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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.
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 ...
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.
not included in the Olympic program: 2008 Beijing details Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Viktoria Nikishina Yevgeniya Lamonova United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori: 2012 London details Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di ...
212 fencing quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, were available for Paris 2024, similar to the Tokyo 2020 roster size. Qualified NOCs could enter a maximum of eighteen fencers (nine per gender), with each consisting of a trio, whether men's or women's, across all weapon-based team events (foil, épée, and sabre). [3]
0–9. Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one discipline.
Fernando Scavasin, Brazilian fencer in the foil events at the 2016 Olympics; Bulgaria. Vasil Etropolski (born 1959), sabre, world champion and Olympic fencer; China Sun Yiwen. Jin Jing, wheelchair fencer who became a national celebrity following an incident during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay; Wang Lei, Olympic Men's Individual Épée ...