Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Carioca Arena 3
Dates	6 – 14 August 2016
Competitors	212

Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée		men		women
Foil		men		women
Team foil		men
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre				women

The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are scheduled to take place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers (an equal distribution between men and women; and eight coming from the host nation Brazil) are expected to compete in 10 events (six individual and four team).^[1]

Similar to 2008 and 2012, the International Fencing Federation maintains the current format of ten events and the rotation system, as the men's team sabre and the women's team foil have been dropped from the program only at these Games.^[2][3]

Qualification

Qualification was primarily based on the FIE official rankings as of April 4, 2016, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.^[4]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		0	0	0	0
Total		10	10	10	30

Men's

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre

Women's

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre

See also

• Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games

References

1. "Rio 2016: Fencing". Rio 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
2. Butler, Nick (29 November 2013). "Men's sabre and women's foil team events removed from Rio 2016 fencing programme". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
3. "2 fencing team events cut for Rio". ESPN. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
4. "Rio 2016 – FIE Fencing Qualification System" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

External links

• International Fencing Federation