Fencing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates	August 9 – 17
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Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Épée	men	women
Team épée	men
Foil	men	women
Team foil		women
Sabre	men	women
Team sabre	men	women
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Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	2	0	4
2	Italy (ITA)	2	0	5	7
3	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
4	United States (USA)	1	3	2	6
5	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
6	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
8	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
9	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		10	10	10	30

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Épée details	Matteo Tagliariol  Italy	Fabrice Jeannet  France	José Luis Abajo  Spain
Team épée details	France (FRA) Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri	Poland (POL) Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak	Italy (ITA) Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol
Individual foil details	Benjamin Kleibrink  Germany	Yuki Ota  Japan	Salvatore Sanzo  Italy
Individual sabre details	Zhong Man  China	Nicolas Lopez  France	Mihai Covaliu  Romania
Team sabre details	France (FRA) Julien Pillet Boris Sanson Nicolas Lopez	United States (USA) Tim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams	Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Épée details	Britta Heidemann  Germany	Ana Maria Brânză  Romania	Ildikó Mincza-Nébald  Hungary
Individual foil details	Valentina Vezzali  Italy	Nam Hyun-Hee  South Korea	Margherita Granbassi  Italy
Team foil details	Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Chanaeva Victoria Nikichina Evgenia Lamonova	United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart	Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori
Individual sabre details	Mariel Zagunis  United States	Sada Jacobson  United States	Becca Ward  United States
Team sabre details	Ukraine (UKR) Olha Zhovnir Olga Kharlan Halyna Pundyk Olena Khomrova	China (CHN) Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue	United States (USA) Sada Jacobson Becca Ward Mariel Zagunis

10 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Individual Épée Men
• Individual Épée Women
• Individual Foil Men
• Individual Foil Women
• Individual Sabre Men
• Individual Sabre Women
• Team Épée Men
• Team Foil Women
• Team Sabre Men
• Team Sabre Women

The Fencing competition at the Olympic Games consists of a single elimination tournament. The 2 losers in the semifinal will fence for the bronze medal.

Nation	Men's Individual Épée	Men's Team Épée	Men's Individual Foil	Men's Individual Sabre	Men's Team Sabre	Women's Individual Épée	Women's Individual Foil	Women's Team Foil	Women's Individual Sabre	Women's Team Sabre	Total
Algeria						1	1				2
Argentina			1								1
Australia						1	1				2
Austria			1								1
Belarus				3	X						3
Brazil			1	1							2
Burkina Faso				1							1
Canada	1		1	1		1	1		3	X (1)	9
Chile	1										1
China	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)	3	X (1)	20
Cuba							1		1		2
Egypt	1		1	3	X (1)	1	3	X			10
Estonia	1										1
France	3	X	2	3	X	2	1		3	X (1)	15
Germany			2	1		2	3	X	1		9
Great Britain			1	1			1				3
Hong Kong			1			1			1		3
Hungary	3	X (1)		3	X (1)	2	3	X(1)	1		15
Ireland									1		1
Israel			1			1	1				3
Italy	3	X (1)	2	3	X (1)		3	X (1)	2		16
Japan	1		2	1		1	1		1		7
Kyrgyzstan	1										1
Mexico									1		1
Morocco	1		1								2
Netherlands	1						1				2
Norway	1										1
Panama						1					1
Peru							1				1
Poland	3	X (1)	1	1			3	X (1)	3	X	13
Portugal	1						1				2
Qatar			1								1
Romania			1	2		1	1				5
Russia	1			3	X	2	3	X (1)	3	X (1)	14
Senegal				2					1		3
South Africa	3	X							3	X (1)	7
South Korea	3	X	1	1		1	2		2		10
Spain	1		1	2					1		5
Sweden						1					1
Switzerland	1					1					2
Thailand			1	1							2
Tunisia							1		1		2
Ukraine	3	X (1)				1	1		3	X (1)	10
United States	1		1	3	X (1)	1	3	X	3	X	13
Venezuela	3	X		1		1	1		1		7
Total athletes	41	32	26	40	29	25	41	29	39	30	233
Total NOCs	23	9	21	21	8	20	24	8	21	8	45

• Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

• Qualifications for the 2008 OG before the NOCs confirmation
• Federation Internationale D'Escrime
• Competition Information on the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine

• Fencing – Official Results Book