| Fencing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Green Convention Center |
| Dates | August 9 – 17 |
| Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | women | |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | men | women |
Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 nations) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual Épée | Matteo Tagliariol  Italy | Fabrice Jeannet  France | José Luis Abajo  Spain |
| Team épée | France (FRA) Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri | Poland (POL) Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak | Italy (ITA) Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| Individual foil | Benjamin Kleibrink  Germany | Yuki Ota  Japan | Salvatore Sanzo Italy |
| Individual sabre | Zhong Man  China | Nicolas Lopez France | Mihai Covaliu  Romania |
| Team sabre | France (FRA) Julien Pillet Boris Sanson Nicolas Lopez | United States (USA) Tim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams | Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual Épée | Britta Heidemann Germany | Ana Maria Brânză Romania | Ildikó Mincza-Nébald  Hungary |
| Individual foil | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Nam Hyun-Hee  South Korea | Margherita Granbassi Italy |
| Team foil | Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Chanaeva Victoria Nikichina Evgenia Lamonova | United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart | Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori |
| Individual sabre | Mariel Zagunis  United States | Sada Jacobson United States | Becca Ward United States |
| Team sabre | Ukraine (UKR) Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova | China (CHN) Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue | United States (USA) Sada Jacobson Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis |
10 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
The Fencing competition at the Olympic Games consists of a single elimination tournament. The 2 losers in the semifinal will fence for the bronze medal.
| Nation | Men's Individual Épée | Men's Team Épée | Men's Individual Foil | Men's Individual Sabre | Men's Team Sabre | Women's Individual Épée | Women's Individual Foil | Women's Team Foil | Women's Individual Sabre | Women's Team Sabre | Total |
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 Algeria | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Argentina | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Belarus | 3 | X | 3 | ||||||||
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 9 | |||
 Chile | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 20 |
 Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Egypt | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 3 | X | 10 | |||
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| France | 3 | X | 2 | 3 | X | 2 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 15 | |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 1 | 9 | ||||
 Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Hungary | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X(1) | 1 | 15 | ||
 Ireland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Israel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Italy | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 16 | ||
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Mexico | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Morocco | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Norway | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Panama | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Peru | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Poland | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X | 13 | ||
 Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Qatar | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Russia | 1 | 3 | X | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 14 | ||
 Senegal | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
 South Africa | 3 | X | 3 | X (1) | 7 | ||||||
| South Korea | 3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 10 | ||||
| United States | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 3 | X | 3 | X | 13 | |
 Venezuela | 3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Total athletes | 41 | 32 | 26 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 41 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 233 |
| Total NOCs | 23 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 45 |
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