Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Fencing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Makuhari Messe
Dates 25 July – 2 August
No. of events 12
Competitors 212

The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women.[1]

Qualification

There are 200 quota spots for fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Qualification is primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 4, 2020, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.

For the team events, 8 teams qualify 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) qualify as long as it is ranked in the top 16. If a zone had no teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best placed nation not already qualified is selected regardless of zone.

For individual events, the 3 fencers from the team event qualified for individual competition automatically. Six 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 and Asia-Oceania, and the top 1 fencer from each of Americas and Africa, qualify. 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.

The host country was guaranteed a minimum of 8 quota spots.

Participating nations

Schedule

Daily schedule
Date →Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31Sat 1Sun 2
Men'sFoil individualÉpée individualSabre individualFoil teamÉpée team
Women'sÉpée individualSabre individualFoil individualÉpée teamSabre team

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre

Women's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Fencing". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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