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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified fencers in the men's foil. Nations were limited to three fencers each from 1928 to 2004. However, the 2008 Games introduced a rotation of men's team fencing events with one weapon left off each Games; the individual event without a corresponding team event had the number of fencers per nation reduced to two.
Japan qualified one men's foil fencer through normal individual qualification and used two host quota places to complete a men's foil team. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.
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.
American Lauren Scruggs made history at the Paris Olympics on Sunday when she took the silver medal in women’s foil fencing.. Scruggs, from Queens, New York, became the first Black American ...
It’s back-to-back gold medals for Lexington’s Lee Kiefer after she defeated fellow American Lauren Scruggs 15-6 in the women’s individual foil fencing finals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in ...
Former Notre Dame athlete Lee Kiefer becomes most-decorated U.S. fencer as women’s foil team wins Olympic gold
It was first held in 1904, but omitted in 1908 (when no foil medal events were held) and 1912 (when it was the only one of the six possible men's events not included). 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 ...
Japan won its second fencing gold medal of the Paris Olympics by beating Italy 45-36 in the last bout of the Games in the men's team foil final Sunday. Japan's alternate, Yudai Nagano, came in for ...