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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. 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.
The competitions on the calendar are divided into five categories. All earn points counting for the world cup according to a pre-established coefficient: coefficient 1 for the world cup events and zone championships, coefficient 1.5 for the grand prix, coefficient 2.5 for the world championships and coefficient 3 for the Olympic Games.
not included in the Olympic program: 1912 Stockholm details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Pietro Speciale Italy: Richard Verderber Austria: 1920 Antwerp details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Philippe Cattiau France: Roger Ducret France: 1924 Paris details: Roger Ducret France: Philippe Cattiau France: Maurice Van Damme Belgium: 1928 Amsterdam details: Lucien Gaudin ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze Individual épée details: Choi In-jeong South Korea Song Se-ra South Korea Vivian Kong Hong Kong Dilnaz Murzataeva Uzbekistan Team épée details South Korea (KOR)
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... 1 Schedule. 2 Medal summary. ... The 2022 World Fencing Championships were held from 15 to 23 July 2022 in Cairo, ...
Fencing is slightly unusual in that no one has to fence for third place. Instead, two bronze medals are given to the losers of the semi-final round. The exception to this is team events at international level, and individual events at the Olympic Games where a 3rd place play-off must be fenced.
The men's team foil returned in 1920 and has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1920 except 2008 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). The reigning Olympic champion is Russia (Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin, and Timur Safin).
Zappeion hosted the fencing events for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Schermzaal: fencing hall for the 9th Olympiad, Amsterdam (1928) St Kilda Town Hall hosted the fencing events for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Olympic Green Convention Center hosted the fencing events for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.