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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.
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The 2024 Summer Olympics are here. Here's what you need to know on key dates, schedules, TV information and more for the Summer Games in Paris:
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).
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 20 November 2021 Grand Prix de Berne, Bern: World Cup Rubén Limardo (VEN) Alexandre Bardenet (FRA) Romain Cannone (FRA) Andrea Santarelli (ITA) 30 January 2022 Grand Prix du Qatar, Doha: Grand Prix Yannick Borel (FRA) Aymerick Gally (FRA) Davide Di Veroli (ITA) Federico Vismara (ITA) 12 February 2022
Allegory of fencing by Václav Česák, presented to the Olympic Museum by the International Fencing Federation in celebration of its centenary. The International Fencing Federation (Fédération Internationale d'Escrime) is the heir of the Société d'encouragement de l'escrime founded in France in 1882, which took part in the global movement of structuring sport. [4]
Toggle Discontinued events subsection. 2.1 Épée, Amateurs and Masters. 2.2 Épée, Masters. 2.3 Foil, Masters. ... List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men) 12 ...