Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

FIE

Events

10 (men: 5; women: 5)

Games

1896	•	1900	•	1904	•	1908	•	1912	•	1920
1924	•	1928	•	1932	•	1936	•	1948	•	1952
1956	•	1960	•	1964	•	1968	•	1972	•	1976
1980	•	1984	•	1988	•	1992	•	1996	•	2000
2004	•	2008	•	2012	•	2016

Medalists (men • women)

Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Women's foil made its Olympic debut in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games. There are three forms of Olympic fencing:

Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Épée — a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed.
Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed.

Events 1
- Men's 1.1
- Women's 1.2
Nations 2
Medal table 3
See also 4
References 5

Events

Men's

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Foil, Individual	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Foil, Masters	X	X																										2
Foil, Team			X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	22
Épée, Individual		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Épée, Masters		X																										1
Épée, Team				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		23
Sabre, Individual	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Sabre, Masters		X																										1
Sabre, Team				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24
Amateurs-masters épée		X																										1
Singlestick			X																									1
Total Events	3	7	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

Women's

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Foil, Individual							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
Foil, Team														X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	13
Épée, Individual																							X	X	X	X	X	5
Épée, Team																							X	X	X		X	4
Sabre, Individual																									X	X	X	3
Sabre, Team																										X		1
Total Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5

Nations

Numbers indicate the number of fencers each nation sent to that Olympics.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12
Algeria (ALG)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	7	2	-
Argentina (ARG)	-	1	-	-	-	-	13	9
Australia (AUS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Austria (AUT)	1	9	-	1	12	-	15	-
Belarus (BLR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belgium (BEL)	-	5	-	18	12	22	19	21
Bohemia (BOH)	-	-	-	7	13	-	-	-
Brazil (BRA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(BUL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	1	2	-	-	-	6	-
	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	7
	1	1	-	8	6	8	11	10
	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	4	24	-	22	-	18	24	20
	-	2	1	10	15	-	-	13
	-	1	-	23	22	18	20	19
	9	-	-	-	6	3	6	5
	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	7	-	8	13	-	10	17
	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	12	-	11	9	19	19	18
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	1	-	13	12	10	17	20
	-	-	-	1	7	-	4	5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	6
	-	-	-	-	1	8	10	7
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	-	2	-	-	24	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
	-	1	-	-	-	-	13	9
	-	1	-	7	18	8	9	8
	-	3	-	-	-	8	10	9
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	2	8	-	13	17	21	16
	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Nations	4	19	3	14	16	13	23	27
Fencers	15	76	11	131	184	149	240	259

Medal table

Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	48	40	33	121
2	41	40	34	115
3	35	22	26	83
4	18	15	16	49
5	9	4	6	19
6	7	8	1	16
7	6	8	11	25
8	5	5	6	16
9	4	9	9	22
10	4	6	2	12
11	3	5	7	15
12	3	3	4	10
13	3	2	4	9
14	2	7	12	21
15	2	3	2	7
16	2	1	1	4
17	2	0	2	4
18	1	8	0	9
19	1	4	3	8
20	1	2	3	6
21	1	2	2	5
22	1	1	5	7
23	1	1	2	4
24	1	0	0	1
24	1	0	0	1
25	0	2	0	2
26	0	1	0	1
26	0	1	0	1
26	0	1	0	1
26	0	1	0	1
27	0	0	5	5
28	0	0	2	2
29	0	0	1	1
29	0	0	1	1
29	0	0	1	1
Total	201	201	199	601

References

Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Past sports	Baseball Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Softball Tug of war Water motorsports

Future sports	Golf Rugby sevens

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

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