Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Fencing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 24 to October 29 at the Multipurpose Gymnasium.[1] All 12 events will be on the schedule, meaning every team event will be contested, after reverting to Olympic only events in 2007.[1]

Fencing at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Multipurpose Gymnasium
Dates	October 24 – October 29
Competitors	154 from 15 nations
«2007 2015»

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	11	3	0	14
2	Canada	1	4	3	8
3	Venezuela	0	3	5	8
4	Mexico*	0	1	2	3
5	Chile	0	1	0	1
6	Brazil	0	0	3	3
	Cuba	0	0	3	3
8	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		12	12	18	42

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Weston Kelsey  United States	Ruben Limardo  Venezuela	Silvio Fernández  Venezuela
			Reynier Henriquez  Cuba
Team épée	United States (USA) Soren Thompson Weston Kelsey Cody Mattern Gerek Meinhardt	Venezuela (VEN) Silvio Fernandez Francisco Limardo Ruben Limardo Jhon Perez	Canada (CAN) Tigran Bajgoric Igor Gantsevich Vincent Pelletier Etienne Turbide
Individual foil	Alexander Massialas  United States	Felipe Alvear  Chile	Antonio Leal  Venezuela
			Guilherme Toldo  Brazil
Team foil	United States (USA) Miles Chamley-Watson Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt	Canada (CAN) Etienne Turbide Anthony Prymack Nicolas Teisseire Tigran Bajgoric	Brazil (BRA) Fernando Scavasin Heitor Shimbo Guilherme Toldo Renzo Agresta
Individual sabre	Philippe Beaudry  Canada	Timothy Morehouse  United States	Hernan Jansen  Venezuela
			Joseph Polossifakis  Canada
Team sabre	United States (USA) Benjamin Igoe Timothy Morehouse James Williams	Canada (CAN) Joseph Polossifakis Philippe Beaudry Vincent Couturier Anthony Prymack	Brazil (BRA) Renzo Agresta William De Moraes Tywilliam Pacheco Heitor Shimbo

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Kelley Hurley  United States	Courtney Hurley  United States	Elida Aguero  Argentina
			Yamirka Rodriguez  Cuba
Team épée	United States (USA) Lindsay Campbell Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley	Canada (CAN) Sherraine Schalm Ainsley Switzer Sandra Sassine Daria Jorqera	Mexico (MEX) Alexandra Avena Andrea Millan Alejandra Teran Alely Hernandez
Individual foil	Lee Kiefer  United States	Nzingha Prescod  United States	Monica Peterson  Canada
			Nataly Michel  Mexico
Team foil	United States (USA) Lee Kiefer Nzingha Prescod Doris Willette Ibtihaj Muhammad	Canada (CAN) Alanna Goldie Monica Peterson Kelleigh Ryan Sandra Sassine	Venezuela (VEN) Mariana Gonzalez Johanna Fuenmayor Yulitza Suarez Maria Martinez
Individual sabre	Mariel Zagunis  United States	Alejandra Benitez  Venezuela	Eileen Grench  Panama
			Yaritza Goulet  Cuba
Team sabre	United States (USA) Ibtihaj Muhammad Mariel Zagunis Dagmara Wozniak Lindsay Campbell	Mexico (MEX) Ursula Gonzalez Angelica Aguilar Angelica Larios Alejandra Teran	Venezuela (VEN) Alejandra Benitez Yulitza Suarez Maria Blanco Patricia Contreras

Schedule

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5).

Day	Date	Start	Finish	Event	Phase
Day 11	Monday October 24, 2011	9:00	14:40	Women's individual foil	Preliminaries
				Men's individual épée	Preliminaries
		18:50	21:15	Women's individual foil	Semifinals/Finals
				Men's individual épée	Semifinals/Finals
Day 12	Tuesday October 25, 2011	9:00	14:20	Women's individual sabre	Preliminaries
				Men's individual foil	Preliminaries
		18:50	21:15	Women's individual sabre	Semifinals/Finals
				Men's individual foil	Semifinals/Finals
Day 13	Wednesday October 26, 2011	9:00	14:20	Women's individual épée	Preliminaries
				Men's individual sabre	Preliminaries
		18:50	21:15	Women's individual épée	Semifinals/Finals
				Men's individual sabre	Semifinals/Finals
Day 14	Thursday October 27, 2011	8:30	17:50	Women's team foil	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
				Men's team épée	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
		18:50	21:00	Women's team foil	Finals
				Men's team épée	Finals
Day 15	Friday October 28, 2011	8:30	17:30	Women's team sabre	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
				Men's team foil	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
		18:50	21:50	Women's team sabre	Finals
				Men's team foil	Finals
Day 16	Saturday October 29, 2011	8:30	17:30	Women's team épée	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
				Men's team sabre	Quarter/Semifinals/Bronze medal match
		18:50	21:50	Women's team épée	Finals
				Men's team sabre	Finals

Qualification

Main article: Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not.

The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship in San Jose, Costa Rica plus hosts Mexico in each team event qualify a three athletes for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event.[1]

Participating nations

Nation	Men						Women						Athletes
	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre
Argentina	1		2	X	2	X	2	X			2	X	13
Brazil			2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	15
Canada	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	1		16
Chile	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X			15
Colombia	2	X			1								4
Costa Rica							1						1
Cuba	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Dominican Republic							1		1		2	X	5
El Salvador	2	X	1		1				1				6
Guatemala	1												1
Mexico	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Panama											2	X	3
Puerto Rico			1						2	X	1		5
United States	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Venezuela	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Total athletes	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	156
Total NOCs	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	15 NOC's

References

1. Fencing technical manual Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine