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

The men's individual sabre competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 20 August at the Jakarta Convention Center.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 11:00 | Preliminaries |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 12:45 | Round of 32 |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 14:05 | Round of 16 |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 15:15 | Quarterfinals |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 19:00 | Semifinals |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 20:10 | Gold medal match |

## Results
### Preliminaries
#### Pool A

| | KOR | JPN | KAZ | UAE | THA |
| Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| Kenta Tokunan (JPN) | 0–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| Nurzhan Karim (KAZ) | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 3–5 |
| Ali Al-Hammadi (UAE) | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | | 1–5 |
| Soravit Kitsiriboon (THA) | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | |

#### Pool B

| | KOR | CHN | KAZ | THA | INA |
| Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| Wang Shi (CHN) | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| Ilya Mokretsov (KAZ) | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| Voragun Srinualnad (THA) | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 |
| Hendri Eko Budianto (INA) | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Pool C

| | IRI | JPN | VIE | HKG | INA | QAT |
| Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| Kento Yoshida (JPN) | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–0 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| Nguyễn Xuân Lợi (VIE) | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| Lam Hin Chung (HKG) | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–1 | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| Indra Agus Setiawan (INA) | 3–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 |
| Ahmad Salmanpour (QAT) | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Pool D

| | IRI | CHN | HKG | VIE | QAT | MAS |
| Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| Xu Yingming (CHN) | 5–1 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| Vũ Thành An (VIE) | 2–5 | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| Nasr Al-Saadi (QAT) | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| Syed Adam Emir Putra (MAS) | 4–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Pool | Athlete | W | L | W/M | TD | TF |
| 1 | A | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | +18 | 20 |
| 2 | C | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | +14 | 25 |
| 3 | B | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | +14 | 20 |
| 4 | D | Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | +11 | 25 |
| 5 | B | Wang Shi (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | +6 | 17 |
| 6 | A | Kenta Tokunan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | +4 | 15 |
| 7 | D | Vũ Thành An (VIE) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | +8 | 21 |
| 8 | D | Xu Yingming (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | +6 | 18 |
| 9 | D | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | +4 | 20 |
| 10 | C | Indra Agus Setiawan (INA) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | +1 | 22 |
| 11 | C | Nguyễn Xuân Lợi (VIE) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | A | Soravit Kitsiriboon (THA) | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | +1 | 15 |
| 13 | B | Ilya Mokretsov (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | +1 | 13 |
| 14 | C | Kento Yoshida (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | +4 | 20 |
| 15 | C | Lam Hin Chung (HKG) | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | −2 | 15 |
| 16 | A | Nurzhan Karim (KAZ) | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | −5 | 11 |
| 17 | B | Voragun Srinualnad (THA) | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | −8 | 11 |
| 18 | D | Nasr Al-Saadi (QAT) | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | −15 | 9 |
| 19 | B | Hendri Eko Budianto (INA) | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | −13 | 7 |
| 20 | D | Syed Adam Emir Putra (MAS) | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | −14 | 11 |
| 21 | C | Ahmad Salmanpour (QAT) | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | −17 | 8 |
| 22 | A | Ali Al-Hammadi (UAE) | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | −18 | 2 |

### Knockout round
#### Final

| Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 |
| 3 | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 14 |

#### 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 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 | | | | | | |
| 17 | Voragun Srinualnad (THA) | 13 | 16 | Nurzhan Karim (KAZ) | 4 | | | | | | |
| 16 | Nurzhan Karim (KAZ) | 15 | | | | 1 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | 12 | | | |
| | | | 9 | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Xu Yingming (CHN) | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 4 |
| | | | 5 | Wang Shi (CHN) | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Soravit Kitsiriboon (THA) | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Wang Shi (CHN) | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 15 | | | |
| | | | 13 | Ilya Mokretsov (KAZ) | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 15 | | | | | | |

#### Bottom half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 3 | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 15 | | | | | | |
| 14 | Kento Yoshida (JPN) | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 15 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kenta Tokunan (JPN) | 4 | | | |
| 11 | Nguyễn Xuân Lợi (VIE) | 9 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kenta Tokunan (JPN) | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 15 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 14 |
| 7 | Vũ Thành An (VIE) | 15 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Indra Agus Setiawan (INA) | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Vũ Thành An (VIE) | 11 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 15 | | | |
| 15 | Lam Hin Chung (HKG) | 10 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 15 | | | | | | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) |
| | Oh Sang-uk (KOR) |
| | Low Ho Tin (HKG) |
| | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) |
| 5 | Wang Shi (CHN) |
| 6 | Kenta Tokunan (JPN) |
| 7 | Vũ Thành An (VIE) |
| 8 | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) |
| 9 | Xu Yingming (CHN) |
| 10 | Indra Agus Setiawan (INA) |
| 11 | Nguyễn Xuân Lợi (VIE) |
| 12 | Soravit Kitsiriboon (THA) |
| 13 | Ilya Mokretsov (KAZ) |
| 14 | Kento Yoshida (JPN) |
| 15 | Lam Hin Chung (HKG) |
| 16 | Nurzhan Karim (KAZ) |
| 17 | Voragun Srinualnad (THA) |
| 18 | Nasr Al-Saadi (QAT) |
| 19 | Hendri Eko Budianto (INA) |
| 20 | Syed Adam Emir Putra (MAS) |
| 21 | Ahmad Salmanpour (QAT) |
| 22 | Ali Al-Hammadi (UAE) |