Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueAfrica Pavilion
Dates7–10 October
No. of events7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors78 from 41 nations
Fencing at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
ÉpéeBoysGirls
FoilBoysGirls
SabreBoysGirls
TeamMixed

Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from 7 to 10 October at the Africa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in Verona, Italy from 1–9 April 2018.[1] Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.[2]

NOC Boys Girls Total
Épée Foil Sabre Épée Foil Sabre
 Algeria X X 2
 Argentina X X X X X X 2
 Australia X X 2
 Austria X 1
 Belgium X X 2
 Bulgaria X 1
 Canada X X X 3
 China X X X X X 3
 Costa Rica X 1
 Czech Republic X 1
 Denmark X 1
 Egypt X X X X X 5
 France X X X 3
 Germany X X 2
 Hong Kong X X X X 4
 Hungary X X X X 4
 Iran X 1
 Iraq X 1
 Italy X X X X X 3
 Japan X X X 3
 Kazakhstan X 1
 Kyrgyzstan X 1
 Lebanon X 1
 Mexico X X 2
 Philippines X 1
 Poland X X 2
 Portugal X 1
 Puerto Rico X 1
 Romania X X 2
 Russia X X X 3
 Saudi Arabia X 1
 Singapore X 1
 Senegal X 1
 South Korea X X X X 3
 Spain X 1
 Chinese Taipei X 1
 Togo X 1
 Turkey X 1
 Ukraine X 1
 United States X X X X X X 6
 Venezuela X 1
41 NOCs 11 13 15 14 14 11 78

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary2002
– Mixed-NOCs1113
2 Italy1102
3 France1001
 Japan1001
 Ukraine1001
6 South Korea0112
 United States0112
8 Germany0101
 Hong Kong0101
 Mexico0101
11 Czech Republic0011
 Denmark0011
 Egypt0011
 Kyrgyzstan0011
Totals (14 entries)77721

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' Épée
details 		Davide Di Veroli
 Italy 		Paul Veltrup
 Germany 		Khasan Baudunov
 Kyrgyzstan
Boys' Foil
details 		Armand Spichiger
 France 		Kenji Bravo
 United States 		Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen
 Denmark
Boys' Sabre
details 		Krisztián Rabb
 Hungary 		Hyun Jun
 South Korea 		Mazen Elaraby
 Egypt
Girls' Épée
details 		Kateryna Chorniy
 Ukraine 		Kaylin Hsieh
 Hong Kong 		Veronika Bieleszová
 Czech Republic
Girls' Foil
details 		Yuka Ueno
 Japan 		Martina Favaretto
 Italy 		May Tieu
 United States
Girls' Sabre
details 		Liza Pusztai
 Hungary 		Natalia Botello
 Mexico 		Lee Ju-eun
 South Korea
Mixed Team Event
details 		Europe 1
 Kateryna Chorniy (UKR)
 Martina Favaretto (ITA)
 Liza Pusztai (HUN)
 Davide Di Veroli (ITA)
 Armand Spichiger (FRA)
 Krisztián Rabb (HUN) 		Asia-Oceania 1
 Kaylin Hsieh (HKG)
 Yuka Ueno (JPN)
 Lee Ju-eun (KOR)
 Khasan Baudunov (KGZ)
 Chen Yi-tung (TPE)
 Hyun Jun (KOR) 		Americas 1
 Emily Vermeule (USA)
 May Tieu (USA)
 Natalia Botello (MEX)
 Isaac Herbst (USA)
 Kenji Bravo (USA)
 Robert Vidovszky (USA)

References

  1. ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Fencing" (PDF). www.tpenoc.net/. International Fencing Federation (FIE). 8 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links

  • Official Results Book – Fencing
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