Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Fencing

Fencing at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	ExCeL Exhibition Center
Nations	44
Athletes	244 (123 , 121 )
date	July 28 - August 5, 2012
decisions	10
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At the XXX. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , ten fencing competitions were held. The venue was the ExCeL Exhibition Center in the London Borough of Newham . For the first time ever, there were more women than men at the start.

There were six individual competitions (rapier, foil and saber for women and men) and four team competitions (rapier and foil for women, foil and saber for men). Despite a request from the International Fencing Federation FIE, the International Olympic Committee stuck to the previous practice of not holding two team competitions on the basis of a rotation principle. Compared to Beijing 2008, the team competitions in the women's saber and men's épée were replaced by ladies' and men’s épée.

Balance sheet

ExCeL Exhibition Center - venue for competitions in fencing

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy	3	2	2	7th
2	South Korea	2	1	3	6th
3	China	2	-	1	3
4th	Ukraine	1	-	1	2
5	Hungary	1	-	-	1
	Venezuela	1	-	-	1
7th	Russia	-	2	1	3
8th	Germany	-	1	1	2
9	Egypt	-	1	-	1
	Japan	-	1	-	1
	Norway	-	1	-	1
	Romania	-	1	-	1
13	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Epee single Rubén Limardo Bartosz Piasecki Jung Jin-sun Foil single Lei Sheng Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Choi Byung-chul Foil team Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryō Miyake Yūki Ōta Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels Saber single Áron Szilágyi Diego Occhiuzzi Nikolai Kovalyov Saber crew Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok Won Woo-young Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Alexandru Sirițeanu Florin Zalomir Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino

Women competitor gold silver bronze Epee single Jana Shemjakina Britta Heidemann Sun Yujie Epee team Li Na Luo Xiaojuan Sun Yujie Xu Anqi Choi Eun-sook Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Shin A-lam Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan Foil single Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Foil team Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali Inna Deriglasowa Kamilla Gafursjanowa Larissa Korobeinikowa Aida Schanajewa Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Oh Ha-na Saber single Kim Ji-yeon Sofja Velikaya Olha Charlan

Competitions and schedule

Competitions	July August
Women	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.
Foil single
Foil team
Epee single
Epee team
Saber single
Men	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.
Foil single
Foil team
Epee single
Saber single
Saber crew

Legend:		final

Results men

Epee single

The South Korean Jung in the battle for the bronze medal against the American Kelsey

space	country	athlete
1	VEN	Rubén Limardo
2	NOR	Bartosz Piasecki
3	COR	Jung Jin-sun
4th	United States	Weston Kelsey
5	ITA	Paolo Pizzo
6th	VEN	Silvio Fernández
7th	FRA	Yannick Borel
8th	GER	Jörg Fiedler

Final: August 1st, 2012
30 participants from 24 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Piasecki	15th
	Borel	14th
					Piasecki	15th
					Young	13
	Young	15th
	fiddler	11
									Piasecki	10
									Limardo	15th
	Limardo	15th
	Pizzo	12
					Limardo	15th			3rd place
					Kelsey	5
	Kelsey	15th							Young	12
	Fernández	9							Kelsey	11

Foil single

space	country	athlete
1	CHN	Lei Sheng
2	EGY	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
3	COR	Choi Byung-chul
4th	ITA	Andrea Baldini
5	ITA	Andrea Cassarà
6th	ITA	Valerio Aspromonte
7th	CHN	Ma Jianfei
8th	RUS	Alexei Cheremissinov

Date: July 31, 2012
30 participants from 24 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Aspromonte	8th
	Lei	15th
					Lei	15th
					Baldini	11
	Cheremissinov	5
	Baldini	15th
									Lei	15th
									Abouelkassem	13
	Ma	13
	Choi	15th
					Choi	12			3rd place
					Abouelkassem	15th
	Abouelkassem	15th							Baldini	14th
	Cassarà	10							Choi	15th

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà
2	JPN	Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryō Miyake Yūki Ōta
3	GER	Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels
4th	United States	Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt
5	RUS	Artur Achmatchusin Alexei Chowanski Renal Ganejew Alexei Cheremissinov
6th	GBR	James Davis Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Husayn Rosowsky
7th	CHN	Lei Sheng Ma Jianfei Zhang Liangliang Zhu Jun
8th	FRA	Enzo Lefort Erwann Le Péchoux Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès

Final: August 5th, 2012
35 participants from 9 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Italy	45
	Great Britain	40
					Italy	45
					United States	24
	United States	45
	France	39
									Italy	45
									Japan	39
	Japan	45
	China	30th
					Japan	41			3rd place
					Germany	40
	Germany	44							Germany	45
	Russia	40							United States	27

Saber single

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Áron Szilágyi
2	ITA	Diego Occhiuzzi
3	RUS	Nikolai Kovalyov
4th	ROME	Rareș Dumitrescu
5	GER	Nicolas Limbach
6th	United States	Daryl Homer
7th	GER	Max Hartung
8th	United States	Timothy Morehouse

Final: July 29, 2012
37 participants from 20 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Limbach	12
	Kovalyov	15th
					Kovalyov	7th
					Szilágyi	15th
	Szilágyi	15th
	Hartung	13
									Szilágyi	15th
									Occhiuzzi	8th
	Occhiuzzi	15th
	Morehouse	9
					Occhiuzzi	15th			3rd place
					Dumitrescu	11
	Dumitrescu	15th							Kovalyov	15th
	Homer	13							Dumitrescu	10

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Kim Jung-hwan Won Woo-young Gu Bon-gil Oh Eun-seok
2	ROME	Rareș Dumitrescu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu
3	ITA	Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino
4th	RUS	Pawel Bykow Nikolai Kowaljow Weniamin Reshetnikow Alexei Jakimenko
5	GER	Max Hartung Björn Huebner Nicolas Limbach Benedikt Wagner
6th	CHN	Ke Lu Jiang Liu Xiao Wang Jingzhi Zhong Man
7th	BLR	Aljaksandr Bujkewitsch Dzmitryi Lapkes Valer Pryjomka Aljaksej Lichatscheuski
8th	United States	Daryl Homer Timothy Morehouse Jeff Spear James Williams

Date: August 3, 2012
31 participants from 8 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Russia	45
	United States	33
					Russia	43
					Romania	45
	China	30th
	Romania	45
									Romania	26th
									South Korea	45
	Germany	38
	South Korea	45
					South Korea	45			3rd place
					Italy	37
	Italy	45							Italy	45
	Belarus	44							Russia	40

Award ceremony

Results women

Epee single

space	country	sportswoman
1	UKR	Jana Shemjakina
2	GER	Britta Heidemann
3	CHN	Sun Yujie
4th	COR	Shin A-lam
5	ROME	Anca Măroiu
6th	ROME	Simona Gherman
7th	ITA	Rossella Fiamingo
8th	TO DO	Sarra Besbès

Final: July 30, 2012
37 participants from 20 countries

The Austrian referee Barbara Csar led the semi-final between Britta Heidemann and Shin A-lam. When the score was 5: 5, fractions of a second before the end of the fight, the automatic timing was canceled. For technical reasons, the clock was then reset to a full second of remaining fighting time in which Heidemann scored the winning goal. After a half-hour discussion by the referees due to the protest of the Korean team, Heidemann was confirmed as the winner.

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Yujie	15th
	Fiamingo	14th
					Sun	13
					Shemjakina	14th
	Shemjakina	15th
	Gherman	14th
									Shemjakina	9
									Heidemann	8th
	Măroiu	14th
	Shin	15th
					Shin	5			3rd place
					Heidemann	6th
	Besbès	12							Sun	15th
	Heidemann	15th							Shin	11

Epee team

space	country	Sportswomen
1	CHN	Li Na Luo Xiaojuan Sun Yujie Xu Anqi
2	COR	Choi Eun-sook Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Shin A-lam
3	United States	Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan
4th	RUS	Wioletta Kolobowa Larissa Korobeinikowa Lyubow Schutowa Anna Siwkowa
5	GER	Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Ricarda Multerer Monika Sozanska
6th	ROME	Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Anca Măroiu
7th	ITA	Bianca Del Carretto Rossella Fiamingo Nathalie Moellhausen Mara Navarria
8th	UKR	Olena Krywyzka Ksenija Panteljejewa Anfissa Potschkalowa Jana Schemjakina

Final: August 4th, 2012
31 participants from 8 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Romania	38
	South Korea	45
					South Korea	45
					United States	36
	United States	45
	Italy	35
									South Korea	25th
									China	39
	China	45
	Germany	42
					China	20th			3rd place
					Russia	19th
	Ukraine	34							United States	31
	Russia	45							Russia	30th

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman
1	ITA	Elisa Di Francisca
2	ITA	Arianna Errigo
3	ITA	Valentina Vezzali
4th	COR	Nam Hyun-hee
5	United States	Lee jaw
6th	TO DO	Inès Boubakri
7th	JPN	Chieko Sugawara
8th	JPN	Kanae Ikehata

Final: July 28, 2012
38 participants from 20 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Nam	15th
	Ikehata	6th
					Nam	10
					Di Francisca	11
	Sugawara	9
	Di Francisca	15th
									Di Francisca	12
									Errigo	11
	Errigo	15th
	jaw	10
					Errigo	15th			3rd place
					Vezzali	12
	Boubakri	7th							Nam	12
	Vezzali	8th							Vezzali	13

Foil team

space	country	Sportswomen
1	ITA	Arianna Errigo Elisa Di Francisca Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali
2	RUS	Inna Deriglasowa Kamilla Gafursjanowa Larissa Korobeinikowa Aida Schanajewa
3	COR	Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Oh Ha-na
4th	FRA	Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Ysaora Thibus
5	POLE	Sylwia Gruchała Martyna Synoradzka Małgorzata Wojtkowiak
6th	United States	Lee Kiefer Nzingha Prescod Nicole Ross Doris Willette
7th	JPN	Kanae Ikehata Shiho Nishioka Chieko Sugawara
8th	GBR	Anna Bentley Natalia Sheppard Sophie Troiano

Final: August 2nd, 2012
36 participants from 9 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Italy	42
	Great Britain	14th
					Italy	45
					France	22nd
	Poland	31
	France	42
									Italy	45
									Russia	31
	South Korea	45
	United States	31
					South Korea	32			3rd place
					Russia	44
	Japan	17th							France	32
	Russia	45							South Korea	45

Saber single

space	country	sportswoman
1	COR	Kim Ji-yeon
2	RUS	Sofja Velikaya
3	UKR	Olha Charlan
4th	United States	Mariel Zagunis
5	GRE	Vassiliki Vougiouka
6th	ITA	Irene Vecchi
7th	CHN	Zhu Min
8th	United States	Dagmara Wozniak

Final: August 1st, 2012
32 participants from 24 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Zagunis	15th
	Zhu	6th
					Zagunis	13
					Kim	15th
	Kim	15th
	Vougiouka	12
									Kim	15th
									Velikaya	9
	Charlan	15th
	Vecchi	9
					Charlan	12			3rd place
					Velikaya	15th
	Wozniak	13							Zagunis	10
	Velikaya	15th							Charlan	15th

referee

• Juan Carlos Rios Rivera
• Suh Sang-won
• Bodo Vogel
• Juan Liendo
• Barbara Csar

qualification

Qualification criteria

36 athletes qualified in the disciplines in which team competitions are also held, and 30 athletes in the disciplines without a team competition. Eight places were guaranteed to the host. The total number of athletes is thus 212. The main criteria for qualification were the respective world rankings as of April 2, 2012.

Eight teams plus possibly the host's team qualified for the team competitions. The first four teams in the world rankings and the best team on each continent in places 5 to 16 ( Asia / Oceania is a continental association) were qualified . If no team on a continent ranks 5th to 16th, the first team in the world rankings that has not yet qualified qualified, regardless of the continent.

In the individual competitions, the 24 athletes who are used in the team, as well as the best seven athletes in the adjusted world rankings, two each from America , Asia / Oceania and Europe , one from Africa . Five places, two to Europe and one each to the other continental associations, were awarded through continental qualifying tournaments in which only athletes whose nation has not yet reached a starting place were allowed to compete. In the individual competitions, in which there is no team competition, the first twelve athletes of the adjusted world rankings qualified as well as the two best placed athletes from the continental associations. Ten places, four in Europe, three in Asia / Oceania, two in America and one in Africa, were awarded through continental qualifying tournaments. The maximum number of athletes in a country is three for competitions with and two for those without team competitions.

Overview of the continental qualifying tournaments:

• African qualification in Casablanca , April 19, 2012 
• Asian / Oceanic Qualification in Wakayama , April 20-21, 2012 
• American qualification in Santiago , April 20-22, 2012 
• European qualification in Bratislava , April 21-22, 2012 

Qualified athletes

Qualified athletes according to NOKs
	Women					Men
competition	foil		Sword		saber	foil		Sword	saber		Total athletes
	singles	team	singles	team	singles	singles	team	singles	singles	team
Egypt	3	1	1		1	3	1	1	1		10
Algeria	1				1						2
Argentina					1						1
Azerbaijan					1						1
Brazil						1		1	1		3
Bulgaria					1						1
Chile			1					1			2
China	1		3	1	2	3	1	1	3	1	13
Germany	1		3	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	12
Estonia								1			1
France	3	1	1		1	3	1	2	1		11
Greece					1						1
Great Britain	3	1	1		2	3	1		1		10
Hong Kong	1		1		1	1		1	1		6th
Indonesia					1						1
Iran									1		1
Italy	3	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	3	1	15th
Japan	3	1	1		1	3	1				8th
Canada	1		1		1	1			1		5
Kazakhstan					1			2			3
Colombia	1										1
Croatia						1					1
Lebanon	1					1					2
Malaysia									1		1
Morocco						1		1			2
Mexico					1	1					2
Netherlands								1			1
Norway								1			1
Austria						1					1
Poland	3	1	1		1			1	1		7th
Republic of China			1								1
Romania			3	1	1	1			3	1	8th
Russia	3	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	3	1	15th
Switzerland			1					2			3
Senegal								1			1
South Korea	3	1	3	1	2	1		2	3	1	14th
Tunisia	1		1		2	1			1		6th
Ukraine	1		3	1	1			1	1		7th
Hungary	1		1					1	1		4th
United States	3	1	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	16
Uzbekistan								1			1
Venezuela	1		1		1			2	1		6th
Vietnam								1			1
Belarus									3	1	3
total	38	9	37	8th	32	38	9	30th	37	8th	212

The British Association was able to freely allocate eight quota places as hosts. He also secured participation in two team competitions. In total, athletes from 44 different NOKs were able to qualify.

Web links

Commons : Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fencing at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2012 Summer Games (PDF, 54.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fencing Schedule. Retrieved May 7, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} God is a death out of the socket. In: derStandard.at. July 31, 2012, accessed December 3, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Problems with timing in the semifinals - Britta Heidemann demands changes. spox.com, July 31, 2012, accessed August 2, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Qualification London 2012. (PDF; 33 kB) FIE website, February 15, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2010 (English). 
5. ↑ List of épreuves de qualification JO. (PDF; 10 kB) January 9, 2012, accessed on August 11, 2011 (French). 
6. ^ Athletes qualified for the 2012 Olympics, London (GBR). (PDF; 27 kB) Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, April 25, 2012, accessed on March 13, 2013 .