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Fencing World Championships: France added on to their medal totals by cruising through the tournament in the Men’s Team Foil event to defeat Germany in the final by a score of 45-32. Through the event, neither France nor Germany faced a significant challenge throughout, as each won their matches by double-digit margins.

Korea defeated regional rival China in the bronze medal match 43-42. The team event has no bearing on Olympic qualificaition as Men’s Foil and Women’s Epee will not have team events in the Beijing Olympic Games.

The U.S. men’s foil team of Jed Dupree (27,
Bethlehem, PA / New York, N.Y.), Andras Horanyi (20, Boulder, CO), Gerek
Meinhardt (17, San Francisco, Calif.) and Jon Tiomkin (28, Hewlett, N.Y.)
lost their first match, in the round of 16, to Spain, 45-33.

Men’s Team Foil – Top 8 Direct Eliminations

 

1ALLEMAGNEGER 
   ALLEMAGNE
8ESPAGNEESP45/29
    ALLEMAGNE
5CHINECHN 45/31
   CHINE 
4ITALIEITA45/39 
     FRANCE
3COREEKOR  45/32
   COREE 
6ISRAELISR39/38 
    FRANCE
7POLOGNEPOL 45/32
   FRANCE
2FRANCEFRA45/29

 

Bronze Medal Match

1CHINECHN 
   COREE
2COREEKOR43/42

Final Placements

PlaceCountryCountry Code
1FRANCEFRA
2GERMANYGER
3KOREAKOR
4CHINACHN
5ITALYITA
6POLANDPOL
7SPAINESP
8ISRAELISR
9RUSSIARUS
10HUNGARYHUN
11GREAT BRITAINGBR
12UKRAINEUKR
13JAPANJPN
14 U.S.A. USA
15AUSTRIAAUT
16ROMANIAROU
17CANADACAN
18HONG KONGHKG
19BELARUSBLR
20DENMARKDEN
21HOLLANDNED
22IRANIRI
23VENEZUELAVEN

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