Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 2, 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. Teams will be composed of 3 fencers. For teams to qualify they must be ranked in the top 16, if a continent is not ranked in the top 16 the next best placed country will take their spot.[2]

Summary

Nation Men Women Total
Individual Team Individual Team
Épée Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Épée Foil Sabre Épée Foil
 Algeria 1 1 2
 Argentina 1 1
 Austria 1 1
 Azerbaijan 1 1
 Belarus 3 X 3
 Brazil 1 1 1 3
 Bulgaria 1 1
 Canada 1 1 1 1 1 5
 Chile 1 1 2
 China 1 3 3 X X 3 1 2 X 13
 Colombia 1 1
 Croatia 1 1
 Egypt 1 3 1 X 1 3 1 X 10
 Estonia 1 1
 France 2 3 1 X 1 3 1 X 11
 Great Britain 3 1 X 1 3 2 X 10
 Germany 1 3 3 X X 3 1 1 X 12
 Greece 1 1
 Hong Kong 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Hungary 1 1 1 1 4
 Indonesia 1 1
 Iran 1 1
 Italy 1 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 15
 Japan 3 X 1 3 1 X 8
 Kazakhstan 2 1 3
 Lebanon 1 1 2
 Malaysia 1 1
 Mexico 1 1 2
 Morocco 1 1 2
 Netherlands 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Poland 1 1 1 3 1 X 7
 Romania 1 3 X 3 1 X 8
 Russia 1 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 15
 South Korea 2 1 3 X 3 3 2 X X 14
 Senegal 1 1
 Switzerland 2 1 3
 Chinese Taipei 1 1
 Tunisia 1 1 1 1 2 6
 Ukraine 1 1 3 1 1 X 7
 United States 2 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 16
 Uzbekistan 1 1
 Venezuela 2 1 1 1 1 6
 Vietnam 1 1
Total: 44 NOCs 30 38 37 9 8 37 38 32 8 9 212

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
Cut-off FIE Official Ranking April 2, 2012 –
Zonal Qualifier – Europe April 21–22, 2012 Slovakia Bratislava
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania April 20–21, 2012 Japan Wakayama
Zonal Qualifier – America April 20–22, 2012 Chile Santiago
Zonal Qualifier – Africa April 19, 2012 Morocco Casablanca

Qualification

Men's Individual Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR 12  Paolo Pizzo (ITA)
 Fabian Kauter (SUI)
 Bas Verwijlen (NED)
 Park Kyoung-doo (KOR)
 Nikolai Novosjolov (EST)
 Gauthier Grumier (FRA)
 Max Heinzer (SUI)
 Soren Thompson (USA)
 Géza Imre (HUN)
 Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)
 Silvio Fernández (VEN)
 Jung Jin-sun (KOR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Yannick Borel (FRA)
 Jörg Fiedler (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Li Guojie (CHN)
 Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Rubén Limardo (VEN)
 Weston Kelsey (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa 2  Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)
 Ayman Mohamed Fayez (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe 4  Dmytro Karyuchenko (UKR)
 Radosław Zawrotniak (POL)
 Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)
 Pavel Sukhov (RUS)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 3  Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)
 Nguyen Tien Nhat (VIE)
 Leung Ka Ming (HKG)
Zonal tournament: America 2  Paris Inostroza (CHI)
 Athos Schwantes (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR)
Host country option **
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Men's Team Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Italy
China
Germany
 France
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Russia Russia
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Egypt
Host country option 1 United Kingdom Great Britain
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Men's Individual Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Roland Schlosser (AUT)
 Richard Kruse (GBR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Choi Byung-chul (KOR)
 Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Daniel Gomez (MEX)
 Étienne Lalonde Turbide (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1  Mohamed Samandi (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2  Bojan Jovanović (CRO)
 Radu Dărăban (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1  Zain Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America 1  Guilherme Toldo (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Lahoussine Ali (MAR)
Host country option 2  James-Andrew Davis (GBR)
 Husayn Rosowsky (GBR)
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Men's Team Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Russia Russia
Germany
Italy Italy
Belarus Belarus
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Romania Romania
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 China
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ
Additional Country 1 South Korea Korea
Host country option **
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Men's Individual Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
 Boladé Apithy (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Lam Hin Chung (HKG)
 Yu Peng Kean (MAS)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Renzo Agresta (BRA)
 Philippe Beaudry (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1  Hichem Smandi (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2  Adam Skrodzki (POL)
 Dmytro Boyko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1  Mojtaba Abedini (IRI)
Zonal tournament: America 1  Hernán Jansen (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Mannad Zeid (EGY)
Host country option 1  James Honeybone (GBR)
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Women's Team Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Romania Romania
China
Russia Russia
Italy Italy
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Ukraine Ukraine
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 South Korea Korea
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ
Additional Country 1 Germany
Host country option **
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Women's Individual Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Yeung Chui Ling (HKG)
 Hsu Jo-ting (TPE)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Tiffany Géroudet (SUI)
 Magdalena Piekarska (POL)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Sherraine Schalm (CAN)
 Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz (CHI)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1  Sarra Besbes (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2  Emese Szász (HUN)
 Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1  Nozomi Nakano (JPN)
Zonal tournament: America 1  Maria Martinez (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Mona Hassanein (EGY)
Host country option 1  Corinna Lawrence (GBR)
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Women's Team Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Italy
Russia Russia
South Korea Korea
Poland Poland
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1  France
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Egypt
Host country option 1 United Kingdom Great Britain
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Women's Individual Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Aida Mohamed (HUN)
 Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Chen Jinyan (CHN)
 Lin Po Heung (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Monica Peterson (CAN)
 Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia (COL)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1  Inès Boubakri (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2  Natalia Sheppard (GBR)
 Olha Leleiko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1  Mona Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America 1  Johana Fuenmayor (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG)
Host country option 2  Sophie Troiano (GBR)
 Anna Bentley (GBR)
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Women's Individual Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR 12  Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)
 Mariel Zagunis (USA)
 Olha Kharlan (UKR)
 Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS)
 Min Zhu (CHN)
 Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)
 Chen Xiaodong (CHN)
 Azza Besbes (TUN)
 Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)
 Irene Vecchi (ITA)
 Gioia Marzocca (ITA)
 Dagmara Wozniak (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2  Aleksandra Socha (POL)
 Léonore Perrus (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2  Lee Ra-jin (KOR)
 Seira Nakayama (JPN)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2  Sandra Sassine (CAN)
 María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa 2  Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN)
 Salma Mahran (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe 4  Sabina Mikina (AZE)
 Margarita Tschomakova (BUL)
 Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)
 Bianca Pascu (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 3  Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ)
 Au Sin Ying (HKG)
 Diah Permatasari (INA)
Zonal tournament: America 2  Alejandra Benítez (VEN)
 Úrsula González (MEX)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1  Lea Moutoussamy (ALG)
Host country option 2  Louise Bond-Williams (GBR)
 Sophie Williams (GBR)
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** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers

References

  1. ^ "Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012: Fencing" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 7 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "2012 Olympics qualifying: Fencing". BBC News. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "List of qualified countries per country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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