Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Hellinikon Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events, further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre.
| Fencing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Helliniko Olympic Complex |
| Dates | 14–22 August 2004 |
Fencing is one of the few sports that have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, and for the first time female competitors competed individually using the sabre. The Lexan window mask, showing the athletes' faces, was used for the first time at these Olympics.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Marcel Fischer Switzerland | Wang Lei China | Pavel Kolobkov Russia |
| Team épée | France Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Érik Boisse | Hungary Gábor Boczkó Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre | Germany Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler Daniel Strigel |
| Individual foil | Brice Guyart France | Salvatore Sanzo Italy | Andrea Cassarà Italy |
| Team foil | Italy Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni | China Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong | Russia Renal Ganeev Youri Moltchan Rouslan Nassiboulline Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov |
| Individual sabre | Aldo Montano Italy | Zsolt Nemcsik Hungary | Vladyslav Tretiak Ukraine |
| Team sabre | France Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gael Touya | Italy Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino | Russia Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Tímea Nagy Hungary | Laura Flessel-Colovic France | Maureen Nisima France |
| Team épée | Russia Karina Aznavourian Oxana Ermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova | Germany Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann | France Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima |
| Individual foil | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Giovanna Trillini Italy | Sylwia Gruchała Poland |
| Individual sabre | Mariel Zagunis United States | Tan Xue China | Sada Jacobson United States |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Participating nations
A total of 223 fencers (129 men and 94 women) from 42 nations competed at the Athens Games:
- Algeria (7)
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (3)
- Austria (2)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Belarus (2)
- Brazil (3)
- Canada (6)
- Chile (1)
- China (19)
- Colombia (1)
- Republic of the Congo (1)
- Cuba (4)
- Egypt (9)
- France (19)
- Germany (12)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (9)
- Hong Kong (3)
- Hungary (15)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (12)
- Japan (5)
- Mexico (1)
- Morocco (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- New Zealand (1)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (6)
- Russia (18)
- Senegal (2)
- South Africa (3)
- South Korea (12)
- Spain (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- Thailand (2)
- Tunisia (2)
- Ukraine (10)
- United States (15)
- Venezuela (4)
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