Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17.

[edit] Events

10 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

  • Individual Epee Men
  • Individual Epee Women
  • Individual Foil Men
  • Individual Foil Women
  • Individual Sabre Men
  • Individual Sabre Women
  • Team Epee Men
  • Team Foil Women
  • Team Sabre Men
  • Team Sabre Women

[edit] Qualifying Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon for the weapons in which there is a team event and up to 2 athletes per weapon for other weapons.

For each team event there will be 8 qualified teams plus a team from the Host Nation if applicable. The teams will qualify as follows:

  • FIE Official Team Ranking as of March 31, 2008 (best 4 teams)
  • Highest ranked team from each zone (America, Europe, Asia/Oceania, Africa) outside top 4 in FIE Team Ranking (4 teams)

For each individual event (weapons which have a team event) there will be 39 qualified athletes as follows:

  • All athletes qualified for team competition (24 athletes)
  • The 3 highest ranked athletes in the FIE Individual AOR (3 athletes)
  • The 7 highest ranked athletes from FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 2, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC
  • The 5 highest ranked athletes from zonal qualifying events (Europe 2, America 1, Asia/Oceania 1, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC

For the remaining individual events there will be 24 qualified athletes as follows:

  • The first 8 from the FIE Individual Ranking
  • The first 8 from the FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 athlete per country
  • The first 8 from zonal qualifying events (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC, open only for NOCs not qualified as mentioned above


[edit] References


Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling
Fencing at the Summer Olympics
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
See also: List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in fencing (women)
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