Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) defeated teammate and Olympic bronze medalist, Nikolay Kovalev (RUS), 15-13 in the finals of the 2013 Fencing World Championships for Men’s Sabre.
Daryl Homer (USA) placed highest for the US team, but was knocked out of the top-16 by Csanad Gemesi (HUN) – placing 18th.
Hungarian 2012 Olympic Champion Aron Szilagyi advanced to the semi-finals, winning in the 16 DE against Aldo Montano (ITA) 15:9 and then against his team mate Csanad Gemesi in an easy manner. Supported by a fantastic home crowd he fought against Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS). The match was tied for a long time and in the end Reshetnikov managed to make the last hit 15:14. He went on to the gold medal match and prevailed in another close match 15:13 against his compatriot Nikolay Kovalev.
Veniamin Reshetnikov said: „It was very hard to face my own teammate in the final. In this season we met twice on the piste and he succeded both times, so I can be fully happy and satisfied with this victory!”
Aron Szilagyi: „This is the first single world championship medal which I could be happy with, but I definitely wanted to win this semi-final on home turf. I even had my chances, unfortunately he was better prepared. I still have the teams’ competition, and I have to get some rest until that. I’m really grateful for the supporters; the atmosphere at the arena was amazing!”
Final Results: 2013 Men’s Sabre Fencing World Championships
| Rg | Nom | Prénom | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RESHETNIKOV | Veniamin | RUS |
| 2 | KOVALEV | Nikolay | RUS |
| 3 | DOLNICEANU | Tiberiu | ROU |
| 3 | SZILAGYI | Aron | HUN |
| 5 | BERRE’ | Enrico | ITA |
| 6 | HARTUNG | Max | GER |
| 7 | GEMESI | Csanad | HUN |
| 8 | SZATMARI | Andras | HUN |
| 9 | GU | Bongil | KOR |
| 10 | LIMBACH | Nicolas | GER |
| 11 | BUIKEVICH | Aliaksandr | BLR |
| 12 | SAMELE | Luigi | ITA |
| 13 | KIM | Junghwan | KOR |
| 14 | MONTANO | Aldo | ITA |
| 15 | BADEA | Alin | ROU |
| 16 | BAZADZE | Sandro | GEO |
| 17 | OCCHIUZZI | Diego | ITA |
| 18 | HOMER | Daryl | USA |
| 19 | YAKIMENKO | Alexey | RUS |
| 20 | CASARES | Fernando | ESP |
| 21 | IBRAGIMOV | Kamil | RUS |
| 22 | PUNDYK | Dmytro | UKR |
| 22 | SHTURBABIN | Oleh | UKR |
| 24 | BOYKO | Dmytro | UKR |
| 25 | AGRESTA | Renzo | BRA |
| 26 | GALATANU | Ciprian | ROU |
| 27 | APITHY | Bolade | FRA |
| 28 | WOOG | Alexandre | ISR |
| 29 | SZABO | Matyas | GER |
| 30 | PRYIEMKA | Valery | BLR |
| 31 | OH | Eunseok | KOR |
| 32 | LIKHACHEUSKI | Aliaksei | BLR |
| 33 | WAGNER | Benedikt | GER |
| 34 | HONEYBONE | James | GBR |
| 35 | TEODOSIU | Iulian | ROU |
| 36 | DERSHWITZ | Eli | USA |
| 37 | KONIUSZ | Marcin | POL |
| 38 | POLOSSIFAKIS | Joseph | CAN |
| 39 | BEAUDRY | Philippe | CAN |
| 40 | SKRODZKI | Adam | POL |
| 41 | LOW | Ho Tin | HKG |
| 42 | APITHY | Yemi Geoffrey | BEN |
| 43 | ANSTETT | Vincent | FRA |
| 44 | OCHOCKI | Aleksander | USA |
| 45 | VAN HOLSBEKE | Seppe | BEL |
| 46 | WON | Junho | KOR |
| 47 | SPEAR | Jeff | USA |
| 48 | SUN | Wei | CHN |
| 49 | PILLET | Julien | FRA |
| 50 | SHIMAMURA | Tomohiro | JPN |
| 51 | FROLOV | Yevgeniy | KAZ |
| 52 | CHANG | Chi Hin Cyrus | HKG |
| 53 | YAGODKA | Andriy | UKR |
| 54 | KEITA | Mamoudou | SEN |
| 55 | JIANG | Ke Lu | CHN |
| 56 | VU | Thanh An | VIE |
| 57 | SULAMANIDZE | Saba | GEO |
| 58 | ROUSSET | Nicolas | FRA |
| 59 | MORENO | Pablo | ESP |
| 60 | TOKUNAN | Kenta | JPN |
| 61 | GORDON | Shaul | CAN |
| 62 | CHAN | David Wei Ren | SIN |
| 63 | ESCUDERO | Sergio | ESP |
| 64 | AIYENURO | Soji | GBR |
| 65 | BUSTAMANTE | Ricardo Alberto | ARG |
| 66 | RAHBARI | Mohammad | IRI |
| 67 | LAM | Hin Chung | HKG |
| 68 | ROMANOVITCH | Alexei | BLR |
| 69 | GRZEGOREK | Mikolaj | POL |
| 70 | FIRAT | Caglayan Nehir | TUR |
| 71 | TURLYBEKOV | Zhanserik | KAZ |
| 72 | ILIASZ | Nikolasz | HUN |
| 73 | AYALA | Julian | MEX |
| 74 | ELSISSY | Ziad | EGY |
| 75 | LOPEZ MENDEZ | Alvaro | ESP |
| 76 | CARVAJAL | Jesus | VEN |
| 77 | ACUNA RAMIREZ | Adrian | MEX |
| 78 | VEGA | Juan | MEX |
| 79 | RODRIGUEZ | Abraham | VEN |
| 80 | BAHER ARESBARAN | Farzad | IRI |
| 81 | GONZALEZ DALMASY | Jose M | PUR |
| 82 | BURNEV | Lyuboslav | BUL |
| 83 | CRUTCHETT | Alexander | GBR |
| 84 | MOKRETCOV | Ilya | KAZ |
| 85 | PAKDAMAN | Ali | IRI |
| 86 | LEU | Clive Yi Yang | SIN |
| 87 | WU | Jie | CHN |
| 88 | JANSEN BRITO | Hernan | VEN |
| 89 | ADEL | Aly | EGY |
| 90 | CHOY | Yu Yong | SIN |
| 91 | AMR | Ahmed | EGY |
| 91 | BAZADZE | Beka | GEO |
| 93 | WELLER | Teddy | ISV |
| 94 | ABEDINI | Mojtaba | IRI |
| 95 | ARAI | Kohta | JPN |
| 96 | OCINSKI | Jakub | POL |
| 97 | PEROS | Mark | CAN |
| 98 | TANAKA | Shun | JPN |
| 99 | ALSHAMLAN | Khaled | KUW |
| 100 | MULERO | Guido Eduardo | ARG |
| 101 | GUZENSKI | Tywilliam | BRA |
| 102 | ACHTEN | Alexander | ARG |
| 103 | YAN | Hon Pan | HKG |
| 104 | KEITA | Ibrahima | SEN |
| 105 | DOLEZAL | Jan | CZE |
| 105 | MILLER | Curtis | GBR |
| 107 | WILCOCK | Adam | AUS |
| 108 | ARNAUDOV | Atanas | BUL |
| 109 | PEZZI | Enrico | BRA |
| 110 | ZEYTOUNLIAN | Willian | BRA |
| 111 | LEONHARD | Zak | AUS |
| 112 | SCUDDS | Sutherlan | AUS |
| 113 | ANT | Ibrahim Ahmet | TUR |
| 114 | TOBAR MARTINEZ | Joaquin Alberto | ESA |
| 115 | CORREA VILA | Carlos | COL |
| 116 | NOCOM | Gian Carlo | PHI |
| 117 | TILENSHIYEV | Yeraly | KAZ |
| 118 | MAIMON | Yaniv | ISR |
| 119 | TSENG | Lin Fang | SIN |
| 120 | LEAL | Luis | VEN |
| 121 | SARRIS | Evangelos | GRE |
| 122 | BEREZOVSKY | Maykel | ISR |
| 122 | RUIZ | Tarik | CHI |
| 124 | CUELLAR | Sebastian | COL |
| 125 | SRECKOVIC | Nebojsa | SRB |
| 126 | CORREA VILA | Luis | COL |
| 126 | HOSCHNA | Jan | CZE |
| 128 | MARDALEISHVILI | Mikheil | GEO |
| 129 | KASSIM | Huzaimi | BRU |
| 130 | CHANDANA | Sadesh | SRI |
| 131 | HERNANDEZ ESPINAL | Brayner | HON |
| 132 | PEREZ | Jean | PAR |