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Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took 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; of which, eight fencers came from the host nation Brazil) competed in 10 events -- six individual and four team.[1]

Similar to 2008 and 2012, the International Fencing Federation maintained the format of ten events with a rotation system for team events. As a result, the men's team sabre and the women's team foil were dropped from the program only at these Games.[2][3]

Qualification

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Participating nations

Schedule

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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

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Men's

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Women's

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Rio 2016: Fencing". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. [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. [3]
    "2 fencing team events cut for Rio". ESPN. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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    "Rio 2016 – FIE Fencing Qualification System" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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    Russia's substitute, Dmitry Zherebchenko, did not fence in the competition and did not receive a medal. "Russian foil fencers score stunning victory at Rio Olympics - coach". TASS. 13 August 2016.
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