Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 4, 2016, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. For the team events, each NOC must be composed of 3 fencers, and be ranked in the top 16. If a continent fails to attain the top 16 ranking, the next best placed nation will take its spot.[1]
Summary
| Nation | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | Individual | Team | ||||||||
| Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Sabre | ||
 Algeria | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Argentina | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Belarus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Benin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Brazil | 3 | 1 | X | 1 | 5 | ||||||
 Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
 China | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | 11 | ||
 Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Cuba | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Egypt | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
 Estonia | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |||||||
 France | 3 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 15 |
 Georgia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
 Great Britain | 3 | X | 3 | ||||||||
 Greece | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 Hungary | 3 | 2 | X | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
 Iran | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
 Israel | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Italy | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 14 | |
 Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Kuwait | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Lebanon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | 7 | ||||
 Morocco | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Poland | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |||||||
 Romania | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | 5 | ||||||
 Russia | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 16 |
 Senegal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 South Africa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 14 | |
 Switzerland | 3 | X | 1 | 4 | |||||||
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
 Ukraine | 3 | 1 | X | 3 | 3 | X | X | 10 | |||
 United States | 1 | 3 | 2 | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 14 | |
 Venezuela | 3 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
 Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Total: 48 NOCs | 35 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 204 |
Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| FIE Official Ranking cut-off | April 4, 2016 | — |
| Zonal Qualifier – Asia & Oceania | April 11–12, 2016 | Wuxi |
| Zonal Qualifier – Africa | April 14–15, 2016 | Algiers |
| Zonal Qualifier – America | April 16–17, 2016 |  San José[2] |
| Zonal Qualifier – Europe | April 16–17, 2016 | Prague[2] |
Men's events
Individual épée
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 | Vadim Anokhin (RUS) Gábor Boczkó (HUN) Géza Imre (HUN) András Rédli (HUN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN) Jiao Yunlong (CHN) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Maxime Brinck-Croteau (CAN) Jason Pryor (USA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Bas Verwijlen (NED) Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 1 | Abdulaziz Al-Shatti (KUW) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Ayman Fayez (EGY) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Jhon Édison Rodríguez (COL) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 1 | Jiří Beran (CZE) |
| Host country option | 0 | |
| Total | 35 |
Team épée
| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[3] | 5 | France Ukraine Italy Switzerland Hungary |
| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | South Korea |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16[3] | 0 | — |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | Venezuela |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | Russia |
| Host country option | 0 | — |
| Total | 8 |
Individual foil
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 | Timur Safin (RUS) Miles Chamley-Watson (USA) Alexander Massialas (USA) Gerek Meinhardt (USA) Richard Kruse (GBR) Laurence Halsted (GBR) James Davis (GBR) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Yuki Ota (JPN) Heo Jun (KOR) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani (TUN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Maximilien Van Haaster (CAN) Daniel Gómez (MEX) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Peter Joppich (GER) Alexander Choupenitch (CZE) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 1 | Cheung Ka Long (HKG) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Victor Sintès (ALG) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Antonio Leal (VEN) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 1 | René Pranz (AUT) |
| Host country option | 0 | — |
| Total | 35 |
Team foil
| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[4] | 4 | Russia Italy France United States |
| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16[4] | 1 | China |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16[4] | 1 | Egypt |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16[4] | 1 | Brazil |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16[4] | 1 | Great Britain |
| Host country option | 0 | — |
| Total | 8 |
Individual sabre
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Top 14 individual AOR | 14 | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) Gu Bon-gil (KOR) Áron Szilágyi (HUN) Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU) Kim Jung-hwan (KOR) Max Hartung (GER) Aldo Montano (ITA) Eli Dershwitz (USA) Nikolay Kovalev (RUS) Daryl Homer (USA) Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA) Matyas Szabo (GER) Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) Sun Wei (CHN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Africa | 2 | Mohamed Amer (EGY) Yémi Apithy (BEN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Renzo Agresta (BRA) Joseph Polossifakis (CAN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Vincent Anstett (FRA) Tamás Decsi (HUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 3 | Vũ Thành An (VIE) Ilya Mokretsov (KAZ) Kenta Tokunan (JPN) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Farès Ferjani (TUN) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 2 | Julián Ayala (MEX) Yoandry Iriarte Galvez (CUB) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 4 | Andriy Yahodka (UKR) Sandro Bazadze (GEO) Pancho Paskov (BUL) Seppe Van Holsbeke (BEL) |
| Host country option | 0 | |
| Total | 32 |
Women's events
Individual épée
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 | Violetta Kolobova (RUS) Tatiana Logunova (RUS) Julia Beljajeva (EST) Irina Embrich (EST) Erika Kirpu (EST) Katharine Holmes (USA) Courtney Hurley (USA) Kelley Hurley (USA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Nozomi Sato (JPN) Vivian Kong (HKG) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Sarra Besbes (TUN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) Leonora Mackinnon (CAN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) Emese Szász (HUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 1 | Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa (VIE) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Juliana Barrett (RSA) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Alejandra Terán (MEX) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 1 | Tiffany Géroudet (SUI) |
| Host country option | 0 | |
| Total | 35 |
Team épée
| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[3] | 5 | Romania China Russia Estonia France |
| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | South Korea |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16[3] | 0 | — |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | United States |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16[3] | 1 | Ukraine |
| Host country option | 0 | — |
| Total | 8 |
Individual foil
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Top 14 individual AOR | 14 | Arianna Errigo (ITA) Inna Deriglazova (RUS) Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) Lee Kiefer (USA) Aida Shanaeva (RUS) Ysaora Thibus (FRA) Inès Boubakri (TUN) Nzingha Prescod (USA) Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) Astrid Guyart (FRA) Aida Mohamed (HUN) Le Huilin (CHN) Carolin Golubytskyi (GER) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Liu Yongshi (CHN) Mona Shaito (LIB) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Africa | 2 | Noura Mohamed (EGY) Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Eleanor Harvey (CAN) Saskia García (COL) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Edina Knapek (HUN) Hanna Łyczbińska (POL) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 3 | Yuan Ping (NZL) Shiho Nishioka (JPN) Lin Po Heung (HKG) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Youssra Zekrani (MAR) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 2 | Isis Giménez (VEN) Nataly Michel (MEX) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 4 | Delila Hatuel (ISR) Aikaterini Kontochristopoulou (GRE) İrem Karamete (TUR) Mălina Călugăreanu (ROU) |
| Host country option | 0 | |
| Total | 32 |
Individual sabre
| Standard | Places | Qualified fencer |
|---|---|---|
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 | Yana Egorian (RUS) Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) Ibtihaj Muhammad (USA) Dagmara Wozniak (USA) Mariel Zagunis (USA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia & Oceania | 2 | Shen Chen (CHN) Chika Aoki (JPN) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Azza Besbes (TUN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Alejandra Benitez (VEN) Maria Belen Perez Maurice (ARG) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Anna Márton (HUN) Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia & Oceania | 1 | Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung (VIE) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Nada Hafez (EGY) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Rossy Félix (DOM) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 1 | Sabina Mikina (AZE) |
| Host country option | 0 | |
| Total | 35 |
Team sabre
| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 5 | Russia Ukraine France United States Poland |
| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | South Korea |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 0 | — |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | Mexico |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Italy |
| Host country option | 0 | — |
| Total | 8 |
References
- 1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Fencing" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- 1 2 "FIE Competition Calendar 2015–2016" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Team Épée World Cup: Romania reigns in Argentina, Hungary victorious in Vancouver". FIE. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pavitt, Michael (7 February 2016). "Eight places available in Rio 2016 men's team foil competition at FIE World Cup in Bonn". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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