Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Dates	24 July - 1 August 2021
No. of events	12
Competitors	212

The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women.

Originally scheduled for 25 July to 2 August 2020, but the games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it was rescheduled to 24 July to 1 August 2021.

Qualification

Main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

There are 200 quota spots for fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Qualification will be primarily based on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking as of April 4, 2020, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.

For the team events, 8 teams qualify in each event. Each team must be composed of at least 3 fencers. The top 4 ranked teams qualify. The next-best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) will qualify as long as it is ranked in the top 16. If a zone does not have any teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best-placed nation not already qualified will be selected regardless of zone.

For individual events, the 3 fencers from the team event qualify for individual competition automatically. Six more places will be awarded based on the rankings (ignoring fencers from countries with team qualifications, and considering only the top fencer from each country): the top 2 fencers from each of Europe and Asia-Oceania, and the top 1 fencer from each of Americas and Africa, qualify. 4 more places (1 per zone) will be awarded through zone qualifying tournaments; only countries without a qualified fencer in an event will be eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments.

The host country, Japan, is guaranteed a minimum of 8 quota spots.

Participating nations

•  Japan (8+)

Schedule

P

Preliminaries

QF

Quarter-Finals

SF

Semi-Finals

F

Finals

Date	Jul 24				July 25				July 26				July 27				July 28				July 29				July 30				July 31				Aug 1
Event	M		E		M		E		M				M		E		M		E		M		E		M		E		M		E		M
Men's Individual épée					P	QF	SF	F
Men's team épée																									P	QF	SF	F
Men's Individual foil									P	QF	SF	F
Men's team foil																																	P	QF	SF	F
Men's Individual sabre	P	QF	SF	F
Men's team sabre																	P	QF	SF	F
Women's Individual épée	P	QF	SF	F
Women's team épée													P	QF	SF	F
Women's Individual foil					P	QF	SF	F
Women's team foil																					P	QF	SF	F
Women's Individual sabre									P	QF	SF	F
Women's team sabre																													P	QF	SF	F

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre

Women's

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre

See also

• Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games
• Fencing at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

External links

• International Fencing Federation