Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 2, 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. Teams will be composed of 3 fencers. For teams to qualify they must be ranked in the top 16, if a continent is not ranked in the top 16 the next best placed country will take their spot. [1]

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Summary

NationMenWomenTotal
IndividualTeamIndividualTeam
ÉpéeFoilSabreFoilSabreÉpéeFoilSabreÉpéeFoil
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 112
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 11
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 11
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3X3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1113
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 111115
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 112
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 133XX312X13
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 11
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 131X131X10
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 11
Flag of France.svg  France 231X131X11
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 31X132X10
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 133XX311X12
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1111116
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11114
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 11
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 133XX332XX15
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3X131X 8
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 213
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 112
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 11
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 112
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 11
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11131X7
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 13X31X8
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 133XX332XX15
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 213X332XX14
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 11
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 213
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 11
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 111126
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 11311X7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 233XX332XX16
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 11
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 211116
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 11
Total: 44 NOCs3038379837383289212

Qualification timeline

EventDateVenue
Cut-off FIE Official RankingApril 2, 2012
Zonal Qualifier – EuropeApril 21–22, 2012 Flag of Slovakia.svg Bratislava
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/OceaniaApril 20–21, 2012 Flag of Japan.svg Wakayama
Zonal Qualifier – AmericaApril 20–22, 2012 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago
Zonal Qualifier – AfricaApril 19, 2012 Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca

Qualification

Men's Individual Épée

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top 12 individual AOR12Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Pizzo  (ITA)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Kauter  (SUI)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bas Verwijlen  (NED)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Kyoung-doo  (KOR)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Nikolai Novosjolov  (EST)
Flag of France.svg  Gauthier Grumier  (FRA)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Max Heinzer  (SUI)
Flag of the United States.svg  Soren Thompson  (USA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Géza Imre  (HUN)
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Elmir Alimzhanov  (KAZ)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Silvio Fernández  (VEN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jung Jin-sun  (KOR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Flag of France.svg  Yannick Borel  (FRA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jörg Fiedler  (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Guojie  (CHN)
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Dmitriy Alexanin  (KAZ)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Rubén Limardo  (VEN)
Flag of the United States.svg  Weston Kelsey  (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa2Flag of Senegal.svg  Alexandre Bouzaid  (SEN)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Ayman Mohamed Fayez  (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Karyuchenko  (UKR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Radosław Zawrotniak  (POL)
Flag of Norway.svg  Bartosz Piasecki  (NOR)
Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Sukhov  (RUS)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania3Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Ruslan Kudayev  (UZB)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyen Tien Nhat  (VIE)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Leung Ka Ming  (HKG)
Zonal tournament: America2Flag of Chile.svg  Paris Inostroza  (CHI)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Athos Schwantes  (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelkarim El Haouari  (MAR)
Host country option**
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Men's Team Foil

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of France.svg France
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161 Flag of Japan.svg
Top team from America in positions 5–161Flag of the United States.svg United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–161 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Host country option1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
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Men's Individual Foil

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Flag of Austria.svg  Roland Schlosser  (AUT)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Richard Kruse  (GBR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Byung-chul  (KOR)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Nicholas Edward Choi  (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Gomez  (MEX)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Étienne Lalonde Turbide  (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Samandi  (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Bojan Jovanović  (CRO)
Flag of Romania.svg  Radu Dărăban  (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Zain Shaito  (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America1Flag of Brazil.svg  Guilherme Toldo  (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Morocco.svg  Lahoussine Ali  (MAR)
Host country option2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James-Andrew Davis  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Husayn Rosowsky  (GBR)
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Men's Team Sabre

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161 Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Top team from America in positions 5–161Flag of the United States.svg United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–160DNQ
Additional Country1 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea
Host country option**
8

Men's Individual Sabre

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Flag of Hungary.svg  Áron Szilágyi  (HUN)
Flag of France.svg  Boladé Apithy  (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lam Hin Chung  (HKG)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Yu Peng Kean  (MAS)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Brazil.svg  Renzo Agresta  (BRA)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Philippe Beaudry  (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hichem Smandi  (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2Flag of Poland.svg  Adam Skrodzki  (POL)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Boyko  (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1Flag of Iran.svg  Mojtaba Abedini  (IRI)
Zonal tournament: America1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Hernán Jansen  (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Egypt.svg  Mannad Zeid  (EGY)
Host country option1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Honeybone  (GBR)
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Women's Team Épée

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4 Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea
Top team from America in positions 5–161Flag of the United States.svg United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–160DNQ
Additional Country1 Flag of Germany.svg
Host country option**
8

Women's Individual Épée

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Yeung Chui Ling  (HKG)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsu Jo-ting  (TPE)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Tiffany Géroudet  (SUI)
Flag of Poland.svg  Magdalena Piekarska  (POL)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sherraine Schalm  (CAN)
Flag of Chile.svg  Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz  (CHI)
Top individual AOR: Africa1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sarra Besbes  (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2Flag of Hungary.svg  Emese Szász  (HUN)
Flag of France.svg  Laura Flessel-Colovic  (FRA)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1Flag of Japan.svg  Nozomi Nakano  (JPN)
Zonal tournament: America1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Maria Martinez  (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Egypt.svg  Mona Hassanein  (EGY)
Host country option1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Corinna Lawrence  (GBR)
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Women's Team Foil

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of South Korea.svg Korea
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161Flag of France.svg France
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161 Flag of Japan.svg
Top team from America in positions 5–161Flag of the United States.svg United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–161 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Host country option1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
9

Women's Individual Foil

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Flag of Hungary.svg  Aida Mohamed  (HUN)
Flag of Germany.svg  Carolin Golubytskyi  (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Jinyan  (CHN)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lin Po Heung  (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Monica Peterson  (CAN)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia  (COL)
Top individual AOR: Africa1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Inès Boubakri  (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Natalia Sheppard  (GBR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olha Leleiko  (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Mona Shaito  (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Johana Fuenmayor  (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Algeria.svg  Anissa Khelfaoui  (ALG)
Host country option2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sophie Troiano  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Anna Bentley  (GBR)
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Women's Individual Sabre

[2]

VacanciesQualified
Top 12 individual AOR12Flag of Russia.svg  Sofiya Velikaya  (RUS)
Flag of the United States.svg  Mariel Zagunis  (USA)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olha Kharlan  (UKR)
Flag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Gavrilova  (RUS)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Min Zhu  (CHN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Ji-yeon  (KOR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiaodong  (CHN)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Azza Besbes  (TUN)
Flag of Greece.svg  Vassiliki Vougiouka  (GRE)
Flag of Italy.svg  Irene Vecchi  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Gioia Marzocca  (ITA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Dagmara Wozniak  (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Socha  (POL)
Flag of France.svg  Léonore Perrus  (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Ra-jin  (KOR)
Flag of Japan.svg  Seira Nakayama  (JPN)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sandra Sassine  (CAN)
Flag of Argentina.svg  María Belén Pérez Maurice  (ARG)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Amira Ben Chaabane  (TUN)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Salma Mahran  (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe4Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Sabina Mikina  (AZE)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Margarita Tschomakova  (BUL)
Flag of Germany.svg  Alexandra Bujdoso  (GER)
Flag of Romania.svg  Bianca Pascu  (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania3Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Yuliya Zhivitsa  (KAZ)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Au Sin Ying  (HKG)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Diah Permatasari  (INA)
Zonal tournament: America2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Alejandra Benítez  (VEN)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Úrsula González  (MEX)
Zonal tournament: Africa1Flag of Algeria.svg  Lea Moutoussamy  (ALG)
Host country option2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Louise Bond-Williams  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sophie Williams  (GBR)
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** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers

References

  1. "2012 Olympics qualifying: Fencing". BBC News. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "List of qualified countries per country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-05.