Qualifying Criteria An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) for the weapons in which there is a team event and up to 2 athletes per weapon for other weapons.
For each team event there will be 8 qualified teams plus a team from the Host Nation if applicable. The teams will qualify as follows: Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Team Ranking as of March 31, 2008 (best 4 teams) Highest ranked team from each zone (America, Europe, Asia/Oceania, Africa) outside top 4 in FIE Team Ranking (4 teams)
For each individual event (weapons which have a team event) there will be 39 qualified athletes as follows: All athletes qualified for team competition (24 athletes) The 3 highest ranked athletes in the FIE Individual adjusted official ranking (AOR) (3 athletes) The 7 highest ranked athletes from FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 2, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) – 1 per NOC The 5 highest ranked athletes from zonal qualifying events (Europe 2, America 1, Asia/Oceania 1, Africa 1) – 1 per NOC
For the remaining individual events there will be 24 qualified athletes as follows: The first 8 from the FIE Individual Ranking The first 8 from the FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) – 1 athlete per country The first 8 from zonal qualifying events (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) – 1 per NOC, open only for NOCs not qualified as mentioned above
Summary Nation Men Women TotalIndividual Team Individual Team Épée Foil Sabre Épée Sabre Épée Foil Sabre Foil Sabre 11 2 1 1 11 2 1 1 3 X 3 11 2 1 1 111 113 X 8 1 1 323XX233XX 16 11 2 113 X13 X 9 1 1 323XX213 X 14 21 231X 9 11 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3XX231X 12 1 1 1 11 3 323XX 32X 13 121 111 7 1 1 1 1 11 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 311X 33XX 11 1 1 2 1 1 12 11 5 1 3 X233XX 12 2 1 3 3 X 3 X 6 311X 122 10 112 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 11 2 3 X 113 X 8 113 X133XX 12 3 1X 111 7 Total: 45 NOCs 41 26 40 9 8 25 41 39 8 8 212
Men
Épée
Team Competition:
The first four teams in the FIE team ranking: , , , The highest-ranked team from each zone: Africa: Asia-Oceania: America: Europe: Invitational: Host: ^
^ China received two additional places for team event.
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Team world ranking March 31, 2008 – 26 All athletes qualified for team event Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 3 José Luis Abajo Bas Verwijlen Joaquim Videira Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Ahmed Nabil Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Wang Lei Shogo Nishida Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Weston Kelsey Igor Tikhomirov Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 2 Michael Kauter Anton Avdeev African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Aissam Rami Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok1 Serguei Katchiourine American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro1 Paris Inostroza European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Prague2 Nikolai Novosjolov Sturla Torkildsen TOTAL 41
Foil
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 8 Peter Joppich Salvatore Sanzo Andrea Cassarà Erwann Le Péchoux Benjamin Kleibrink Yuki Ota Lei Sheng Zhu Jun Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Mostafa Nagaty Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Choi Byung-chul Kenta Chida Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Gerek Meinhardt Josh McGuire Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 3 Tomer Or Sławomir Mocek Brice Guyart African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Lahoussine Ali Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok2 Nontapat Panchan Lau Kwok Kin American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro2 João Souza Alberto Viaggio European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Lisbon3 Javier Menendez Roland Schlosser Virgil Sălișcan Invitational/Host Nation* – – 2 Khalid Al-Hamadi Richard Kruse TOTAL 26
Sabre
Team Competition:
The first four teams in the FIE team ranking: , , , The highest-ranked team from each zone: Africa: Asia-Oceania: America: Europe:
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Team world ranking March 31, 2008 – 24 All athletes qualified for team event Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 3 Nicolas Limbach Mihai Covaliu Jorge Pina Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Abdulaye Thiam Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Oh Eun-Seok Wiradech Kothny Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Carlos Bravo Renzo Pasquale Agresta Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 2 Jaime Martí Rareș Dumitrescu African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Mamadou Keita Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok1 Satoshi Ogawa American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro1 Philippe Beaudry European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Istanbul2 Marcin Koniusz Alex O'Connell Invitational/Host Nation* – – 1 Julien Ouedraogo TOTAL 40
Women
Épée
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 8 Li Na Britta Heidemann Emese Szász Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot Tatiana Logunova Zhong Weiping Imke Duplitzer Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Aya El Sayed Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Jung Hyo-Jung Amber Parkinson Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Sherraine Schalm Kelley Hurley Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 3 Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Ana Maria Brânză Lyubov Shutova African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Hadia Bentaleb Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok2 Megumi Harada Yeung Chui Ling American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro2 Jesica Jimenez Luna María Martínez European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Prague3 Yana Shemyakina Noam Mills Sophie Lamon Invitational/Host Nation* – – 1 Emma Samuelsson TOTAL 25
Foil
Team Competition:
The first four teams in the FIE team ranking: , , , The highest-ranked team from each zone: Africa: Asia-Oceania: America: Europe:
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Team world ranking March 31, 2008 – 24 All athletes qualified for team event Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 3 Nam Hyun-hee Cristina Stahl Delila Hatuel Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Ines Boubakri Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Chieko Sugawara Jung Gil-ok Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Mariana González Jujie Luan Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 2 Corrine Maitrejean Olga Leleyko African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Anissa Khelfaoui Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok1 Joanna Halls American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro1 Misleydis Campany European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Lisbon2 Debora Nogueira Martina Emanuel Invitational/Host Nation* – – 2 Maria Luisa Doig Indra Angad-Gaur TOTAL 41
Sabre
Team Competition:
The first four teams in the FIE team ranking: , , , The highest-ranked team from each zone: Africa: Asia-Oceania: America: Europe:
Individual Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Team world ranking March 31, 2008 – 24 All athletes qualified for team event Individual world ranking March 31, 2008 – 3 Gioia Marzocca Kim Keum-hwa Orsolya Nagy Individual world ranking (Africa) March 31, 2008 – 1 Azza Besbes Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania) March 31, 2008 – 2 Lee Shin-mi Chow Tsz Ki Individual world ranking (America) March 31, 2008 – 2 Alejandra Benítez Angélica Larios Individual world ranking (Europe) March 31, 2008 – 2 Ilaria Bianco Alexandra Bujdoso African qualifying event April 25, 2008 Casablanca1 Nafi Toure Asian-Oceania qualifying event April 22–23, 2008 Bangkok1 Madoka Hisagae American qualifying event April 26–27, 2008 Querétaro1 Maylin Gonzalez Pozo European qualifying event April 26, 2008 Istanbul2 Araceli Navarro Siobhan Byrne TOTAL 39
* The host country was permitted to enter eight fencers, distributed between team and individual events as it saw fit: thus, it could enter teams, or have no team and select for only the individual events. Any places unused by the host country of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing would be reallocated by the Tripartite Commission (IOC, NOC, FIE)
References Qualifications for the 2008 OG Federation Internationale D'Escrime