Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates	August 9 – 17
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Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center.

Fencing hall at the China National Convention Center

Fencing hall at the China National Convention Center

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	2	0	4
2	Italy	2	0	5	7
3	Germany	2	0	0	2
4	United States	1	3	2	6
5	China	1	1	0	2
6	Russia	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
8	Romania	0	1	1	2
9	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Épée details	Matteo Tagliariol   Italy	Fabrice Jeannet   France	José Luis Abajo   Spain
Team épée details	France Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri	Poland Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak	Italy Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol
Individual foil details	Benjamin Kleibrink   Germany	Yuki Ota   Japan	Salvatore Sanzo   Italy
Individual sabre details	Zhong Man   China	Nicolas Lopez   France	Mihai Covaliu   Romania
Team sabre details	France Julien Pillet Boris Sanson Nicolas Lopez	United States Tim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams	Italy Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Épée details	Britta Heidemann   Germany	Ana Maria Brânză   Romania	Ildikó Mincza-Nébald   Hungary
Individual foil details	Valentina Vezzali   Italy	Nam Hyun-Hee   South Korea	Margherita Granbassi   Italy
Team foil details	Russia Svetlana Boyko Aida Chanaeva Victoria Nikichina Evgenia Lamonova	United States Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart	Italy Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori
Individual sabre details	Mariel Zagunis   United States	Sada Jacobson   United States	Becca Ward   United States
Team sabre details	Ukraine Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova	China Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue	United States Sada Jacobson Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis

Events

Ten sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Individual Épée Men
• Individual Épée Women
• Individual Foil Men
• Individual Foil Women
• Individual Sabre Men
• Individual Sabre Women
• Team Épée Men
• Team Foil Women
• Team Sabre Men
• Team Sabre Women

Competition format

The Fencing competition at the Olympic Games consists of a single elimination tournament. The 2 losers in the semifinal will fence for the bronze medal.

Qualification

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Participating nations

Nation	Men's Individual Épée	Men's Team Épée	Men's Individual Foil	Men's Individual Sabre	Men's Team Sabre	Women's Individual Épée	Women's Individual Foil	Women's Team Foil	Women's Individual Sabre	Women's Team Sabre	Total
Algeria						1	1				2
Argentina			1								1
Australia						1	1				2
Austria			1								1
Belarus				3	X						3
Brazil			1	1							2
Burkina Faso				1							1
Canada	1		1	1		1	1		3	X (1)	9
Chile	1										1
China	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)	3	X (1)	20
Cuba							1		1		2
Egypt	1		1	3	X (1)	1	3	X			10
Estonia	1										1
France	3	X	2	3	X	2	1		3	X (1)	15
Germany			2	1		2	3	X	1		9
Great Britain			1	1			1				3
Hong Kong			1			1			1		3
Hungary	3	X (1)		3	X (1)	2	3	X(1)	1		15
Ireland									1		1
Israel			1			1	1				3
Italy	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)		3	X (1)	2		16
Japan	1		2	1		1	1		1		7
Kyrgyzstan	1										1
Mexico									1		1
Morocco	1		1								2
Netherlands	1						1				2
Norway	1										1
Panama						1					1
Peru							1				1
Poland	3	X (1)	1	1			3	X (1)	3	X	13
Portugal	1						1				2
Qatar			1								1
Romania			1	2		1	1				5
Russia	1			3	X	2	3	X (1)	3	X (1)	14
Senegal				2					1		3
South Africa	3	X							3	X (1)	7
South Korea	3	X	1	1		1	2		2		10
Spain	1		1	2					1		5
Sweden						1					1
Switzerland	1					1					2
Thailand			1	1							2
Tunisia							1		1		2
Ukraine	3	X (1)				1	1		3	X (1)	10
United States	1		1	3	X (1)	1	3	X	3	X	13
Venezuela	3	X		1		1	1		1		7
Total athletes	41	32	26	40	29	25	41	29	39	30	233
Total NOCs	23	9	21	21	8	20	24	8	21	8	45

See also

• Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• Qualifications for the 2008 OG before the NOCs confirmation
• Federation Internationale D'Escrime
• Competition Information on the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Fencing – Official Results Book