The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers (an equal distribution between men and women; of which, eight fencers came from the host nation Brazil) competed in 10 events -- six individual and four team.
| Fencing at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 |
| Dates | 6–14 August 2016 |
| No. of events | 10 |
| Competitors | 212 from 48 nations |
Similar to 2008 and 2012, the International Fencing Federation maintained the format of ten events with a rotation system for team events. As a result, the men's team sabre and the women's team foil were dropped from the program only at these Games.
Qualification
Qualification was primarily based on the FIE official rankings as of 4 April 2016, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.
Participating nations
- Algeria (2)
- Argentina (1)
- Austria (1)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Belarus (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Benin (1)
- Brazil (13)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (5)
- China (11)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (1)
- Czech Republic (2)
- Egypt (7)
- Estonia (5)
- France (15)
- Georgia (1)
- Germany (4)
- Great Britain (3)
- Greece (2)
- Hong Kong (3)
- Hungary (9)
- Iran (2)
- Italy (14)
- Ivory Coast (1)
- Japan (6)
- Kazakhstan (1)
- Kuwait (1)
- Lebanon (1)
- Mexico (7)
- Morocco (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Panama (1)
- Poland (4)
- Romania (6)
- Russia (16)
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Senegal (1)
- South Korea (14)
- Switzerland (4)
- Tunisia (5)
- Turkey (1)
- Ukraine (10)
- United States (14)
- Venezuela (6)
- Vietnam (4)
Schedule
| Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | Foil individual | Épée individual | Sabre individual | Foil team | Épée team | ||||
| Women's | Épée individual | Sabre individual | Foil individual | Épée team | Sabre team |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Men's
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Park Sang-young South Korea | Géza Imre Hungary | Gauthier Grumier France |
| Team épée | France Gauthier Grumier Yannick Borel Daniel Jérent Jean-Michel Lucenay | Italy Enrico Garozzo Marco Fichera Paolo Pizzo Andrea Santarelli | Hungary Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli Péter Somfai |
| Individual foil | Daniele Garozzo Italy | Alexander Massialas United States | Timur Safin Russia |
| Team foil | Russia Timur Safin Artur Akhmatkhuzin Aleksey Cheremisinov | France Jérémy Cadot Enzo Lefort Erwan Le Péchoux Jean-Paul Tony Helissey | United States Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt |
| Individual sabre | Áron Szilágyi Hungary | Daryl Homer United States | Kim Jung-hwan South Korea |
Women's
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Emese Szász Hungary | Rossella Fiamingo Italy | Sun Yiwen China |
| Team épée | Romania Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop Ana Maria Popescu | China Hao Jialu Sun Yiwen Sun Yujie Xu Anqi | Russia Olga Kochneva Violetta Kolobova Tatiana Logunova Lyubov Shutova |
| Individual foil | Inna Deriglazova Russia | Elisa Di Francisca Italy | Inès Boubakri Tunisia |
| Individual sabre | Yana Egorian Russia | Sofiya Velikaya Russia | Olha Kharlan Ukraine |
| Team sabre | Russia Sofia Velikaya Yana Egorian Ekaterina Dyachenko Yuliya Gavrilova | Ukraine Olha Kharlan Olena Kravatska Alina Komashchuk Olena Voronina | United States Monica Aksamit Ibtihaj Muhammad Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
See also
- Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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