Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Russian Igor Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey duel in the second round of the Olympic Men's Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. 17, 2004.
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre.[1]
Fencing is one of only four sports that have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, and for the first time female competitors competed individually using the sabre. The Lexan window mask showing the athletes faces were used for the first time at the Olympics.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
Marcel Fischer Switzerland |
Wang Lei China |
Pavel Kolobkov Russia |
| team épée |
 France (FRA)Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Érik Boisse |
 Hungary (HUN)Gábor Boczkó Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre |
 Germany (GER)Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler Daniel Strigel |
| individual foil |
Brice Guyart France |
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Andrea Cassarà Italy |
| team foil |
Italy (ITA) Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni |
China (CHN) Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong |
Russia (RUS) Renal Ganeev Youri Moltchan Rouslan Nassiboulline Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov |
| individual sabre |
Aldo Montano Italy |
Zsolt Nemcsik Hungary |
Vladislav Tretiak Ukraine |
| team sabre |
France (FRA) Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gael Touya |
Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
Russia (RUS) Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
Tímea Nagy Hungary |
Laura Flessel-Colovic France |
Maureen Nisima France |
| team épée |
Russia (RUS) Karina Aznavourian Oxana Ermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova |
Germany (GER) Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann |
France (FRA) Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima |
| individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali Italy |
Giovanna Trillini Italy |
Sylwia Gruchała Poland |
| individual sabre |
Mariel Zagunis United States |
Tan Xue China |
Sada Jacobson United States |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 223 fencers (129 men and 94 women) from 42 nations competed at the Athens Games:[1]
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References
- 1 2 3 "Fencing: 2004 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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