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

NationMenWomenTotal
IndividualTeamIndividualTeam
ÉpéeFoilSabreFoilSabreÉpéeFoilSabreÉpéeFoil
 Algeria112
 Argentina11
 Austria11
 Azerbaijan11
 Belarus3X3
 Brazil1113
 Bulgaria11
 Canada111115
 Chile112
 China133XX312X13
 Colombia11
 Croatia11
 Egypt131X131X10
 Estonia11
 France231X131X11
 Great Britain31X132X10
 Germany133XX311X12
 Greece11
 Hong Kong1111116
 Hungary11114
 Indonesia11
 Iran11
 Italy133XX332XX15
 Japan3X131X 8
 Kazakhstan213
 Lebanon112
 Malaysia11
 Mexico112
 Morocco112
 Netherlands11
 Norway11
 Poland11131X7
 Romania13X31X8
 Russia133XX332XX15
 South Korea213X332XX14
 Senegal11
 Switzerland213
 Chinese Taipei11
 Tunisia111126
 Ukraine11311X7
 United States233XX332XX16
 Uzbekistan11
 Venezuela211116
 Vietnam11
Total: 44 NOCs3038379837383289212

Qualification timeline

EventDateVenue
Cut-off FIE Official RankingApril 2, 2012–
Zonal Qualifier – EuropeApril 21–22, 2012Slovakia Bratislava
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/OceaniaApril 20–21, 2012Japan Wakayama
Zonal Qualifier – AmericaApril 20–22, 2012Chile Santiago
Zonal Qualifier – AfricaApril 19, 2012Morocco Casablanca

Qualification

Men's Individual Épée

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VacanciesQualified
Top 12 individual AOR12 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: Europe2 Yannick Borel (FRA)
 Jörg Fiedler (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Li Guojie (CHN)
 Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Rubén Limardo (VEN)
 Weston Kelsey (USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa2 Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)
 Ayman Mohamed Fayez (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe4 Dmytro Karyuchenko (UKR)
 Radosław Zawrotniak (POL)
 Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)
 Pavel Sukhov (RUS)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania3 Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)
 Nguyen Tien Nhat (VIE)
 Leung Ka Ming (HKG)
Zonal tournament: America2 Paris Inostroza (CHI)
 Athos Schwantes (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR)
Host country option**
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Men's Team Foil

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4Italy Italy
China
Germany
 France
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161Russia Russia
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–161 United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–161Egypt Egypt
Host country option1United Kingdom Great Britain
9

Men's Individual Foil

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2 Roland Schlosser (AUT)
 Richard Kruse (GBR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Choi Byung-chul (KOR)
 Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Daniel Gomez (MEX)
 Étienne Lalonde Turbide (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa1 Mohamed Samandi (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2 Bojan Jovanović (CRO)
 Radu Dărăban (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1 Zain Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America1 Guilherme Toldo (BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Lahoussine Ali (MAR)
Host country option2 James-Andrew Davis (GBR)
 Husayn Rosowsky (GBR)
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Men's Team Sabre

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4Russia Russia
Germany
Italy Italy
Belarus Belarus
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161Romania Romania
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161China
Top team from America in positions 5–161 United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–160DNQ
Additional Country1South Korea Korea
Host country option**
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Men's Individual Sabre

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2 Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
 Boladé Apithy (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Lam Hin Chung (HKG)
 Yu Peng Kean (MAS)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Renzo Agresta (BRA)
 Philippe Beaudry (CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa1 Hichem Smandi (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2 Adam Skrodzki (POL)
 Dmytro Boyko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1 Mojtaba Abedini (IRI)
Zonal tournament: America1 Hernán Jansen (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Mannad Zeid (EGY)
Host country option1 James Honeybone (GBR)
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Women's Team Épée

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4Romania Romania
China
Russia Russia
Italy Italy
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161Ukraine Ukraine
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161South Korea Korea
Top team from America in positions 5–161 United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–160DNQ
Additional Country1Germany
Host country option**
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Women's Individual Épée

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Yeung Chui Ling (HKG)
 Hsu Jo-ting (TPE)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2 Tiffany Géroudet (SUI)
 Magdalena Piekarska (POL)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Sherraine Schalm (CAN)
 Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz (CHI)
Top individual AOR: Africa1 Sarra Besbes (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2 Emese Szász (HUN)
 Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1 Nozomi Nakano (JPN)
Zonal tournament: America1 Maria Martinez (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Mona Hassanein (EGY)
Host country option1 Corinna Lawrence (GBR)
37

Women's Team Foil

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking4Italy Italy
Russia Russia
South Korea Korea
Poland Poland
Top team from Europe in positions 5–161 France
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–161Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–161 United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–161Egypt Egypt
Host country option1United Kingdom Great Britain
9

Women's Individual Foil

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Members of qualifying teams24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe2 Aida Mohamed (HUN)
 Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Chen Jinyan (CHN)
 Lin Po Heung (HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Monica Peterson (CAN)
 Saskia Loretta Garcia (COL)
Top individual AOR: Africa1 Inès Boubakri (TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe2 Natalia Sheppard (GBR)
 Olha Leleiko (UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania1 Mona Shaito (LIB)
Zonal tournament: America1 Johana Fuenmayor (VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG)
Host country option2 Sophie Troiano (GBR)
 Anna Bentley (GBR)
38

Women's Individual Sabre

[3]

VacanciesQualified
Top 12 individual AOR12 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: Europe2 Aleksandra Socha (POL)
 Léonore Perrus (FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania2 Lee Ra-jin (KOR)
 Seira Nakayama (JPN)
Top 2 individual AOR: America2 Sandra Sassine (CAN)
 María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa2 Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN)
 Salma Mahran (EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe4 Sabina Mikina (AZE)
 Margarita Tschomakova (BUL)
 Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)
 Bianca Pascu (ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania3 Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ)
 Au Sin Ying (HKG)
 Diah Permatasari (INA)
Zonal tournament: America2 Alejandra Benítez (VEN)
 Úrsula González (MEX)
Zonal tournament: Africa1 Lea Moutoussamy (ALG)
Host country option2 Louise Bond-Williams (GBR)
 Sophie Williams (GBR)
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** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers

References

  1. ↑ "Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012: Fencing" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 7 Aug 2011.
  2. ↑ "2012 Olympics qualifying: Fencing". BBC News. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "List of qualified countries per country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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