Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's individual foil

Men's individual foil
at the 2018 Asian Games

Venue

Jakarta Convention Center

Date

21 August

Competitors

29 from 16 nations

Medalists

	Huang Mengkai	China
	Nicholas Choi	Hong Kong
	Cheung Ka Long	Hong Kong
	Son Young-ki	South Korea

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The men's individual foil competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 21 August at the Jakarta Convention Center.^[1]^[2] This event made its debut at the Asian Games since the seventh edition in 1974 Tehran. China led the medal tally by collecting five gold medals, while Japan and South Korea stand in the second and third position with 3 and 2 gold medals respectively.^[3] Huang Mengkai of China managed to claim the gold medal after won the final match against Nicholas Choi of Hong Kong with the score 11–10.^[4] Choi settled for the silver medal, and the bronze medal goes to Son Young-ki of South Korea and Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong.^[5]^[6]

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 21 August 2018	10:45	Preliminaries
	13:15	Round of 32
	15:15	Round of 16
	16:45	Quarterfinals
	19:00	Semifinals
	20:30	Gold medal match

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

	HKG	THA	PHI	VIE	INA
Cheung Ka Long (HKG)		5–0	5–3	5–0	5–1
Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA)	0–5		3–5	4–5	3–5
Nathaniel Perez (PHI)	3–5	5–3		0–5	5–2
Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE)	0–5	5–4	5–0		5–2
Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)	1–5	5–3	2–5	2–5

Pool B

	KOR	SGP	PHI	TPE	THA	CHN
Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)		5–2	5–3	5–2	1–5	5–1
Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)	2–5		1–5	5–3	5–2	3–5
Brennan Louie (PHI)	3–5	5–1		5–4	5–1	2–5
Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)	2–5	3–5	4–5		5–4	3–5
Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA)	5–1	2–5	1–5	4–5		0–5
Ma Jianfei (CHN)	1–5	5–3	5–2	5–3	5–0

Pool C

	HKG	TPE	KAZ	MAC	MAS	QAT
Nicholas Choi (HKG)		5–1	5–1	5–2	5–0	5–0
Ou Feng-ming (TPE)	1–5		5–1	5–1	5–1	5–3
Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ)	1–5	1–5		5–1	1–5	5–1
Hoi Man Kit (MAC)	2–5	1–5	1–5		4–5	5–2
Cheng Xing Han (MAS)	0–5	1–5	5–1	5–4		5–2
Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT)	0–5	3–5	1–5	2–5	2–5

Pool D

	CHN	JPN	VIE	SGP	NEP	CAM
Huang Mengkai (CHN)		3–5	5–1	4–5	5–0	5–1
Takahiro Shikine (JPN)	5–3		5–3	5–1	5–0	5–0
Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)	1–5	3–5		5–1	5–1	5–1
Joshua Lim (SGP)	5–4	1–5	1–5		5–1	5–1
Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP)	0–5	0–5	1–5	1–5		3–5
Chim Theara (CAM)	1–5	0–5	1–5	1–5	5–3

Pool E

	JPN	KOR	INA	MAS	NEP	QAT
Toshiya Saito (JPN)		1–5	5–1	5–0	5–2	5–0
Son Young-ki (KOR)	5–1		5–2	5–4	5–1	5–1
Mohammad Zulfikar (INA)	1–5	2–5		3–5	5–0	5–1
Hans Yoong (MAS)	0–5	4–5	5–3		5–0	5–2
Sanjeep Lama (NEP)	2–5	1–5	0–5	0–5		1–5
Ali Owaida (QAT)	0–5	1–5	1–5	2–5	5–1

Summary

Rank	Pool	Athlete	W	L	W/M	TD	TF
1	C	Nicholas Choi (HKG)	5	0	1.000	+21	25
2	D	Takahiro Shikine (JPN)	5	0	1.000	+18	25
3	E	Son Young-ki (KOR)	5	0	1.000	+16	25
4	A	Cheung Ka Long (HKG)	4	0	1.000	+16	20
5	E	Toshiya Saito (JPN)	4	1	0.800	+13	21
6	C	Ou Feng-ming (TPE)	4	1	0.800	+10	21
7	B	Ma Jianfei (CHN)	4	1	0.800	+8	21
7	B	Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)	4	1	0.800	+8	21
9	A	Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE)	3	1	0.750	+4	15
10	D	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	3	2	0.600	+10	22
11	D	Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)	3	2	0.600	+6	19
12	B	Brennan Louie (PHI)	3	2	0.600	+4	20
13	E	Hans Yoong (MAS)	3	2	0.600	+4	19
14	D	Joshua Lim (SGP)	3	2	0.600	+1	17
15	C	Cheng Xing Han (MAS)	3	2	0.600	−1	16
16	A	Nathaniel Perez (PHI)	2	2	0.500	−2	13
17	E	Mohammad Zulfikar (INA)	2	3	0.400	0	16
18	B	Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)	2	3	0.400	−4	16
19	C	Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ)	2	3	0.400	−4	13
20	A	Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)	1	3	0.250	−8	10
21	B	Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)	1	4	0.200	−7	17
22	C	Hoi Man Kit (MAC)	1	4	0.200	−9	13
23	B	Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA)	1	4	0.200	−9	12
24	E	Ali Owaida (QAT)	1	4	0.200	−12	9
25	D	Chim Theara (CAM)	1	4	0.200	−15	8
26	A	Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA)	0	4	0.000	−10	10
27	C	Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT)	0	5	0.000	−17	8
28	D	Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP)	0	5	0.000	−20	5
29	E	Sanjeep Lama (NEP)	0	5	0.000	−21	4

Knockout round

Final

Gold medal match

1	Nicholas Choi (HKG)	10
10	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	11

Top half

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals

			1	Nicholas Choi (HKG)	15
17	Mohammad Zulfikar (INA)	10	16	Nathaniel Perez (PHI)	6
16	Nathaniel Perez (PHI)	15				1	Nicholas Choi (HKG)	15
						8	Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)	11
			9	Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE)	5
			8	Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)	15
									1	Nicholas Choi (HKG)	15
									4	Cheung Ka Long (HKG)	9
			5	Toshiya Saito (JPN)	15
21	Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)	15	21	Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)	12
12	Brennan Louie (PHI)	13				5	Toshiya Saito (JPN)	3
13	Hans Yoong (MAS)	8				4	Cheung Ka Long (HKG)	15
20	Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)	15	20	Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)	4
			4	Cheung Ka Long (HKG)	15

Bottom half

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals

			3	Son Young-ki (KOR)	15
19	Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ)	10	14	Joshua Lim (SGP)	6
14	Joshua Lim (SGP)	15				3	Son Young-ki (KOR)	15
11	Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)	15				6	Ou Feng-ming (TPE)	8
22	Hoi Man Kit (MAC)	9	11	Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)	9
			6	Ou Feng-ming (TPE)	15
									3	Son Young-ki (KOR)	6
									10	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	15
			7	Ma Jianfei (CHN)	9
23	Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA)	3	10	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	15
10	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	15				10	Huang Mengkai (CHN)	15
15	Cheng Xing Han (MAS)	8				18	Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)	11
18	Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)	15	18	Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)	15
			2	Takahiro Shikine (JPN)	12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Huang Mengkai (CHN)
	Nicholas Choi (HKG)
	Cheung Ka Long (HKG)
	Son Young-ki (KOR)
5	Toshiya Saito (JPN)
6	Ou Feng-ming (TPE)
7	Ha Tae-gyu (KOR)
8	Kevin Jerrold Chan (SGP)
9	Takahiro Shikine (JPN)
10	Ma Jianfei (CHN)
11	Nguyễn Minh Quang (VIE)
12	Hoàng Ngọc Hiếu (VIE)
13	Joshua Lim (SGP)
14	Nathaniel Perez (PHI)
15	Dennis Ariadinata Satriana (INA)
16	Chen Chih-chieh (TPE)
17	Brennan Louie (PHI)
18	Hans Yoong (MAS)
19	Cheng Xing Han (MAS)
20	Mohammad Zulfikar (INA)
21	Tamirlan Kaliyev (KAZ)
22	Hoi Man Kit (MAC)
23	Sitsadipat Doungpatra (THA)
24	Ali Owaida (QAT)
25	Chim Theara (CAM)
26	Chornnasun Mayakarn (THA)
27	Ahmed Al-Quradaghi (QAT)
28	Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (NEP)
29	Sanjeep Lama (NEP)

References

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^ "Official Result Book Fencing" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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^ Shi, Yinglun (21 August 2018). "China claims second fencing gold at Asiad". Xinhua. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ Ryding, Paul (22 August 2018). "Asian Games: agony for Hong Kong fencers on a day of near-misses as gold somehow eludes quartet". SCMP. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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