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Fencing at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Africa Pavilion
Dates	7–10 October
No. of events	7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	78 from 41 nations
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Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from 7 to 10 October at the Africa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in Verona, Italy from 1–9 April 2018.^[1] Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.^[2]

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NOC	Boys			Girls			Total
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre
Algeria				X		X	2
Argentina	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Australia		X			X		2
Austria	X						1
Belgium				X		X	2
Bulgaria						X	1
Canada	X			X	X		3
China	X	X	X		X	X	3
Costa Rica				X			1
Czech Republic				X			1
Denmark		X					1
Egypt	X	X	X	X	X		5
France		X	X		X		3
Germany	X		X				2
Hong Kong		X		X	X	X	4
Hungary			X	X	X	X	4
Iran			X				1
Iraq			X				1
Italy	X	X		X	X	X	3
Japan	X		X		X		3
Kazakhstan				X			1
Kyrgyzstan	X						1
Lebanon				X			1
Mexico		X				X	2
Philippines		X					1
Poland		X			X		2
Portugal		X					1
Puerto Rico			X				1
Romania			X		X		2
Russia	X			X		X	3
Saudi Arabia			X				1
Singapore		X					1
Senegal			X				1
South Korea		X	X	X		X	3
Spain			X				1
Chinese Taipei		X					1
Togo					X		1
Turkey						X	1
Ukraine				X			1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Venezuela					X		1
41 NOCs	11	13	15	14	14	11	78

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