Fencing at the 2019 South Asian Games will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 06 to 9 December 2019. [1] This is for the first time that fencing has been included in the South Asian Games. [2]
* Host nation (Nepal)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India (IND) | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
2 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
3 | Nepal (NEP)* | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
4 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
5 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (5 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual épée | Sunil Kumar India | Guruprakash Coppara Jayaprakash India | Md Imtiaj Bangladesh | |||
Ali Saeeduddin Pakistan | ||||||
Team épée | India Guruprakash Coppara Jayaprakash Jetlee Singh Chingakham Sunil Kumar Singh | Bangladesh Das Md Imtiaj Mondal Md Abdur Rahim | Pakistan Nazar Abbas Kashif Ali Zaheer Mushtaq Ali Saeeduddin | |||
Sri Lanka Jayasundara Dilantha Palmada Subasingha Chamara Warnasuriya Mudiyanselage | ||||||
Individual foil | Vinoth Kumar Velautham India | Rajeshor Singh Thounaojam India | Tharindu Madumal Sri Lanka | |||
Rubel Mia Bangladesh | ||||||
Team foil | India Khan Bicky Thokchom Rajeshor Singh Thounaojam Vinoth Kumar Velautham | Bangladesh Saddam Hossain Razaul Karim Rakib Mia Rubel Mia | Sri Lanka Anura Bandara Tharindu Madumal Vishmitha Bandara Suresh Walimuni Dewage | |||
Nepal Rajan Raj Khadka Rakesh Maharjan Jalendra Bahadur Shahi Gyanendra Timasina | ||||||
Individual sabre | Karan Singh India | Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma India | Efta Khairul Alam Bipul Bangladesh | |||
Roshan Arachchige Sri Lanka | ||||||
Team sabre | India Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma Shahi Karan Singh Singh | Bangladesh Efta Khairul Alam Bipul Swapan Kumar Chakma Rahaman Md Khayruzzaman | Sri Lanka Roshan Arachchige Asan Fernando Jayasuriya Sasanka | |||
Nepal Amit Bhandari Dinesh Pandey Rajendra Gajurel Payesh Yonjan |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual épée | Thoudam Kabita Devi India | Sheetal Dalal India | Januka Syangtan Nepal | |||
Indira Paudel Nepal | ||||||
Team épée | India Arrora Dahiwal Sheetal Dalal Thoudam Kabita Devi | Nepal Anita Karki Sita Pathak Indira Poudel Januka Syangtan | Bangladesh Asma Akter Mosammat Munjila Akter Kamrunnahar Nazma Khatun | |||
Sri Lanka Chathuni Bhagya Piyumi Ralalage Pushpa Kumari Shiromani Chathurangi | ||||||
Individual foil | Thoibi Devi Wangelbam India | Radhika Prakash Awati India | Mohima Akter Mou Bangladesh | |||
Rama Singh Nepal | ||||||
Team foil | India Devi Radhika Prakash Awati Rani Devi Thoibi Devi Wangelbam | Nepal Goma Acharya Anita Adhikari Rama Singh Anju Tamang | Bangladesh Khatun Mohima Akter Mou Sanjida Shopna | |||
Sri Lanka Ashoka Abeynayaka Hansani Galange Roshika Wijewardhana Sinna Karuppan Bawani Sri | ||||||
Individual sabre | Fatema Mujib Bangladesh | Rabina Thapa Nepal | Diana Devi Thingujam India | |||
Asmita Basnet Nepal | ||||||
Team sabre | India Josna Christy Jose Jagmeet Kaur Komalpreet Shukla Diana Devi Thingujam | Nepal Asmita Basnet Sikshya Napit Kamala Shrestha Rabina Thapa | Sri Lanka Nishani Fernando Nilanka Withanage Prathiba Karunarathne Rathnamali Abeysekara | |||
Bangladesh Chadni Akter Nazia Khatun Fatema Mujib Nipa |
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