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This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for fencing published by FIE contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.
For the team events, 8 teams will qualify in each event. Each team must be composed of 3 fencers, with a fourth alternate. The top 4 ranked teams will qualify. The next-best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) will also qualify as long as it is ranked in the top 16. If a zone does not have any team ranked between fifth and sixteenth, the best-placed nation not already qualified will be selected regardless of zone.[1]
For individual events the 3 fencers from the team event will qualify for individual competition automatically. 6 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 Africa and the Americas. 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.[1]
The host country will be awarded a minimum of 8 quota spots for individual fencers. If enough of these spots will be used to bring to 3 the number of participants in an individual event, the host country will also take part in the corresponding team event, bringing the number of teams to 9. Unused spots, should there be any, will be awarded to other countries through the FIE universality quota and the Tripartite Commission.[1]
Seoul
Cairo
Panama City
Madrid
Japan
TBD (USA)
TBD (FRA)
TBD (ITA)
TBD (RUS)
TBD (HKG)
TBD (EGY)
TBD (CAN)
TBD (GER)
TBD (HUN)
Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics