Olympic Fencing 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Tuesday's Results

When it comes to the more fringe sports, it takes a spectacular individual performance to create a buzz. South Korea's Park Sang-young did that and then some Tuesday, earning gold in the individual epee fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sang-young, 20, came back from a 14-9 deficit to take down Hungarian fencing legend Geza Imre by a score of 15-14 in the final match. The upstart trailed Imre by five points with less than three minutes remaining but reeled off a series of impressive strikes to nail down six straight points.

Imre would have needed just one more point to clinch the win.

Match	Result	Score
Gold Medal	Park Sang-young (South Korea) def. Geza Imre (Hungary)	15-14
Bronze Medal	Gauthier Grumier (France) def. Benjamin Steffen (Switzerland)	15-11

Having earned two previous Olympic medals, Imre was looking to take home his first gold. He was coming off a gold in the individual event at the 2015 World Championships and took down Frenchman Gauthier Grumier earlier in the semifinals.

Instead, it was Sang-young who made a jaw-dropping comeback to earn the medal for South Korea. It's the country's first medal in any epee event and the first fencing gold since Kim Young-ho won at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

South Korea now holds three golds, tied for the fourth-best total in Rio. Its six medals overall are tied for seventh.

Imre would have given Hungary its fourth gold medal. The Hungarians had only earned gold thus far, with Imre giving them their first silver.

In the bronze-medal match, Grumier overcame the disappointment of his semifinals loss to score a 15-11 win over Switzerland's Benjamin Steffen. Grumier largely controlled the match, allowing him to win his first Olympic medal.

France now has six medals overall (two gold, three silver, one bronze).