fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Fencing
| games = 2012 Summer
| image = Fencing, London 2012.png
| image_size = 150
| venue = ExCeL Exhibition Centre
| dates = 28 July – 5 August 2012
| competitors = 204
| nations = 44
| prev = 2008
| next = 2016
}}
{{FencingAt2012SummerOlympics}}
File:ExCel Exhibition Centre.jpg
The fencing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 5 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Ten events (six individual, four team) were contested. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) had pushed for the inclusion of two more team events, but the International Olympic Committee voted to keep the current format of ten events.
The women's individual épée semi final became a notable controversy at the 2012 Olympics when a time-keeping error by a games volunteer helped German Britta Heidemann beat South Korea's Shin A-lam. Despite there being two hundredths of a second remaining in the match, the timer could only be reset to a whole second after the mistake. The extra time was enough for the German to score a winning attack and proceed to the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19057016|title=Olympics fencing: Tearful Shin A Lam denied chance at gold|publisher=BBC News|date=30 July 2012|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730203233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19057016|archive-date=30 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Qualification
{{details|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Qualification}}
Qualification was primarily based on the ind. official rankings as at 2 April 2012, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 2012 Summer
| team =
| gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 2
| gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 3
| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1
| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_VEN = 1 | silver_VEN = 0 | bronze_VEN = 0
| gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 1
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 0
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
| gold_ROM = 0 | silver_ROM = 1 | bronze_ROM = 0
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
}}
Despite fencing being its top medal-producing sport, France did not win any medal for the first time since 1960.{{cite web |language=fr |url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/jo-escrime-aucune-medaille-pour-la-france-une-premiere-depuis-1960_126371.html |title=Escrime : aucune médaille pour la France aux JO, une première depuis 1960 |publisher=France Info|access-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808185632/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/jo-escrime-aucune-medaille-pour-la-france-une-premiere-depuis-1960_126371.html |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Events
=Men's =
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Individual épée {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's épée}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Rubén Limardo|VEN|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Bartosz Piasecki|NOR|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Jung Jin-sun|KOR|2012 Summer}} |
| Individual foil {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's foil}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Lei Sheng|CHN|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Alaaeldin Abouelkassem|EGY|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Choi Byung-chul|KOR|2012 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team foil |{{flagIOCteam|ITA|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCteam|JPN|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCteam|GER|2012 Summer}} |
| | Individual sabre {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Áron Szilágyi|HUN|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Diego Occhiuzzi|ITA|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Nikolay Kovalev|RUS|2012 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team sabre |{{flagIOCteam|KOR|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCteam|ROU|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCteam|ITA|2012 Summer}} |
=Women's=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Individual épée {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's épée}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Yana Shemyakina|UKR|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Britta Heidemann|GER|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Sun Yujie|CHN|2012 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team épée |{{flagIOCteam|CHN}} |{{flagIOCteam|KOR}} |{{flagIOCteam|USA}} |
| Individual foil {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's foil}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Elisa Di Francisca|ITA|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Arianna Errigo|ITA|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Valentina Vezzali|ITA|2012 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team foil |{{flagIOCteam|ITA}} |{{flagIOCteam|RUS}} |{{flagIOCteam|KOR}} |
| Individual sabre {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Kim Ji-yeon|KOR|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Sofiya Velikaya|RUS|2012 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist |Olha Kharlan|UKR|2012 Summer}} |
References
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External links
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- {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130228083224/http://www.london2012.com/fencing/ |date=dmy |title=Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com.}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511021959/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/sport/General/01/37/60/09/FENCINGRESULTSBOOKV2_Neutral.pdf |date=dmy |title=Official results book – Fencing. London2012.com.}}
- {{SR/Olympics sport at games|archive=20150924093621}}
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