Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center.

Medal summary Medal table

Men's events Individual Épée Team épée Fabrice JeannetJérôme JeannetUlrich Robeiri Robert AndrzejukTomasz MotykaAdam WierciochRadosław Zawrotniak Stefano CarozzoDiego ConfalonieriAlfredo RotaMatteo Tagliariol Individual foil Individual sabre Team sabre Julien PilletBoris SansonNicolas Lopez Tim MorehouseJason RogersKeeth SmartJames Williams Aldo MontanoLuigi TarantinoGiampiero PastoreDiego Occhiuzzi

Women's events Individual Épée Individual foil Team foil Svetlana BoykoAida ChanaevaVictoria NikichinaEvgenia Lamonova Emily CrossHanna ThompsonErinn Smart Valentina VezzaliGiovanna TrilliniMargherita GranbassiIlaria Salvatori Individual sabre Team sabre Olha ZhovnirOlga KharlanHalyna PundykOlena Khomrova Bao YingyingHuang HaiyangNi HongTan Xue Sada JacobsonBecca WardMariel Zagunis

Events Ten sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Individual Épée Men Individual Épée Women Individual Foil Men Individual Foil Women Individual Sabre Men Individual Sabre Women Team Épée Men Team Foil Women Team Sabre Men Team Sabre Women

Competition format 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.

Qualification

Participating nations Nation Men's Individual Épée Men's Team ÉpéeMen's Individual FoilMen's Individual SabreMen's Team SabreWomen's Individual Épée Women's Individual Foil Women's Team FoilWomen's Individual SabreWomen'sTeam Sabre Total 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 X 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 X (1) 9 1 1 3 X (1) 2 3 X (1) 2 3 X (1) 3 X (1) 20 1 1 2 1 1 3 X (1) 1 3 X 10 1 1 3 X 2 3 X 2 1 3 X (1) 15 2 1 2 3 X 1 9 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 X (1) 3 X (1) 2 3 X(1) 1 15 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 X (1) 2 3 X (1) 3 X (1) 2 16 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 X (1) 1 1 3 X (1) 3 X 13 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 3 X 2 3 X (1) 3 X (1) 14 2 1 3 3 X 3 X (1) 7 3 X 1 1 1 2 2 10 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 X (1) 1 1 3 X (1) 10 1 1 3 X (1) 1 3 X 3 X 13 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

See also Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References Qualifications for the 2008 OG before the NOCs confirmation Federation Internationale D'Escrime Competition Information on the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics

External links Fencing – Official Results Book