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.^[2]

Summary

Nation	Men					Women					Total
	Individual			Team		Individual			Team
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil
Algeria							1	1			2
Argentina								1			1
Austria		1									1
Azerbaijan								1			1
Belarus			3		X						3
Brazil	1	1	1								3
Bulgaria								1			1
Canada		1	1			1	1	1			5
Chile	1					1					2
China	1	3	3	X	X	3	1	2	X		13
Colombia							1				1
Croatia		1									1
Egypt	1	3	1	X		1	3	1		X	10
Estonia	1										1
France	2	3	1	X		1	3	1		X	11
Great Britain		3	1	X		1	3	2		X	10
Germany	1	3	3	X	X	3	1	1	X		12
Greece								1			1
Hong Kong	1	1	1			1	1	1			6
Hungary	1		1			1	1				4
Indonesia								1			1
Iran			1								1
Italy	1	3	3	X	X	3	3	2	X	X	15
Japan		3		X		1	3	1		X	8
Kazakhstan	2							1			3
Lebanon		1					1				2
Malaysia			1								1
Mexico		1						1			2
Morocco	1	1									2
Netherlands	1										1
Norway	1										1
Poland	1		1			1	3	1		X	7
Romania		1	3		X	3		1	X		8
Russia	1	3	3	X	X	3	3	2	X	X	15
South Korea	2	1	3		X	3	3	2	X	X	14
Senegal	1										1
Switzerland	2					1					3
Chinese Taipei						1					1
Tunisia		1	1			1	1	2			6
Ukraine	1		1			3	1	1	X		7
United States	2	3	3	X	X	3	3	2	X	X	16
Uzbekistan	1										1
Venezuela	2		1			1	1	1			6
Vietnam	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	Apr 21–22, 2012	Bratislava
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania	Apr 20-21, 2012	Wakayama
Zonal Qualifier – America	Apr 20-22, 2012	Santiago
Zonal Qualifier – Africa	April 19, 2012	Casablanca

Qualification

Men’s Individual Épée

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR	12	Paolo Pizzo (ITA)  Fabian Kauter (SUI)  Bas Verwijlen (NED)  Park Kyoung-doo (KOR)  Nikolai Novosjolov (EST)  Gauthier Grumier (FRA)  Max Heinzer (SUI)  Soren Thompson (USA)  Géza Imre (HUN)  Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)  Silvio Fernández (VEN)  Jung Jin-sun (KOR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Yannick Borel (FRA)  Jörg Fiedler (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Li Guojie (CHN)  Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Rubén Limardo (VEN)  Weston Kelsey (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa	2	Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)  Ayman Mohamed Fayez (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe	4	Dmytro Karyuchenko (UKR)  Radosław Zawrotniak (POL)  Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)  Pavel Sukhov (RUS)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	3	Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)  Nguyen Tien Nhat (VIE)  Leung Ka Ming (HKG)
Zonal tournament: America	2	Paris Inostroza (CHI)  Athos Schwantes (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR)
Host country option	**
	30

Men’s Team Foil

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

Men’s Individual Foil

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Members of qualifying teams	24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Roland Schlosser (AUT)  Richard Kruse (GBR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Choi Byung-chul (KOR)  Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Daniel Gomez (MEX)  Étienne Lalonde Turbide (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa	1	Mohamed Samandi (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe	2	Bojan Jovanović (CRO)  Radu Dărăban (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	1	Zain Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America	1	Guilherme Toldo (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Lahoussine Ali (MAR)
Host country option	2	James-Andrew Davis (GBR)  Husayn Rosowsky (GBR)
	38

Men’s Team Sabre

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking	4	Russia Germany Italy Belarus
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16	1	Romania
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16	1	China
Top team from America in positions 5–16	1	United States
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

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Members of qualifying teams	24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Áron Szilágyi (HUN)  Boladé Apithy (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Lam Hin Chung (HKG)  Yu Peng Kean (MAS)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Renzo Agresta (BRA)  Philippe Beaudry (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa	1	Hichem Smandi (TUN)
1 0	Zonal tournament: Europe	2	Adam Skrodzki (POL)  Dmytro Boyko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	1	Mojtaba Abedini (IRI)
Zonal tournament: America	1	Hernan Jansen (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Mannad Zeid (EGY)
Host country option	1	James Honeybone (GBR)
	37

Women’s Team Épée

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking	4	Romania China 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	United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16	0	DNQ
Additional Country	1	Germany
Host country option	**
	8

• No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Women’s Individual Épée

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Members of qualifying teams	24
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Yeung Chui Ling (HKG)  Hsu Jo-ting (TPE)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Tiffany Géroudet (SUI)  Magdalena Piekarska (POL)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Sherraine Schalm (CAN)  Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz (CHI)
Top individual AOR: Africa	1	Sarra Besbes (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe	2	Emese Szász (HUN)  Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	1	Nozomi Nakano (JPN)
Zonal tournament: America	1	Maria Martinez (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Mona Hassanein (EGY)
Host country option	1	Corinna Lawrence (GBR)
	37

Women’s Team Foil

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

Women’s Individual Foil

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Members of qualifying teams	24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Aida Mohamed (HUN)  Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Chen Jinyan (CHN)  Lin Po Heung (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Monica Peterson (CAN)  Saskia Loretta Garcia (COL)
Top individual AOR: Africa	1	Inès Boubakri (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe	2	Natalia Sheppard (GBR)  Olha Leleiko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	1	Mona Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America	1	Johana Fuenmayor (VEN)
1 0	Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG)
Host country option	2	Sophie Troiano (GBR)  Anna Bentley (GBR)
	38

Women’s Individual Sabre

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	Vacancies	Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR	12	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)  Mariel Zagunis (USA)  Olha Kharlan (UKR)  Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS)  Min Zhu (CHN)  Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)  Chen Xiaodong (CHN)  Azza Besbes (TUN)  Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)  Irene Vecchi (ITA)  Gioia Marzocca (ITA)  Dagmara Wozniak (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe	2	Aleksandra Socha (POL)  Léonore Perrus (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania	2	Lee Ra-jin (KOR)  Seira Nakayama (JPN)
Top 2 individual AOR: America	2	Sandra Sassine (CAN)  María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa	2	Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN)  Salma Mahran (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe	4	Sabina Mikina (AZE)  Margarita Tschomakova (BUL)  Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)  Bianca Pascu (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania	3	Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ)  Au Sin Ying (HKG)  Diah Permatasari (INA)
Zonal tournament: America	2	Alejandra Benítez (VEN)  Ursula Gonzalez (MEX)
Zonal tournament: Africa	1	Lea Moutoussamy (ALG)
Host country option	2	Louise Bond-Williams (GBR)  Sophie Williams (GBR)
	32

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

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