Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The fencing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 5 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Ten events (six individual, four team) were contested. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) had pushed for the inclusion of two more team events, but the International Olympic Committee voted to keep the current format of ten events.
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 28 July – 5 August 2012 |
Competitors | 204 from 44 nations |
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Épée | men | women |
Team épée | women | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | women |
Sabre | men | women |
Team sabre | men | |

ExCeL Exhibition Centre is hosting the fencing.

Qualification
Qualification was primarily based on the ind. official rankings as at 2 April 2012, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 nations) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Despite fencing being its top medal-producing sport, France did not win any medal for the first time since 1960.[1]
Events
Men's
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Rubén Limardo![]() |
Bartosz Piasecki![]() |
Jung Jin-sun![]() |
Individual foil |
Lei Sheng![]() |
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem![]() |
Choi Byung-chul![]() |
Team foil |
![]() Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà |
![]() Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota |
![]() Peter Joppich Sebastian Bachmann Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels |
Individual sabre |
Áron Szilágyi![]() |
Diego Occhiuzzi![]() |
Nikolay Kovalev![]() |
Team sabre |
![]() Gu Bon-gil Won Woo-young Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok |
![]() Rareș Dumitrescu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu |
![]() Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino |
Women's
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Yana Shemyakina![]() |
Britta Heidemann![]() |
Sun Yujie![]() |
Team épée |
![]() Sun Yujie Xu Anqi Li Na Luo Xiaojuan |
![]() Shin A-lam Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Choi Eun-sook |
![]() Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan |
Individual foil |
Elisa Di Francisca![]() |
Arianna Errigo![]() |
Valentina Vezzali![]() |
Team foil |
![]() Arianna Errigo Elisa Di Francisca Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali |
![]() Inna Deriglazova Larisa Korobeynikova Aida Shanaeva Kamilla Gafurzianova |
![]() Nam Hyun-hee Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Oh Ha-na |
Individual sabre |
Kim Ji-yeon![]() |
Sofiya Velikaya![]() |
Olha Kharlan![]() |
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References
- "Escrime : aucune médaille pour la France aux JO, une première depuis 1960". francetvinfo.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
External links
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