Fencing at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
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Governing body | FIE |
Events | 7 (men: 3; womens: 3; mixed: 1) |
Games | |
Fencing was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
– | Mixed-NOCs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | United States | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
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