Fencing at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types ( 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.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual épée |
Pavel Kolobkov Russia |
Hugues Obry France |
Lee Sang-ki South Korea |
team épée |
Italy (ITA) Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota |
France (FRA) Jean-François di Martino Robert Leroux Hugues Obry Éric Srecki |
Cuba (CUB) Nelson Loyola Candido Alberto Maya Carlos Pedroso Iván Trevejo |
Individual foil |
Kim Young-ho South Korea |
Ralf Bißdorf Germany |
Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia |
team foil |
France (FRA) Jean-Noel Ferrari Brice Guyart Patrice Lhotellier Lionel Plumenail |
China (CHN) Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong Zhang Jie |
Italy (ITA) Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro |
Individual sabre |
Mihai Covaliu Romania |
Mathieu Gourdain France |
Wiradech Kothny Germany |
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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Tímea Nagy Hungary |
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Switzerland |
Laura Flessel-Colovic France |
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 |
Rita Koenig Germany |
Giovanna Trillini Italy |
team foil |
Italy (ITA) Diana Bianchedi Annamaria Giacometti Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
Poland (POL) Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk |
Germany (GER) Sabine Bau Rita König Gesine Schiel Monika Weber |
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 |
A total of 217 fencers (134 men and 83 women) from 40 nations competed at the Sydney Games: [1]