Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Governing body	FIE
Events	10 (men: 5; women: 5)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Medalists men women

Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Women's foil made its Olympic debut in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games. There are three forms of Olympic fencing:

Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Épée — a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed.
Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed.

Events

Men's

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Foil, Individual	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Foil, Masters	X	X																											2
Foil, Team			X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	23
Épée, Individual		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Épée, Masters		X																											1
Épée, Team				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	23
Sabre, Individual	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28
Sabre, Masters		X																											1
Sabre, Team				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		24
Amateurs-masters épée		X																											1
Singlestick			X																										1
Total Events	3	7	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

Women's

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Foil, Individual							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	22
Foil, Team														X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		13
Épée, Individual																							X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Épée, Team																							X	X	X		X	X	5
Sabre, Individual																									X	X	X	X	4
Sabre, Team																										X		X	2
Total Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5

Nations

Numbers indicate the number of fencers each nation sent to that Olympics.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Algeria (ALG)																			1				2	2	7	2	2	6
Argentina (ARG)		1					13	9	5	11	19	11	1	6	11	10	5	7		10	2	5	4	3	1	1	1	21
Aruba (ARU)																					1							1
Australia (AUS)												6	21	11	18	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	7	3	2		15
Austria (AUT)	1	8		1	12		5	6	1	15	7	8	1	9	5	5	13	5		8	5	5	3	6	2	1	1	24
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							1		1		1	3
Bahrain (BRN)																					4							1
Belarus (BLR)																							1	4	2	3	4	5
Belgium (BEL)		5		18	11	22	19	21	7	20	18	14	6	15	2	3	1	4	3	4	2				1			20
Bohemia (BOH)				7	13																							2
Bolivia (BOL)																				1	1		1					3
Brazil (BRA)										6	7	5				4		1			4	4		1	3	2	3	11
Bulgaria (BUL)								2		1				2			5	5	5		5		3				1	9
Burkina Faso (BUR)																										1		1
Canada (CAN)				1					5	8	6	2	1	1	3	5	6	13		15	18	16	7	4	6	9	5	19
Chile (CHI)							1	6		7	3				3			1					1	1	1	1	2	11
China (CHN)																				18	15	15	9	13	19	20	16	8
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				2	2						1	3
Colombia (COL)											2		6	2	5						5	2	2	2	1		1	10
Congo (CGO)																									1			1
Costa Rica (CRC)										1												1						2
Croatia (CRO)																											1	1
Cuba (CUB)		1	2				6				6	1		1	2	13	15	13	13			5	7	11	4	2		16
Czech Republic (CZE)																							1					1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)						9	7	7		13	5						2	3	7			5						9
Denmark (DEN)	1	1		8	6	8	11	10	7	9	15	12	1	1			6	1	1				1					17
East Germany (GDR)																4	5	1	15		7							5
Egypt (EGY)						1	3	8		6	9	8			5	4				6	2	1		5	9	10	12	15
Estonia (EST)																						2	6	4		1	1	5
Finland (FIN)								2			6	11	2	6			1	4	5		1		1					10
France (FRA)	4	211		22		18	24	20	11	19	21	21	18	21	20	20	19	18	16	20	19	20	15	16	19	15	13	25
Georgia (GEO)																							1					1
Germany (GER)		1	1	10	16			13	2	16		9										20	15	18	12	9	14	14
Great Britain (GBR)		3	1	23	22	18	20	19	3	18	19	17	9	18	13	17	19	21	11	20	13	15	2	3	2	3	12	26
Greece (GRE)	9				7	3	6	5		8	6						3			1		1	1		9		1	13
Guatemala (GUA)												3											1					2
Haiti (HAI)		2																		2								2
Honduras (HON)																						1						1
Hong Kong (HKG)																	2	4		5	7	3			3	3	6	8
Hungary (HUN)		6		8	13		10	17	10	19	18	17	18	21	20	20	19	18	18		20	20	15	13	15	15	4	23
Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						1						1
Indonesia (INA)													1	4							2	2					1	5
Iran (IRI)		1													4		2	15									1	5
Ireland (IRL)											5	4		6	2	4	1					1				1		8
Israel (ISR)														2			2	1		4		1	3	1	1	3		9
Italy (ITA)		8		11	9	19	19	18	14	16	19	18	19	20	20	19	19	21	14	20	20	20	16	17	12	16	19	25
Japan (JPN)												1	1	5	15	5	5	8		9	10	6	4	4	5	7	10	15
Jordan (JOR)																				1	1							2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							1	5			3	3
Kuwait (KUW)																		4	9	9	8	1	1	1				7
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																								1		1		2
Latvia (LAT)																								1				1
Lebanon (LIB)														4	4	3	4		2	4	2	2					2	9
Luxembourg (LUX)											6	4	4	10	2	1	5	2					1					9
Malaysia (MAS)															1												1	2
Mexico (MEX)								2	10	2	9	4	3	8		14	6			1	1				1	1	2	14
Monaco (MON)														2			1			1	1							4
Morocco (MAR)														7											1	2	2	4
Netherlands (NED)		1		13	12	10	17	20	2	11	9			5			1				5				1	2	1	15
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)															1	3												2
New Zealand (NZL)														1						2	1	1			1			5
Norway (NOR)				1	7		4	5		5	5	5		1		2	5	10		6				3		1	1	15
Panama (PAN)																				1						1		2
Paraguay (PAR)																1		1			2	2	1					5
Peru (PER)		1									3					1	1									1		5
Philippines (PHI)																					1	1						2
Poland (POL)							5	6	6	11	7	13	6	21	15	20	20	18	18		18	20	11	10	3	13	8	20
Portugal (POR)					1	8	10	7		5	6	10		9		4				1	3	4	1	1	1	2		16
Puerto Rico (PUR)														1		1	2	4		2			1	1				7
Qatar (QAT)																										1		1
Romania (ROU)								8		7		8	2	15	11	10	19	18	18	11	2	15	9	5	6	5	10	18
Russia (RUS)		2			24																		15	15	18	14	18	7
Saar (SAA)												5																1
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																				7		1						2
Senegal (SEN)																									2	3	1	3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																							1	1				2
Singapore (SIN)																						2						1
South Africa (RSA)				1	1																	5			3	7		5
South Korea (KOR)															5					7	20	15	13	7	12	10	17	9
South Vietnam (VNM)												1		1	2	1												4
Soviet Union (URS)												16	20	21	20	20	20	18	18		20							9
Spain (ESP)		1					13	9						11					4	2	8	17	11	4	1	5		12
Sweden (SWE)		1		7	18	8	9	8	3	13	8	10	5	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	11	6	2	1		1		23
Switzerland (SUI)		3				8	10	9	1	18	19	10		7	5	5	12	6		5	7	3	5	5	1	2	3	21
Thailand (THA)																		7							2	2		3
Tunisia (TUN)														4									1	1	2	2	6	6
Turkey (TUR)							1	4		7	6						4			2								6
Ukraine (UKR)																							6	10	10	10	8	5
Unified Team (EUN)																						20						1
United Team of Germany (EUA)													1	19	19													3
United Arab Republic (UAR)														6														1
United States (USA)		3	7		13	17	21	16	21	22	20	20	18	21	18	20	19	19		20	19	16	15	8	15	13	20	24
Uruguay (URU)							6			5	5	2	1	2		1												7
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							1	1			1	3
Venezuela (VEN)												10		8		4				2			4	1	4	8	6	9
Vietnam (VIE)																											1	1
Virgin Islands (ISV)																				4								1
Zambia (ZAM)															1													1
Yugoslavia (YUG)								2		12				1														3
West Germany (FRG)																20	19	16		20	20							5
Nations	4	19	3	14	16	13	23	27	16	29	30	32	23	42	30	34	37	34	20	32	42	42	46	40	42	45	44
Fencers	15	260	11	131	185	149	240	259	108	311	294	286	165	344	259	275	298	281	187	262	317	305	224	217	223	234	244

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	49	43	33	125
2	France (FRA)	42	41	35	118
3	Hungary (HUN)	37	23	27	87
4	Soviet Union (URS)	18	15	16	49
5	Russia (RUS)	13	5	8	26
6	West Germany (FRG)	7	8	1	16
7	Germany (GER)	6	8	11	25
8	Cuba (CUB)	5	5	6	16
9	Poland (POL)	4	9	9	22
10	China (CHN)	4	7	3	14
11	Romania (ROU)	4	5	7	16
12	South Korea (KOR)	4	2	5	11
13	Belgium (BEL)	3	3	4	10
14	United States (USA)	2	9	14	25
15	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	2	7
16	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	3	6
17	Greece (GRE)	2	1	1	4
18	Great Britain (GBR)	1	8	0	9
19	Switzerland (SUI)	1	4	3	8
20	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	3	6
21	Unified Team (EUN)	1	2	2	5
22	Austria (AUT)	1	1	5	7
23	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	2	4
24	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
24	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
25	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
26	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
27	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	5	5
28	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	2	2
29	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
30	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
Total		212	212	211	635

References

De Wael, Herman (2001). "Fencing". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 16 January 2007.

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Fencing

History of fencing (Historical fencing in Scotland) Outline of fencing Glossary of fencing Fédération Internationale d'Escrime

Classical fencing topics	Academic fencing

Modern fencing topics	Olympic fencing Collegiate fencing High school fencing Wheelchair fencing

Schools	Classical fencing Destreza German school of fencing Italian school of swordsmanship (Bolognese Swordsmanship) Company of Masters French school of fencing

Footwork / Bladework	Parry Lunge Feint Attack Remise Riposte Ward Flèche Flick Prise de fer Displacement Priority

Equipment (glossary)	Weapons Épée Foil Sabre Body cord Piste Lamé Forte Grip

Main competitions	Fencing at the Summer Olympics World Fencing Championships Fencing World Cup

Related articles	List of fencers Modern pentathlon Swordsmanship Dueling scar Martial arts manual

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