| Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | women | |
 | This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [1] for fencing published by FIE contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. | |
This article details the qualifying phase for fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics . Qualification was primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 4, 2016, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.
Contents
- Summary
- Timeline
- Men's events
- Individual épée
- Team épée
- Individual foil
- Team foil
- Individual sabre
- Women's events
- Individual épée 2
- Team épée 2
- Individual foil 2
- Individual sabre 2
- Team sabre
- References
For the team events, 8 teams qualified in each event. Each team must be composed of 3 fencers. The top 4 ranked teams qualified. The next best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) qualified as long as it was ranked in the top 16. If a zone had no teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best placed nation not already qualified would be selected regardless of zone. [1]
For individual events with corresponding team events, the 3 fencers from the team event qualified for individual competition automatically. 7 more places were 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, Asia-Oceania, and the Americas, and the top 1 fencer from Africa, qualified. 4 more places (1 per zone) were awarded through zone qualifying tournaments; only countries without a qualified fencer in an event were eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments. [1]
For individual events without corresponding team events, the top 14 fencers in the rankings (adjusted to include only the top 2 fencers per country) qualified. The next 2 best ranked fencers from each zone (but from different countries) also qualified. 10 spots were allocated through zone qualifying tournaments (4 for Europe, 3 for Asia-Oceania, 2 for the Americas, and 1 for Africa); only countries without a qualified fencer in an event were eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments and each country could send only 1 fencer. [1]
The host country was guaranteed a minimum of 8 quota spots.
