Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center.
| Fencing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Green Convention Center |
| Dates | August 9 – 17 |
Medal summary edit
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Men's events edit
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée |
Matteo Tagliariol Italy
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Fabrice Jeannet France
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José Luis Abajo Spain
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| Team épée |
France (FRA) Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri |
Poland (POL) Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak |
Italy (ITA) Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| Individual foil |
Benjamin Kleibrink Germany
|
Yuki Ota Japan
|
Salvatore Sanzo Italy
|
| Individual sabre |
Zhong Man China
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Nicolas Lopez France
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Mihai Covaliu Romania
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| Team sabre |
France (FRA) Julien Pillet Boris Sanson Nicolas Lopez |
United States (USA) Tim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams |
Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi |
Women's events edit
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée |
Britta Heidemann Germany
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Ana Maria Brânză Romania
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Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Hungary
|
| Individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali Italy
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Nam Hyun-Hee South Korea
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Margherita Granbassi Italy
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| Team foil |
Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Chanaeva Victoria Nikichina Evgenia Lamonova |
United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart |
Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori |
| Individual sabre |
Mariel Zagunis United States
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Sada Jacobson United States
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Becca Ward United States
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| Team sabre |
Ukraine (UKR) Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova |
China (CHN) Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue |
United States (USA) Sada Jacobson Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis |
Events edit
10 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
Competition format edit
The Fencing competition at the Olympic Games consists of a single elimination tournament. The 2 losers in the semifinal will fence for the bronze medal.
Qualification edit
Participating nations edit
| Nation | Men's Individual Épée |
Men's Team Épée |
Men's Individual Foil |
Men's Individual Sabre |
Men's Team Sabre |
Women's Individual Épée | Women's Individual Foil | Women's Team Foil | Women's Individual Sabre |
Women's Team Sabre |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Argentina |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Australia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Austria |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Belarus |
3 | X | 3 | ||||||||
 Brazil |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Burkina Faso |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Canada |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 9 | |||
 Chile |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
| China |
3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 20 |
 Cuba |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Egypt |
1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 3 | X | 10 | |||
 Estonia |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
| France |
3 | X | 2 | 3 | X | 2 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 15 | |
| Germany |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 1 | 9 | ||||
 Great Britain |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Hungary |
3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X(1) | 1 | 15 | ||
 Ireland |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Israel |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Italy |
3 | X (1) | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 2 | 16 | ||
| Japan |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
 Kyrgyzstan |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Mexico |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Morocco |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Norway |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Panama |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Peru |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Poland |
3 | X (1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X | 13 | ||
 Portugal |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Qatar |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Romania |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Russia |
1 | 3 | X | 2 | 3 | X (1) | 3 | X (1) | 14 | ||
 Senegal |
2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
 South Africa |
3 | X | 3 | X (1) | 7 | ||||||
| South Korea |
3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Spain |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
 Sweden |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Thailand |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ukraine |
3 | X (1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 10 | ||||
| United States |
1 | 1 | 3 | X (1) | 1 | 3 | X | 3 | X | 13 | |
 Venezuela |
3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Total athletes | 41 | 32 | 26 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 41 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 233 |
| Total NOCs | 23 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 45 |