Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Fencing at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Grand Palais |
| Dates | 27 July – 4 August 2024 |
| No. of events | 12 |
| Competitors | 212 |
| Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of fencers Qualification | ||
| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | women |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | men | women |
The fencing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 4 August at the Grand Palais strip.[1][2] A total of 212 fencers, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete across twelve medal events at the Games. For the second straight time, Paris 2024 will witness both men and women fence against each other in the individual and team events held in all three weapons (foil, épée, and sabre).[3]
Qualification[edit]
212 fencing quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, are available for Paris 2024, similar to the Tokyo 2020 roster size. Qualified NOCs can enter a maximum of eighteen fencers (nine per gender), with each consisting of a trio, whether men's or women's, across all weapon-based team events (foil, épée, and sabre).[3]
About two-thirds of the total quota will be attributed to the world's top fencers based on the points accrued in the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking between April 3, 2023 and April 1, 2024, with further individual places available at each of the four zonal qualifying tournaments (Africa, Asia & Oceania, Europe, and the Americas).[3]
The team events will offer eight to nine spots for all registered NOCs competing in each weapon. Each team must be composed of three fencers (or a fencing trio). The top four teams in each weapon will qualify directly for the Games, with the next set of places assigned to the highest-ranked nation from each of the continental zones (Africa, Asia & Oceania, Europe, and the Americas) between fifth and sixteenth position. If a zone does not field any teams within the specific ranking (from fifth to sixteenth place), the top-ranked team eligible for qualification will secure a spot irrespective of the continent.[3][4]
For the individual events, quota places vary from a minimum of 34 to a maximum of 37. With the team members directly entered into their respective individual competitions, six more places will be awarded to the eligible fencers based on the FIE Adjusted Official Ranking list by the continental zone of April 1, 2024: the top two fencers each from Europe and Asia & Oceania; and the highest-ranked fencer each from the Americas and Africa. The zonal qualifying tournaments will offer four available spots with one each to the NOCs without a qualified fencer, male or female, in one or more weapons by the two previous pathways.[3]
Host nation France reserves six quota places to be distributed between the team and individual events, respecting the eighteen-member NOC limit and the 37-fencer limit for each weapon-based individual event. Two further spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their fencers compete in Paris 2024 under the Universality rules.[3]
Olga Kharlan qualification in sabre fencing[edit]
Since July 1, 2020 (and reconfirmed by FIE public notice in September 2020 and in January 2021), by public written notice the FIE had replaced its previous handshake requirement with a "salute" by the opposing fencers, and written in its public notice that handshakes were "suspended until further notice."[5][6][7][8][9] Nevertheless, in July 2023 when Ukrainian four-time world fencing individual sabre champion Olga Kharlan was disqualified at the World Fencing Championships by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime for not shaking the hand of her defeated Russian opponent, though Kharlan instead offered a tapping of blades in acknowledgement, Bach stepped in the next day.[10][11] As President of the IOC, he sent a letter to Kharlan in which he expressed empathy for her, and wrote that in light of the situation she was being guaranteed a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12][13] He wrote further: "as a fellow fencer, it is impossible for me to imagine how you feel at this moment. The war against your country, the suffering of the people in Ukraine, the uncertainty around your participation at the Fencing World Championships ... and then the events which unfolded yesterday - all this is a roller coaster of emotions and feelings. It is admirable how you are managing this incredibly difficult situation, and I would like to express my full support to you. Rest assured that the IOC will continue to stand in full solidarity with the Ukrainian athletes and the Olympic community of Ukraine."[14]
Competition schedule[edit]
| Q | Elimination and quarterfinals | F | Semifinals and final medal matches |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | |||||||||
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| Event | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A |
| Men's | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's épée | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's team épée | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's foil | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's team foil | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's sabre | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's team sabre | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's épée | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's team épée | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's foil | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's team foil | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's sabre | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's team sabre | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
Medal summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Totals (0 entries) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Men's events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual épée |
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| Team épée |
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| Individual foil |
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| Individual sabre |
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Women's events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual épée |
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| Team épée |
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| Individual foil |
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| Team foil |
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| Individual sabre |
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See also[edit]
- Fencing at the 2022 Asian Games
- Fencing at the 2023 European Games
- Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
References[edit]
- ^ "Paris 2024 – Fencing". Paris 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Fencing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". NBC Olympics. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Fava, Gisella; Kim, EJ Monica; Martín, Marta (13 December 2022). "How to qualify for fencing at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Fencing" (PDF). Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ Jomantas, Nicole (6 March 2020). "Handshaking Rule Suspended at USA Fencing Events". USA Fencing.
- ^ Hopkins, Amanda (12 March 2020). "Oceania U20s and Handshaking Rule". Fencing New Zealand.
- ^ "Handshaking Rule Temporarily Suspended". British Fencing. 5 March 2020.
- ^ "FIE OUTLINE of RISK-MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS for NATIONAL FENCING FEDERATIONS and COMPETITION ORGANIZERS in the CONTEXT of COVID-19; PREPARED by FIE TASK FORCE and REVIEWED by FIE MEDICAL COMMISSION and FIE LEGAL COMMISSION," FIE, 1 July 2020 and September 2020.
- ^ "FIE OUTLINE of RISK-MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS for NATIONAL FENCING FEDERATIONS and COMPETITION ORGANISERS in the CONTEXT of COVID-19 (FORMIR – COVID-19) PREPARED by FIE TASK FORCE and REVIEWED by FIE MEDICAL COMMISSION and FIE LEGAL COMMISSION," FIE, January 2021.]
- ^ "World Fencing Championships: Ukraine's Olga Kharlan disqualified for refusing Russian Anna Smirnov's handshake". BBC. 27 July 2023.
- ^ Aadi Nair (27 July 2023). "Ukrainian fencer disqualified from world championships for refusing handshake with Russian opponent; Olga Kharlan offered to touch blades after beating Anna Smirnova, who then staged a sit-down protest at the handshake refusal". The Independent.
- ^ "Ukrainian fencer won't shake hands with Russian at world championships, gets Olympic spot". USA TODAY.
- ^ Yevhen Kizilov (28 July 2023). "Ukrainian fencer gets automatically qualified for Olympics". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
"Russia-Ukraine conflict: Fencer Olga Kharlan ban lifted as she is handed Olympic spot". BBC Sport. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023. - ^ "Ukraine's Kharlan assured of Paris 2024 place by IOC after handshake furore". Inside the Games. 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Fencing". Paris 2024. pp. 40–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
