Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Nanjing International Expo Center
Dates	August 17–20

Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Events
Épée		Boys		Girls
Foil		Boys		Girls
Sabre		Boys		Girls
Team		Mixed

Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 20. The events took place at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 60 places will be decided at the 2014 Cadet World Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 3-12 April 2014.^[1] The top 4 European, top 2 American, top 2 Asian/Oceania and top African fencers from each event will qualify. Furthermore the top 2 Oceania fencers and the top fencer from Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe across all events not yet qualified will also qualify. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota should they not qualify, but declined to use those extra spots and a further 12, 6 in each gender was initially given by the Tripartite Commission, but only nine spots were used.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999.^[2]

NOC	Boys			Girls			Total
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre
Algeria		X				X	2
Argentina			X				1
Australia		X					1
Bolivia					X		1
Brazil		X			X		2
Brunei			X				1
Canada	X				X		2
China		X	X		X		3
Croatia		X					1
Egypt	X		X	X	X		4
France		X			X		2
Georgia			X				1
Germany	X	X					2
Greece			X		X	X	3
Hong Kong	X	X			X		3
Hungary	X			X	X	X	4
Iraq			X				1
Italy	X	X		X	X	X	5
Jamaica				X			1
Japan				X	X	X	3
Jordan				X			1
Kazakhstan			X				1
South Korea	X	X	X	X		X	5
Kuwait			X				1
Lebanon		X					1
Mexico						X	1
New Zealand	X						1
Niger	X						1
Poland		X		X	X	X	4
Puerto Rico						X	1
Romania			X				1
Russia	X		X		X	X	4
Senegal						X	1
Sweden	X			X			2
Syria	X						1
Togo						X	1
Tunisia			X				1
Turkey						X	1
Ukraine				X			1
United States	X	X	X	X	X		5
40 NOCs	13	13	14	11	14	13	78

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[3]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	09:30	Girls' Foil
August 17	Sunday	13:15	Boys' Sabre
August 18	Monday	09:30	Girls' Épée
August 18	Monday	13:15	Boys' Épée
August 19	Tuesday	09:30	Boys' Foil
August 19	Tuesday	13:15	Girls' Sabre
August 20	Wednesday	09:30	Mixed Team

Medal Summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	1	3
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
4	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
6	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
10	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
11	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' Épée	Patrik Esztergályos Hungary (HUN)	Linus Islas Flygare Sweden (SWE)	Ivan Limarev Russia (RUS)
Boys' Foil	Andrzej Rządkowski Poland (POL)	Choi Chun Yin Ryan Hong Kong (HKG)	Enguerand Roger France (FRA)
Boys' Sabre	Ivan Ilin Russia (RUS)	Kim Dongju South Korea (KOR)	Yan Yinghui China (CHN)
Girls' Épée	Lee Sinhee South Korea (KOR)	Eleonora De Marchi Italy (ITA)	Åsa Linde Sweden (SWE)
Girls' Foil	Sabrina Massialas United States (USA)	Karin Miyawaki Japan (JPN)	Huang Ali China (CHN)
Girls' Sabre	Alina Moseyko Russia (RUS)	Chiara Crovari Italy (ITA)	Petra Záhonyi Hungary (HUN)
Mixed Team Event	Team Asia-Oceania 1  Chien Kei Hsu Albert Hong Kong (HKG)  Choi Chun Yin Ryan Hong Kong (HKG)  Misaki Emura Japan (JPN)  Kim Dongju South Korea (KOR)  Lee Sinhee South Korea (KOR)  Karin Miyawaki Japan (JPN)	Team Europe 1  Patrik Esztergályos Hungary (HUN)  Marta Martyanova Russia (RUS)  Ivan Ilin Russia (RUS)  Eleonora De Marchi Italy (ITA)  Andrzej Rządkowski Poland (POL)  Alina Moseyko Russia (RUS)	Team Europe 2  Chiara Crovari Italy (ITA)  Marios Giakoumatos Greece (GRE)  Linus Islas Flygare Sweden (SWE)  Åsa Linde Sweden (SWE)  Enguerand Roger France (FRA)  Anna Szymczak Poland (POL)

References

1. "2014 Youth Olympic Games - Nanjing FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
2. "Qualification System: Fencing" (PDF). FIE. June 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
3. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Fencing" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.