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

The men's individual foil competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 21 August at the Jakarta Convention Center. 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. 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. 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.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 10:45 | Preliminaries |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 13:15 | Round of 32 |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 15:15 | Round of 16 |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 16:45 | Quarterfinals |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 19:00 | Semifinals |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 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 | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | Nicholas Choi (HKG) | 10 |
| 10 | Huang Mengkai (CHN) | 11 |

#### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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) |