Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Exhibition Centre
Dates	16 September
Competitors	42 from 21 nations
Medalists
Pavel Kolobkov  Russia Hugues Obry  France Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Épée	men		women
Team épée	men		women
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men		women
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 September 2000. 42 fencers from 21 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pavel Kolobkov (RUS)	Hugues Obry (FRA)	22x20px Lee Sang-ki (KOR)

Tournament results

Preliminary round

As there were more than 32 entrants in this event, ten first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 fencers.

Winner	NOC	Score	Loser	NOC
Meelis Loit	Estonia	15-7	Wang Weixin	China
Aleksandr Poddubny	Kyrgyzstan	15-13	Andrus Kajak	Estonia
Michael Switak	Austria	14-13	Sergey Shabalin	Kazakhstan
Oleksandr Horbachuk	Ukraine	15-14	Nelson Loyola	Cuba
Mauricio Rivas	Colombia	15-10	Nick Heffernan	Australia
Vladimir Pchenikin	Belarus	15-11	Jonathan Peña	Puerto Rico
Gerry Adams	Australia	15-13	Carlos Pedroso	Cuba
Laurie Shong	Canada	15-8	David Nathan	Australia
Zhao Gang	China	15-12	Muhannad Saif El-Din|	Egypt
Tamir Bloom	United States	8-4	Andrey Murashko	Belarus

Main tournament bracket

The remaining field of 32 fencers competed in a single-elimination tournament to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match.

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal final
Pavel Kolobkov  Russia	15
Meelis Loit  Estonia	9			Pavel Kolobkov  Russia	15
Lee Sang-Yeop 23x15px South Korea	15			Lee Sang-Yeop 23x15px South Korea	8
Vitaly Zhakarov  Belarus	14							Pavel Kolobkov  Russia	15
Ivan Trevejo  Cuba	15							Ivan Trevejo  Cuba	14
Aleksandr Poddubny  Kyrgyzstan	10			Ivan Trevejo  Cuba	15
Alfredo Rota  Italy	15			Alfredo Rota  Italy	12
Michael Switak  Austria	11											Pavel Kolobkov Russia	13
Oleksandr Horbachuk  Ukraine	9											Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea	9
Jörg Fiedler  Germany	8			Oleksandr Horbachuk  Ukraine	11
Éric Srecki  France	15			Éric Srecki  France	15
Christoph Marik  Austria	10							Éric Srecki  France	14
Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea	15							Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea	15
Marc-Konstantin Steifensand  Germany	8			Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea	15
Mauricio Rivas  Colombia	15			Mauricio Rivas  Colombia	13
Kaido Kaaberma  Estonia	13															Pavel Kolobkov  Russia	15
Peter Vánky  Sweden	15															Hugues Obry  France	12
Vladimir Pchenikin  Belarus	9			Peter Vánky  Sweden	15
Paolo Milanoli  Italy	15			Paolo Milanoli  Italy	6
Angelo Mazzoni  Italy	13							Peter Vánky  Sweden	12
Hugues Obry  France	15							Hugues Obry  France	15
Jean-François Di Martino  France	12			Hugues Obry  France	15
Gerry Adams  Australia	15			Gerry Adams  Australia	5
Iván Kovács  Hungary	14											Hugues Obry  France	15
Attila Fekete  Hungary	14											Marcel Fischer  Switzerland	13
Laurie Shong  Canada	13			Attila Fekete  Hungary	8
Zhao Gang  China	15			Zhao Gang  China	9											Bronze medal final
Oliver Kayser  Austria	12							Zhao Gang  China	10
Marcel Fischer  Switzerland	13							Marcel Fischer  Switzerland	15							Lee Sang-Gi 23x15px South Korea	15
Yang Noe-Seong 23x15px South Korea	12			Marcel Fischer  Switzerland	15										Marcel Fischer  Switzerland	14
Arnd Schmitt  Germany	15			Arnd Schmitt  Germany	10
Tamir Bloom  United States	12