Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be held at Makuhari Messe, the same place where goalball, taekwondo and volleyball will take place. It will consist of sixteen events (eight male, eight female) including two team events.[1]

Wheelchair fencing
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates26–30 August 2020
Competitors96 (expected) in 16 events

Qualification

The qualification period begins 1 November 2018 and ends on 31 May 2020. The qualification slots are allocated to the individual athlete, not to the NPC. This also applies via Bipartite Commission Invitation which starts at the end of the qualification period and ends on 20 June 2020. Every competing fencer has to gain points in order to compete in the Games; there are no automatic qualification slots.[2]

Competition[3][4]DateVenue
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup 20188–11 November Tbilisi
13–16 December Kyoto
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup 201910–16 February Sharjah
21–24 March Pisa
20–26 May São Paulo
10–15 July Warsaw
14–17 November Amsterdam
2019 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships17–23 September Cheongju
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup 202014–16 February Eger
11-14 March São Paulo

Qualification slots
  • An NPC can enter a maximum of two fencers per individual event where one has obtained a slot through the Combined Individual Ranking Lists.
  • Athletes who have obtained their slots in the ranking lists will have to enter a second individual event where they didn't achieve a qualification slot if they are ranked higher than 25th place.
  • In order to qualify, all athletes have to compete in at least three international sanctioned IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Competitions during the qualification period.
  • An NPC can enter only three fencers in each of the team events.
  • Only the host country and top 12 ranked teams are eligible to compete in the team events.
Paralympic Ranking ListsRegionsMaleFemaleTotal
Combined Individual Ranking
Allocation by Region - Category A		Europe18
America/Africa
Asia/Oceania
Combined Individual Ranking
Allocation by Region - Category B		Europe18
American/Africa
Asia/Oceania
Combined Individual Ranking
Paralympic Ranking List Allocation		N/A6
Individual Paralympic Ranking ListN/A24
Host Country Allocation Japan (JPN)6
Team Athlete AllocationN/A10
Bipartite Commission InvitationN/A2
Total484896

Medal table

Medalists

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's épée A
Men's épée B
Men's foil A
Men's foil B
Men's sabre A
Men's sabre B
Men's épée team
Men's foil team

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's épée A
Women's épée B
Women's foil A
Women's foil B
Women's sabre A
Women's sabre B
Women's épée team
Women's foil team

See also

References
  1. "Wheelchair Fencing - Tokyo 2020". tokyo2020.org. 10 July 2019.
  2. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 9 August 2019.
  3. "Competition Calendar 2019". International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 10 July 2019.
  4. "Competition Calendar 2020". International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 10 July 2019.
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