At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events. The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée | Pavel Kolobkov Russia | Hugues Obry France | Lee Sang-ki South Korea |
| team épée | Italy Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota | France Jean-François di Martino Robert Leroux Hugues Obry Éric Srecki | Cuba Nelson Loyola Candido Alberto Maya Carlos Pedroso Iván Trevejo |
| Individual foil | Kim Young-ho South Korea | Ralf Bißdorf Germany | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia |
| team foil | France Jean-Noel Ferrari Brice Guyart Patrice Lhotellier Lionel Plumenail | China Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong Zhang Jie | Italy Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro |
| Individual sabre | Mihai Covaliu Romania | Mathieu Gourdain France | Wiradech Kothny Germany |
| team sabre | Russia Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov | France Mathieu Gourdain Julien Pillet Cédric Séguin Damien Touya | Germany Dennis Bauer Wiradech Kothny Eero Lehmann Alexander Weber |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Tímea Nagy Hungary | Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Switzerland | Laura Flessel-Colovic France |
| team épée | Russia Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logunova Maria Mazina | Switzerland Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen | China Li Na Liang Qin Liu Yinqing Yang Shaoqi |
| Individual foil | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Rita Koenig Germany | Giovanna Trillini Italy |
| team foil | Italy Diana Bianchedi Annamaria Giacometti Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali | Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Gesine Schiel Monika Weber |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Participating nations
A total of 217 fencers (134 men and 83 women) from 40 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
- Algeria (2)
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (7)
- Austria (6)
- Belarus (4)
- Brazil (1)
- Canada (4)
- Chile (1)
- China (13)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (11)
- Egypt (5)
- Estonia (4)
- France (16)
- Germany (18)
- Great Britain (3)
- Hungary (13)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (17)
- Japan (4)
- Kazakhstan (5)
- Kuwait (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Latvia (1)
- Norway (3)
- Poland (10)
- Portugal (1)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Romania (5)
- Russia (15)
- FR Yugoslavia (1)
- South Korea (7)
- Spain (4)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (5)
- Tunisia (1)
- Ukraine (10)
- United States (8)
- Uzbekistan (1)
- Venezuela (1)
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