Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from 7 to 10 October at the Africa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fencing
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueAfrica Pavilion
Dates7–10 October
No. of events7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors78 from 41 nations
Fencing at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
ÉpéeBoysGirls
FoilBoysGirls
SabreBoysGirls
TeamMixed

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in Verona, Italy from 1–9 April 2018.[1] Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.[2]

NOC Boys Girls Total
ÉpéeFoilSabreÉpéeFoilSabre
 AlgeriaXX2
 ArgentinaXXXXXX2
 AustraliaXX2
 AustriaX1
 BelgiumXX2
 BulgariaX1
 CanadaXXX3
 ChinaXXXXX3
 Costa RicaX1
 Czech RepublicX1
 DenmarkX1
 EgyptXXXXX5
 FranceXXX3
 GermanyXX2
 Hong KongXXXX4
 HungaryXXXX4
 IranX1
 IraqX1
 ItalyXXXXX3
 JapanXXX3
 KazakhstanX1
 KyrgyzstanX1
 LebanonX1
 MexicoXX2
 PhilippinesX1
 PolandXX2
 PortugalX1
 Puerto RicoX1
 RomaniaXX2
 RussiaXXX3
 Saudi ArabiaX1
 SingaporeX1
 SenegalX1
 South KoreaXXXX3
 SpainX1
 Chinese TaipeiX1
 TogoX1
 TurkeyX1
 UkraineX1
 United StatesXXXXXX6
 VenezuelaX1
41 NOCs11131514141178

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary2002
– Mixed-NOCs1113
2 Italy1102
3 France1001
 Japan1001
 Ukraine1001
6 South Korea0112
 United States0112
8 Germany0101
 Hong Kong0101
 Mexico0101
11 Czech Republic0011
 Denmark0011
 Egypt0011
 Kyrgyzstan0011
Totals (14 nations)77721

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' Épée
 Davide Di Veroli
 Italy		 Paul Veltrup
 Germany		 Khasan Baudunov
 Kyrgyzstan
Boys' Foil
 Armand Spichiger
 France		 Kenji Bravo
 United States		 Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen
 Denmark
Boys' Sabre
 Krisztián Rabb
 Hungary		 Hyun Jun
 South Korea		 Mazen Elaraby
 Egypt
Girls' Épée
 Kateryna Chorniy
 Ukraine		 Kaylin Hsieh
 Hong Kong		 Veronika Bieleszová
 Czech Republic
Girls' Foil
 Yuka Ueno
 Japan		 Martina Favaretto
 Italy		 May Tieu
 United States
Girls' Sabre
 Liza Pusztai
 Hungary		 Natalia Botello
 Mexico		 Lee Ju-eun
 South Korea
Mixed Team Event
 Europe 1
 Kateryna Chorniy (UKR)
 Martina Favaretto (ITA)
 Liza Pusztai (HUN)
 Davide Di Veroli (ITA)
 Armand Spichiger (FRA)
 Krisztián Rabb (HUN)		 Asia-Oceania 1
 Kaylin Hsieh (HKG)
 Yuka Ueno (JPN)
 Lee Ju-eun (KOR)
 Khasan Baudunov (KGZ)
 Chen Yi-tung (TPE)
 Hyun Jun (KOR)		 Americas 1
 Emily Vermeule (USA)
 May Tieu (USA)
 Natalia Botello (MEX)
 Isaac Herbst (USA)
 Kenji Bravo (USA)
 Robert Vidovszky (USA)
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References
  1. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. "Qualification System – Fencing" (PDF). www.tpenoc.net/. International Fencing Federation (FIE). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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