Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events.[1] The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| individual épée |
Pavel Kolobkov Russia
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Hugues Obry France
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Lee Sang-ki South Korea
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| team épée |
 Italy (ITA)Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota |
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| Individual foil |
Kim Young-ho South Korea
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Ralf Bißdorf Germany
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| team foil |
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 Zhang Jie
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Italy (ITA) Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro |
| Individual sabre |
Mihai Covaliu Romania
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Mathieu Gourdain France
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Wiradech Kothny Germany
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| team sabre |
 Russia (RUS)Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov |
France (FRA) Mathieu Gourdain Julien Pillet Cédric Séguin Damien Touya |
 Germany (GER)Dennis Bauer Wiradech Kothny Eero Lehmann Alexander Weber |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual épée |
Tímea Nagy Hungary
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Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Switzerland
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Laura Flessel-Colovic France
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| team épée |
Russia (RUS) Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logunova Maria Mazina |
 Switzerland (SUI)Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen |
China (CHN) Li Na Liang Qin Liu Yinqing Yang Shaoqi |
| Individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali Italy
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Giovanna Trillini Italy
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| team foil |
Italy (ITA) Diana Bianchedi Annamaria Giacometti Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
 Poland (POL)Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk |
Monika Weber
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Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania (ROM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
A total of 217 fencers (134 men and 83 women) from 40 nations competed at the Sydney Games:[1]
Algeria (2)
Argentina (3)
Australia (7)
Austria (6)
Belarus (4)
Brazil (1)
Canada (4)
Chile (1)
China (13)
Colombia (2)
Cuba (11)
Egypt (5)
Estonia (4)
France (16)
Germany (18)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (13)
Israel (1)
Italy (17)
Japan (4)
Kazakhstan (5)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Norway (3)
Poland (10)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (5)
Russia (15)
FR Yugoslavia(1)
South Korea (7)
Spain (4)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (5)
Tunisia (1)
Ukraine (10)
United States (8)
Uzbekistan (1)
Venezuela (1)
References
- ^ a b c "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
