 After each fencer went 1-1 in the barrage, touches received was used to break the tie.Cohen's 6 gave him the win over McKenzie's 7 and Elkalyoubi's 8; Cohen received third place.The tie-breaker then went back to head-to-head results between the two remaining fencers in the barrage to assign fourth place; Elkalyoubi had defeated McKenzie in their bout (and, incidentally, had defeated him in the main pool as well), so he placed fourth and advanced while McKenzie was eliminated.