Fencing at the Summer Olympics

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Fencing at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FIE
Events	10 (men: 5; women: 5)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008
Medalists (men • women)

Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Women's foil made its Olympic debut in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games. 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.
• Épée — a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed.
• Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed.

Events

Men's

Women's

Nations

Numbers indicate the number of fencers each nation sent to that Olympics.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Years
Algeria (ALG)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina (ARG)	-	1	-	-	-	-	13
Australia (AUS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria (AUT)	1	9	-	1	12	-	5
Belarus (BLR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belgium (BEL)	-	5	-	18	12	22	19
Bohemia (BOH)	-	-	-	7	13	-	-
Brazil (BRA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso (BUR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada (CAN)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Chile (CHI)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
China (CHN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba (CUB)	-	1	2	-	-	-	6
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	-	-	-	-	-	9	7
Denmark (DEN)	1	1	-	8	6	8	11
Egypt (EGY)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Estonia (EST)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France (FRA)	4	224	-	22	-	18	24
Germany (GER)	-	2	1	10	15	-	-
Great Britain (GBR)	-	1	-	23	22	18	20
Greece (GRE)	9	-	-	-	6	3	6
Haiti (HAI)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong (HKG)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary (HUN)	-	7	-	8	13	-	10
Iran (IRI)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Ireland (IRL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel (ISR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy (ITA)	-	12	-	11	9	19	19
Japan (JPN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico (MEX)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco (MAR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands (NED)	-	1	-	13	12	10	17
Norway (NOR)	-	-	-	1	7	-	4
Panama (PAN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peru (PER)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Poland (POL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Portugal (POR)	-	-	-	-	1	8	10
Qatar (QAT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania (ROU)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russia (RUS)	-	2	-	-	24	-	-
Senegal (SEN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa (RSA)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Spain (ESP)	-	1	-	-	-	-	13
Sweden (SWE)	-	1	-	7	18	8	9
Switzerland (SUI)	-	3	-	-	-	8	10
Thailand (THA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tunisia (TUN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey (TUR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ukraine (UKR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States (USA)	-	2	8	-	13	17	21
Uruguay (URU)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Venezuela (VEN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nations	4	19	3	14	16	13	23
Fencers	15	276	11	131	184	149	240

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	45	38	31	114
2	France (FRA)	41	40	34	115
3	Hungary (HUN)	34	22	26	82
4	Soviet Union (URS)	18	15	16	49
5	Russia (RUS)	9	2	5	16
6	West Germany (FRG)	7	8	1	16
7	Cuba (CUB)	6	5	6	17
8	Germany (GER)	5	6	8	19
9	Poland (POL)	4	9	9	22
10	Romania (ROU)	3	4	7	14
11	Belgium (BEL)	3	3	4	10
12	United States (USA)	2	7	11	20
13	China (CHN)	2	6	1	9
14	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	2	7
15	Greece (GRE)	2	1	1	4
16	Great Britain (GBR)	1	8	0	9
17	Switzerland (SUI)	1	4	3	8
18	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	3	6
19	Unified Team (EUN)	1	2	2	5
20	Austria (AUT)	1	1	5	7
21	Germany (EUA)	1	1	2	4
22	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	1	3
23	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
24	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
24	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
24	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
27	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
27	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	1	1
27	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
27	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
27	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Total		191	191	189	571

References

• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Fencing". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/fencin.html. Retrieved 16 January 2007. 

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