# Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B

The men's sabre B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held on 6 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.
During a qualification round-robin, bouts lasted a maximum of three minutes, or until one athlete had scored five hits. There was then a knockout phase, in which bouts lasted a maximum of nine minutes (three periods of three minutes), or until one athlete had scored 15 hits.
The event was won by Grzegorz Pluta, representing Poland.

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

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | UKR | RUS | ITA | GRE | AUT |
| 1 | Anton Datsko (UKR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17:10 | x | 5:2 | 2:5 | 5:1 | 5:2 |
| 2 | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17:12 | 2:5 | x | 5:4 | 5:2 | 5:1 |
| 3 | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17:12 | 5:2 | 4:5 | x | 3:5 | 5:0 |
| 4 | Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13:15 | 1:5 | 2:5 | 5:3 | x | 5:2 |
| 5 | Manfred Bohm (AUT) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5:20 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 0:5 | 2:5 | x |

#### Pool B

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | POL | CAN | FRA | ESP | HKG |
| 1 | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20:8 | x | 5:1 | 5:3 | 5:2 | 5:2 |
| 2 | Pierre Mainville (CAN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16:11 | 1:5 | x | 5:1 | 5:2 | 5:3 |
| 3 | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14:13 | 3:5 | 1:5 | x | 5:2 | 5:1 |
| 4 | Carlos Soler Marquez (ESP) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11:18 | 2:5 | 2:5 | 2:5 | x | 5:3 |
| 5 | Tam Chik Sum (HKG) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9:20 | 2:5 | 3:5 | 1:5 | 3:5 | x |

#### Pool C

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | GRE | RUS | POL | USA |
| 1 | Laurent Francois (FRA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20:6 | x | 5:2 | 5:2 | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| 2 | Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16:13 | 2:5 | x | 5:3 | 4:5 | 5:0 |
| 3 | Alexandr Kurzin (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15:15 | 2:5 | 3:5 | x | 5:2 | 5:3 |
| 4 | Adrian Castro (POL) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13:17 | 1:5 | 5:4 | 2:5 | x | 5:3 |
| 5 | Joseph Brinson (USA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7:20 | 1:5 | 0:5 | 3:5 | 3:5 | x |

### Competition bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Laurent Francois (FRA) | Laurent Francois (FRA) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Alexandr Kurzin (RUS) | Alexandr Kurzin (RUS) | 9 | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 15 | | | | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 15 | | | |
| | | | | | | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 13 | | | |
| | | | Pierre Mainville (CAN) | Pierre Mainville (CAN) | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | Marc-André Cratère (FRA) | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 15 |
| | | | Anton Datsko (UKR) | Anton Datsko (UKR) | 13 | | | |
| | | | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 15 | | | |
| | | | | | | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 10 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE) | Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE) | 15 | | | | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 15 |
| Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | Emmanouil Bogdos (GRE) | 11 | Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE) | Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE) | 9 | | | | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | Marat Yusupov (RUS) | 7 |
| | | | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | Grzegorz Pluta (POL) | 15 | | | | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | Alessio Sarri (ITA) | 15 |