia |
  | 118 | Jose Ricardo Chafloque Alvan | Peru |
  | 119 | Rouchdy Assimi Imorou | Venezuela |
  | 120 | Cesar Adalid Diaz Rodriguez | Honduras |
  | 121 | Joseph Maluleke | South Africa |
  | 122 | Sagar Shrestha | Nepal |
  | 999 | Keny Limpias Limpias Ribera | Bolivia |
  | 999 | Dautry Landry Massamba Malanda | Congo |
  | 999 | Glodie Bingoto Makanya | DR Congo |
  