Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
List of fencers Qualification
Épée	men	women
Team épée	men	women
Foil	men	women
Team foil	men	women
Sabre	men	women
Team sabre	men	women

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.

Summary

Nation	Men						Women						Total
	Individual			Team			Individual			Team
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre
Japan													8+
TBD	34	34	34	8	8	8	34	34	34	8	8	8	204
Total: ?? NOCs	34	34	34	8	8	8	34	34	34	8	8	8	212

Timeline

Men's events

Women's events

References