Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FIE
Events	12 (men: 6; women: 6)
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; 2020;
	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	20	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	X	28
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	X	24
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	X	28
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	X	25
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	X	29
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		X	25

Total	2	3	4	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	6

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	20	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	23
Foil, Team														X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	14
Épée, Individual																							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Épée, Team																							X	X	X		X	X	X	6
Sabre, Individual																									X	X	X	X	X	5
Sabre, Team																										X		X	X	3

Total	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	6

Past events

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	20	Years
Épée, Masters		X																												1
Foil, Masters	X	X																												2
Sabre, Masters		X																												1
Amateurs-masters épée		X																												1
Singlestick			X																											1

Total	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	16	20	Years
Algeria (ALG)																			1				2	2	7	2	2	2		7
Argentina (ARG)		1					13	9	5	11	19	11	1	6	11	10	5	7		10	2	5	4	3	1	1	1	2		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	1		25
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							1		1		1	1		4
Bahrain (BRN)																					4									1
Belarus (BLR)																							1	4	2	3	4	1		6
Belgium (BEL)		5		18	11	22	19	21	7	20	18	14	6	15	2	3	1	4	3	4	2				1			1		21
Benin (BEN)																												1		1
Bohemia (BOH)				7	13																									2
Bolivia (BOL)																				1	1		1							3
Brazil (BRA)										6	7	5				4		1			4	4		1	3	2	3	13		12
Bulgaria (BUL)								2		1				2			5	5	5		5		3				1	1		10
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	5		20
Chile (CHI)							1	6		7	3				3			1					1	1	1	1	2			11
China (CHN)																				18	15	15	9	13	19	20	16	11		9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				2	2						1			3
Colombia (COL)											2		6	2	5						5	2	2	2	1		1	2		11
Republic of the 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		1		17
Czech Republic (CZE)																							1					2		2
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	7		16
Estonia (EST)																						2	6	4		1	1	5		6
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	15		26
Georgia (GEO)																							1					1		2
Germany (GER)		1	1	10	16			13	2	16		9										20	15	18	12	9	14	4		15
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	3		27
Greece (GRE)	9				7	3	6	5		8	6						3			1		1	1		9		1	2		14
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	3		9
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	9		24
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						1								1
Indonesia (INA)													1	4							2	2					1			5
Iran (IRI)		1													4		2	15									1	2		6
Ireland (IRL)											5	4		6	2	4	1					1				1				8
Israel (ISR)														2			2	1		4		1	3	1	1	3		1		10
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	14		26
Ivory Coast (CIV)																												1		1
Japan (JPN)												1	1	5	15	5	5	8		9	10	6	4	4	5	7	10	6		16
Jordan (JOR)																				1	1									2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							1	5			3	1		4
Kuwait (KUW)																		4	9	9	8	1	1	1				1		8
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																								1		1				2
Latvia (LAT)																								1						1
Lebanon (LBN)														4	4	3	4		2	4	2	2					2	1		10
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	7		15
Monaco (MON)														2			1			1	1									4
Morocco (MAR)														7											1	2	2	1		5
Netherlands (NED)		1		13	12	10	17	20	2	11	9			5			1				5				1	2	1	1		16
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		1		3
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	4		21
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	6		19
Russia (RUS)		2			24																		15	15	18	14	18	16		8
Saar (SAA)												5																		1
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																				7		1						1		3
Senegal (SEN)																									2	3	1	1		4
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	14		10
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	4		22
Thailand (THA)																		7							2	2				3
Tunisia (TUN)														4									1	1	2	2	6	5		7
Turkey (TUR)							1	4		7	6						4			2								1		7
Ukraine (UKR)																							6	10	10	10	8	10		6
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	14		25
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	6		10
Vietnam (VIE)																											1	4		2
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	48
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	212
Year	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	20

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)	5	7	9	21
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
26	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
27	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
31	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	5	5
32	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	2	2
33	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 nations)		211	211	209	631

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References

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

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History of fencing Glossary of fencing Fédération Internationale d'Escrime
Weapons	Épée Foil Sabre
Main competitions	Fencing at the Summer Olympics World Fencing Championships Fencing World Cup
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Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Governing body	FIE
Events	12 (men: 6; women: 6)
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 2020
Medalists men women