Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women.[1]

Fencing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
No. of events12
Competitors261 from 42 nations
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Originally scheduled for 25 July to 2 August 2020, the games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 24 July to 1 August 2021.[2]

Qualification

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There were 200 quota spots for fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Qualification were primarily based on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking as of 4 April 2020, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.

For the team events, 8 teams qualify in each event. Each team must be composed of at least 3 fencers. The top 4 ranked teams qualify. The next-best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) will qualify as long as it is ranked in the top 16. If a zone does not have any teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best-placed team not already qualified will be selected regardless of zone.

For individual events, the 3 fencers from the team event qualify for individual competition automatically. Six more places will be awarded based on the rankings (ignoring fencers from countries with team qualifications, and considering only the top fencer from each country): the top 2 fencers from each of Europe and Asia-Oceania, and the top 1 fencer from each of Americas and Africa, qualify. 4 more places (1 per zone) will be awarded through zone qualifying tournaments; only countries without a qualified fencer in an event will be eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments.

The host country, Japan, is guaranteed a minimum of 8 quota spots.

Participating nations

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261 athletes from 42 nations competed at the Olympics in the fencing event.[3]

Schedule

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P Preliminaries QF Quarter-Finals SF Semi-Finals F Finals M Morning E Evening
Scheduled fencing events by date
Event 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 July 1 August
M E M E M M E M E M E M E M E M
Men's Individual épée P QF SF F
Men's team épée P QF SF F
Men's Individual foil P QF SF F
Men's team foil P QF SF F
Men's Individual sabre P QF SF F
Men's team sabre P QF SF F
Women's Individual épée P QF SF F
Women's team épée P QF SF F
Women's Individual foil P QF SF F
Women's team foil P QF SF F
Women's Individual sabre P QF SF F
Women's team sabre P QF SF F

Sources: Olympian Database,[4] Olympics.com[5]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  ROC3418
2  France2215
3  South Korea1135
4  Hungary1113
5  Estonia1012
  United States1012
7  China1001
  Hong Kong1001
  Japan*1001
10  Italy0325
11  Romania0101
12  Czech Republic0011
  Ukraine0011
Totals (13 entries)12121236

Medalists

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Men's

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
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Romain Cannone
  France
Gergely Siklósi
  Hungary
Ihor Reizlin
  Ukraine
Team épée
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  Japan
Koki Kano
Kazuyasu Minobe
Masaru Yamada
Satoru Uyama
  ROC
Sergey Bida
Sergey Khodos
Pavel Sukhov
Nikita Glazkov
  South Korea
Park Sang-young
Ma Se-geon
Song Jae-ho
Kweon Young-jun
Individual foil
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Cheung Ka-long
  Hong Kong
Daniele Garozzo
  Italy
Alexander Choupenitch
  Czech Republic
Team foil
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  France
Enzo Lefort
Erwann Le Péchoux
Julien Mertine
Maxime Pauty
  ROC
Anton Borodachev
Kirill Borodachev
Vladislav Mylnikov
Timur Safin
  United States
Race Imboden
Nick Itkin
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
Individual sabre
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Áron Szilágyi
  Hungary
Luigi Samele
  Italy
Kim Jung-hwan
  South Korea
Team sabre
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  South Korea
Oh Sang-uk
Kim Jun-ho
Kim Jung-hwan
Gu Bon-gil
  Italy
Luca Curatoli
Luigi Samele
Enrico Berrè
Aldo Montano
  Hungary
Áron Szilágyi
András Szatmári
Tamás Decsi
Csanád Gémesi

Sources: Olympics.com[5]

Women's

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
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Sun Yiwen
  China
Ana Maria Popescu
  Romania
Katrina Lehis
  Estonia
Team épée
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  Estonia
Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Katrina Lehis
  South Korea
Choi In-jeong
Kang Young-mi
Lee Hye-in
Song Se-ra
  Italy
Rossella Fiamingo
Federica Isola
Mara Navarria
Alberta Santuccio
Individual foil
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Lee Kiefer
  United States
Inna Deriglazova
  ROC
Larisa Korobeynikova
  ROC
Team foil
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  ROC
Inna Deriglazova
Larisa Korobeynikova
Marta Martyanova
Adelina Zagidullina
  France
Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Pauline Ranvier
Ysaora Thibus
  Italy
Martina Batini
Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Alice Volpi
Individual sabre
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Sofia Pozdniakova
  ROC
Sofya Velikaya
  ROC
Manon Brunet
  France
Team sabre
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  ROC
Olga Nikitina
Sofia Pozdniakova
Sofya Velikaya
  France
Sara Balzer
Cécilia Berder
Manon Brunet
Charlotte Lembach
  South Korea
Kim Ji-yeon
Yoon Ji-su
Seo Ji-yeon
Choi Soo-yeon

Sources: Olympics.com[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Fencing". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (24 March 2020). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Fencing – Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Olympics.com. TOCOG. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Schedule – Fencing Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Fencing – Olympic Schedule & Results". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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