Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Fencing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Fencing, Rio 2016.png
Venue Carioca Arena 3
Dates6–14 August 2016
No. of events10
Competitors212 from 48 nations
  2012
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The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers (an equal distribution between men and women; of which, eight fencers came from the host nation Brazil) competed in 10 events -- six individual and four team. [1]

Similar to 2008 and 2012, the International Fencing Federation maintained the format of ten events with a rotation system for team events. As a result, the men's team sabre and the women's team foil were dropped from the program only at these Games. [2] [3]

Qualification

Qualification was primarily based on the FIE official rankings as of 4 April 2016, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments. [4]

Participating nations

Schedule

Daily schedule
Date →Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14
Men's Foil individual Épée individual Sabre individual Foil team Épée team
Women's Épée individual Sabre individual Foil individual Épée team Sabre team

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4127
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2114
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1304
4Flag of France.svg  France 1113
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1012
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1001
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0224
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0112
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0112
10Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

Men's

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual épée
details
Park Sang-young
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Géza Imre
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Gauthier Grumier
Flag of France.svg  France
Team épée
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Gauthier Grumier
Yannick Borel
Daniel Jérent
Jean-Michel Lucenay
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Enrico Garozzo
Marco Fichera
Paolo Pizzo
Andrea Santarelli
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Gábor Boczkó
Géza Imre
András Rédli
Péter Somfai
Individual foil
details
Daniele Garozzo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Alexander Massialas
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Timur Safin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Team foil
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) [5]
Timur Safin
Artur Akhmatkhuzin
Aleksey Cheremisinov
 
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Jérémy Cadot
Enzo Lefort
Erwan Le Péchoux
Jean-Paul Tony Helissey
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Miles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
Individual sabre
details
Áron Szilágyi
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Daryl Homer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kim Jung-hwan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Women's

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual épée
details
Emese Szász
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Rossella Fiamingo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sun Yiwen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Team épée
details
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Loredana Dinu
Simona Gherman
Simona Pop
Ana Maria Popescu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Hao Jialu
Sun Yiwen
Sun Yujie
Xu Anqi
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Olga Kochneva
Violetta Kolobova
Tatiana Logunova
Lyubov Shutova
Individual foil
details
Inna Deriglazova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Elisa Di Francisca
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Inès Boubakri
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Individual sabre
details
Yana Egorian
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Sofiya Velikaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Olha Kharlan
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Team sabre
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Sofia Velikaya
Yana Egorian
Ekaterina Dyachenko
Yuliya Gavrilova
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Olha Kharlan
Olena Kravatska
Alina Komashchuk
Olena Voronina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Monica Aksamit
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Dagmara Wozniak
Mariel Zagunis

See also

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