List of Olympic venues in fencing

Zappeion hosted the fencing events for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Schermzaal: fencing hall for the 9th Olympiad, Amsterdam (1928)
St Kilda Town Hall hosted the fencing events for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Olympic Green Convention Center hosted the fencing events for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 31 venues that have been or will be used for fencing.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1896 AthensZappeionNoneNot listed. [1]
1900 Paris Tuileries Garden None Not listed. [2]
1904 St. LouisFrancis GymnasiumBoxingNot listed. [3]
1908 LondonFranco-British Exhibition Fencing GroundsNoneNot listed. [4]
1912 StockholmÖstermalm Athletic GroundsEquestrian, Modern pentathlon (fencing), TennisNot listed. [5]
1920 AntwerpGardens de la Palace d'EgmontNoneNot listed. [6]
1924 ParisStade de ColombesAthletics, Cycling (road), Equestrian, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union, Tennis22,737 [7]
1928 AmsterdamSchermzaalModern pentathlon (fencing)559 [8]
1932 Los Angeles160th Regiment State ArmoryModern pentathlon (fencing)1,800 [9]
1936 BerlinHaus des Deutschen SportsModern pentathlon (fencing)1200 [10][11]
Tennis Courts (épée)Basketball832. [12]
1948 LondonWembley Palace of EngineeringNoneNot listed. [13]
1952 HelsinkiWestend Tennis HallNoneNot listed. [14]
1956 MelbourneSt Kilda Town HallNoneNot listed. [15]
1960 RomePalazzo dei CongressiModern pentathlon (fencing)Not listed. [16]
1964 TokyoWaseda Memorial HallModern pentathlon (fencing)2,200[17][18]
1968 Mexico CityFernando Montes de Oca Fencing HallModern pentathlon (fencing)3,000 [19]
1972 MunichMessegelände, Fechthalle 1 (final)None978 [20]
Messegelände Fechthalle 2Modern pentathlon (fencing)Same as Fechthalle 1. [20]
1976 MontrealWinter Stadium, Université de MontréalModern pentathlon (fencing)2,461 [21]
1980 MoscowCSKA Football FieldhouseModern pentathlon (fencing)8,500 [22]
1984 Los AngelesLong Beach Convention CenterNone2,500 [23]
1988 SeoulOlympic Fencing GymnasiumModern pentathlon (fencing)7,000 [24][25]
1992 BarcelonaPalau de la Metal·lúrgiaModern pentathlon (fencing)Not listed. [26]
1996 AtlantaGeorgia World Congress CenterHandball, Judo, Modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Table tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling3,900 (fencing)
7,300 (handball)
7,300 (judo)
4,700 (table tennis)
5,000 (weightlifting)
7,300 (wrestling)
[27][28]
2000 SydneySydney Convention and Exhibition CentreBoxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling7,500 (weightlifting),
9,000 (judo & wrestling),
10,000 (boxing & fencing)
[29]
2004 AthensHelliniko Fencing HallNone8,000 [30]
2008 BeijingOlympic Green Convention CenterModern pentathlon (fencing, shooting)5,695 [31]
2012 LondonExCeLBoxing, Judo, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, WrestlingNot listed. [32]
Copper BoxHandball, Modern pentathlon (fencing)7,000 [33]
2016 Rio de JaneiroCarioca Arena 3Taekwondo10,000[34]

References

  1. Zappeion history. - accessed 3 October 2010.
  2. 1900 Summer Olympics official report. p. 16. Accessed 14 November 2010. (in French)
  3. Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 231, 245. Accessed 4 October 2010.
  4. 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 127. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  5. 1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 218–20. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  6. Sports-reference.com profile of the 1920 Summer Olympics fencing events.
  7. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 50-5, 96-7, 121, 152, 216, 222, 238, 248, 265, 318, 339, 375, 499, 503, 536. (in French)
  8. 1928 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 170, 202, 205.
  9. 1932 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 67-8, 70, 78, 84.
  10. 1936 Summer Olympics official report Volume 1. pp. 163-4. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  11. 1936 Summer Olympics official report Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 2. pp. 752-815, 830-6. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  12. 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 162-3. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  13. 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. p. 45. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  14. 1952 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. p. 50. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  15. 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. p. 44. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  16. 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 661, 761. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  17. 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  18. 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 127-8. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  19. 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 2. p. 74. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  20. 1 2 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 197-201. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  21. 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 144-9. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  22. 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82-5. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  23. 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 123-8. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  24. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 178. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  25. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 2. p. 335. Accessed 2 December 2010.
  26. 1992 Summer Olympic official report. Volume 2. pp. 189-91. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  27. 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 540-1. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  28. 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 3. pp. 448, 455, 457, 459-60, 462, 466. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  29. 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2000-11-09 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 1. p. 383. Accessed 17 December 2010.
  30. 2004 Summer Olympic official report. Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 2. p. 318. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  31. "Fencing Hall of National Convention Center". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  32. London2012.com profile of ExCeL. Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.is Accessed 30 December 2010.
  33. London2012.com profile of the Handball Arena. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  34. "Carioca Arena 3". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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