Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 2, 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. Teams will be composed of 3 fencers. For teams to qualify they must be ranked in the top 16, if a continent is not ranked in the top 16 the next best placed country will take their spot.

Summary Nation Men Women TotalIndividual Team Individual Team Épée Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Épée Foil Sabre Épée Foil 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 X 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 11 1 5 1 1 2 1 3 3XX3 1 2X 13 1 1 1 1 1 31 X 1 3 1 X 10 1 1 2 31 X 1 3 1 X 11 31 X 1 32 X 10 1 3 3XX 3 1 1 X 12 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3XX 3 3 2X X 15 3 X 13 1 X 8 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 X 7 1 3 X3 1 X 8 1 33XX33 2X X 15 2 1 3 X3 3 2X X 14 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 3 11 X 7 2 3 3XX 3 3 2X X 16 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 Total: 44 NOCs 30 38 37 9 8 37 38 32 8 9 212

Qualification timeline Event Date Venue Cut-off FIE Official Ranking April 2, 2012 – Zonal Qualifier – Europe April 21–22, 2012 Bratislava Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania April 20–21, 2012 Wakayama Zonal Qualifier – America April 20–22, 2012 Santiago Zonal Qualifier – Africa April 19, 2012 Casablanca

Qualification

Men's Individual Épée

Vacancies Qualified Top 12 individual AOR 12 Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2 Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2 Top 2 individual AOR: America 2 Top 2 individual AOR: Africa 2 Zonal tournament: Europe 4 Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 3 Zonal tournament: America 2 Zonal tournament: Africa 1 Host country option ** 30

Men's Team Foil

Vacancies Qualified Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Russia Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Top team from America in positions 5–16 1 Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Host country option 1 Great Britain 9

Men's Individual Foil

Vacancies Qualified Members of qualifying teams 24 Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2 Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2 Top 2 individual AOR: America 2 Top individual AOR: Africa 1 Zonal tournament: Europe 2 Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1 Zonal tournament: America 1 Zonal tournament: Africa 1 Host country option 2 38

Men's Team Sabre

Vacancies Qualified Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Russia Italy Belarus Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Romania Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Top team from America in positions 5–16 1 Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ Additional Country 1 Korea Host country option ** 8 No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Men's Individual Sabre

Women's Team Épée

Vacancies Qualified Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Romania Russia Italy Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Ukraine Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Korea Top team from America in positions 5–16 1 Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ Additional Country 1 Host country option ** 8 No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Women's Individual Épée

Vacancies Qualified Members of qualifying teams 24 Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2 Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2 Top 2 individual AOR: America 2 Top individual AOR: Africa 1 Zonal tournament: Europe 2 Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1 Zonal tournament: America 1 Zonal tournament: Africa 1 Host country option 1 37

Women's Team Foil

Vacancies Qualified Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Russia Korea Poland Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Top team from America in positions 5–16 1 Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Host country option 1 Great Britain 9

Women's Individual Foil

Women's Individual Sabre

** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers

References

Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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