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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

Nation Men Women Total
Individual Team Individual Team
Épée Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Épée Foil Sabre Épée Foil
  Algeria 1 1 2
  Argentina 1 1
  Austria 1 1
  Azerbaijan 1 1
  Belarus 3 X 3
  Brazil 1 1 1 3
  Bulgaria 1 1
  Canada 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Chile 1 1 2
  China 1 3 3 X X 3 1 2 X 13
  Colombia 1 1
  Croatia 1 1
  Egypt 1 3 1 X 1 3 1 X 10
  Estonia 1 1
  France 2 3 1 X 1 3 1 X 11
  Great Britain 3 1 X 1 3 2 X 10
  Germany 1 3 3 X X 3 1 1 X 12
  Greece 1 1
  Hong Kong 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
  Hungary 1 1 1 1 4
  Indonesia 1 1
  Iran 1 1
  Italy 1 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 15
  Japan 3 X 1 3 1 X 8
  Kazakhstan 2 1 3
  Lebanon 1 1 2
  Malaysia 1 1
  Mexico 1 1 2
  Morocco 1 1 2
  Netherlands 1 1
  Norway 1 1
  Poland 1 1 1 3 1 X 7
  Romania 1 3 X 3 1 X 8
  Russia 1 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 15
  South Korea 2 1 3 X 3 3 2 X X 14
  Senegal 1 1
  Switzerland 2 1 3
  Chinese Taipei 1 1
  Tunisia 1 1 1 1 2 6
  Ukraine 1 1 3 1 1 X 7
  United States 2 3 3 X X 3 3 2 X X 16
  Uzbekistan 1 1
  Venezuela 2 1 1 1 1 6
  Vietnam 1 1
Total: 44 NOCs 30 38 37 9 8 37 38 32 8 9 212

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
Cut-off FIE Official Ranking April 2, 2012 –
Zonal Qualifier – Europe April 21–22, 2012 Slovakia Bratislava
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania April 20–21, 2012 Japan Wakayama
Zonal Qualifier – America April 20–22, 2012 Chile Santiago
Zonal Qualifier – Africa April 19, 2012 Morocco Casablanca

Qualification

Men's Individual Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR 12   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: Europe 2   Yannick Borel ( FRA)
  Jörg Fiedler ( GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Li Guojie ( CHN)
  Dmitriy Alexanin ( KAZ)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Rubén Limardo ( VEN)
  Weston Kelsey ( USA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa 2   Alexandre Bouzaid ( SEN)
  Ayman Mohamed Fayez ( EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe 4   Dmytro Karyuchenko ( UKR)
  Radosław Zawrotniak ( POL)
  Bartosz Piasecki ( NOR)
  Pavel Sukhov ( RUS)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 3   Ruslan Kudayev ( UZB)
  Nguyen Tien Nhat ( VIE)
  Leung Ka Ming ( HKG)
Zonal tournament: America 2   Paris Inostroza ( CHI)
  Athos Schwantes ( BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Abdelkarim El Haouari ( MAR)
Host country option **
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Men's Team Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Italy
China
Germany
 France
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Russia Russia
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Egypt
Host country option 1 United Kingdom Great Britain
9

Men's Individual Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2   Roland Schlosser ( AUT)
  Richard Kruse ( GBR)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Choi Byung-chul ( KOR)
  Nicholas Edward Choi ( HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Daniel Gomez ( MEX)
  Étienne Lalonde Turbide ( CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1   Mohamed Samandi ( TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2   Bojan Jovanović ( CRO)
  Radu Dărăban ( ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1   Zain Shaito ( LIB)
Zonal tournament: America 1   Guilherme Toldo ( BRA)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Lahoussine Ali ( MAR)
Host country option 2   James-Andrew Davis ( GBR)
  Husayn Rosowsky ( GBR)
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Men's Team Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Russia Russia
Germany
Italy Italy
Belarus Belarus
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Romania Romania
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 China
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ
Additional Country 1 South Korea Korea
Host country option **
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Men's Individual Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2   Áron Szilágyi ( HUN)
  Boladé Apithy ( FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Lam Hin Chung ( HKG)
  Yu Peng Kean ( MAS)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Renzo Agresta ( BRA)
  Philippe Beaudry ( CAN)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1   Hichem Smandi ( TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2   Adam Skrodzki ( POL)
  Dmytro Boyko ( UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1   Mojtaba Abedini ( IRI)
Zonal tournament: America 1   Hernán Jansen ( VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Mannad Zeid ( EGY)
Host country option 1   James Honeybone ( GBR)
37

Women's Team Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Romania Romania
China
Russia Russia
Italy Italy
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1 Ukraine Ukraine
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 South Korea Korea
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 0 DNQ
Additional Country 1 Germany
Host country option **
8
  • No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

Women's Individual Épée

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Yeung Chui Ling ( HKG)
  Hsu Jo-ting ( TPE)
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2   Tiffany Géroudet ( SUI)
  Magdalena Piekarska ( POL)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Sherraine Schalm ( CAN)
  Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz ( CHI)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1   Sarra Besbes ( TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2   Emese Szász ( HUN)
  Laura Flessel-Colovic ( FRA)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1   Nozomi Nakano ( JPN)
Zonal tournament: America 1   Maria Martinez ( VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Mona Hassanein ( EGY)
Host country option 1   Corinna Lawrence ( GBR)
37

Women's Team Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking 4 Italy Italy
Russia Russia
South Korea Korea
Poland Poland
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 1  France
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 1 Japan
Top team from America in positions 5–16 1  United States
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 1 Egypt Egypt
Host country option 1 United Kingdom Great Britain
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Women's Individual Foil

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Members of qualifying teams 24
Top 2 individual AOR: Europe 2   Aida Mohamed ( HUN)
  Carolin Golubytskyi ( GER)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Chen Jinyan ( CHN)
  Lin Po Heung ( HKG)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Monica Peterson ( CAN)
  Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia ( COL)
Top individual AOR: Africa 1   Inès Boubakri ( TUN)
Zonal tournament: Europe 2   Natalia Sheppard ( GBR)
  Olha Leleiko ( UKR)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 1   Mona Shaito ( LIB)
Zonal tournament: America 1   Johana Fuenmayor ( VEN)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Anissa Khelfaoui ( ALG)
Host country option 2   Sophie Troiano ( GBR)
  Anna Bentley ( GBR)
38

Women's Individual Sabre

[3]

Vacancies Qualified
Top 12 individual AOR 12   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: Europe 2   Aleksandra Socha ( POL)
  Léonore Perrus ( FRA)
Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania 2   Lee Ra-jin ( KOR)
  Seira Nakayama ( JPN)
Top 2 individual AOR: America 2   Sandra Sassine ( CAN)
  María Belén Pérez Maurice ( ARG)
Top 2 individual AOR: Africa 2   Amira Ben Chaabane ( TUN)
  Salma Mahran ( EGY)
Zonal tournament: Europe 4   Sabina Mikina ( AZE)
  Margarita Tschomakova ( BUL)
  Alexandra Bujdoso ( GER)
  Bianca Pascu ( ROU)
Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania 3   Yuliya Zhivitsa ( KAZ)
  Au Sin Ying ( HKG)
  Diah Permatasari ( INA)
Zonal tournament: America 2   Alejandra Benítez ( VEN)
  Úrsula González ( MEX)
Zonal tournament: Africa 1   Lea Moutoussamy ( ALG)
Host country option 2   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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "List of qualified countries per country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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