Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Fencing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 28 July – 5 August 2012 |
Competitors | 204 from 44 nations |
Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | women |
Team épée | women | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | women |
Sabre | men | women |
Team sabre | men | |
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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.[1]
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
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Despite fencing being its top medal-producing sport, France did not win any medal for the first time since 1960.[2]
Events
Men's
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Rubén Limardo Venezuela |
Bartosz Piasecki Norway |
Jung Jin-sun South Korea |
Individual foil |
Lei Sheng China |
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Egypt |
Choi Byung-chul South Korea |
Team foil |
Italy (ITA) Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà |
Japan (JPN) Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota |
Germany (GER) Peter Joppich Sebastian Bachmann Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels |
Individual sabre |
Áron Szilágyi Hungary |
Diego Occhiuzzi Italy |
Nikolay Kovalev Russia |
Team sabre |
South Korea (KOR) Gu Bon-gil Won Woo-young Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok |
Romania (ROU) Rareș Dumitrescu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu |
Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino |
Women's
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Yana Shemyakina Ukraine |
Britta Heidemann Germany |
Sun Yujie China |
Team épée |
China (CHN) Sun Yujie Xu Anqi Li Na Luo Xiaojuan |
South Korea (KOR) Shin A-lam Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Choi Eun-sook |
United States (USA) Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan |
Individual foil |
Elisa Di Francisca Italy |
Arianna Errigo Italy |
Valentina Vezzali Italy |
Team foil |
Italy (ITA) Arianna Errigo Elisa Di Francisca Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali |
Aida Shanaeva
Kamilla Gafurzianova |
South Korea (KOR) Nam Hyun-hee Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Oh Ha-na |
Individual sabre |
Kim Ji-yeon South Korea |
References
- ^ "Olympics fencing: Tearful Shin A Lam denied chance at gold". BBC News. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Escrime : aucune médaille pour la France aux JO, une première depuis 1960" (in French). France Info. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
External links
Media related to Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Fencing. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)