Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualifying Criteria[]

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) for the weapons in which there is a team event and up to 2 athletes per weapon for other weapons.

For each team event there will be 8 qualified teams plus a team from the Host Nation if applicable. The teams will qualify as follows:

Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Team Ranking as of March 31, 2008 (best 4 teams)
Highest ranked team from each zone (America, Europe, Asia/Oceania, Africa) outside top 4 in FIE Team Ranking (4 teams)

For each individual event (weapons which have a team event) there will be 39 qualified athletes as follows:

All athletes qualified for team competition (24 athletes)
The 3 highest ranked athletes in the FIE Individual adjusted official ranking (AOR) (3 athletes)
The 7 highest ranked athletes from FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 2, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC
The 5 highest ranked athletes from zonal qualifying events (Europe 2, America 1, Asia/Oceania 1, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC

For the remaining individual events there will be 24 qualified athletes as follows:

The first 8 from the FIE Individual Ranking
The first 8 from the FIE Individual AOR by zone (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 athlete per country
The first 8 from zonal qualifying events (Europe 3, America 2, Asia/Oceania 2, Africa 1) - 1 per NOC, open only for NOCs not qualified as mentioned above

Summary[]

Nation	Men					Women					Total
	Individual			Team		Individual			Team
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Foil	Sabre
Algeria						1	1				2
Argentina		1									1
Australia						1	1				2
Austria		1									1
Belarus			3		X						3
Brazil		1	1								2
Burkina Faso			1								1
Canada	1	1	1			1	1	3		X	8
Chile	1										1
China	3	2	3	X	X	2	3	3	X	X	16
Cuba							1	1			2
Egypt	1	1	3		X	1	3		X		9
Estonia	1										1
France	3	2	3	X	X	2	1	3		X	14
Germany		2	1			2	3	1	X		9
Great Britain		1	1				1				3
Hong Kong		1				1		1			3
Hungary	3		3	X	X	2	3	1	X		12
Ireland								1			1
Israel		1				1	1				3
Italy	3	2	3	X	X		3	2	X		13
Japan	1	2	1			1	1	1			7
Kyrgyzstan	1										1
Mexico								1			1
Morocco	1	1									2
Netherlands	1						1				2
Norway	1										1
Panama						1					1
Peru							1				1
Poland	3	1	1	X			3	3	X	X	11
Portugal	1						1				2
Qatar		1									1
Romania		1	2			1	1				5
Russia	1		3		X	2	3	3	X	X	12
Senegal			2					1			3
South Africa	3			X				3		X	6
South Korea	3	1	1	X		1	2	2			10
Spain	1	1	2					1			5
Sweden						1					1
Switzerland	1					1					2
Thailand		1	1								2
Tunisia							1	1			2
Ukraine	3			X		1	1	3		X	8
United States	1	1	3		X	1	3	3	X	X	12
Venezuela	3		1	X		1	1	1			7
Total: 45 NOCs	41	26	40	9	8	25	41	39	8	8	212

Men[]

Épée[]

Team Competition:

The first four teams in the FIE team ranking:

France, Hungary, Italy, Poland

The highest-ranked team from each zone:

Africa: South Africa
Asia-Oceania: South Korea
America: Venezuela
Europe: Ukraine

Invitational:

Host: China ^

^ China received two additional places for team event.

Individual Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Team world ranking	March 31, 2008	-	26	All athletes qualified for team event
Individual world ranking	March 31, 2008	-	3	José Luis Abajo Bas Verwijlen Joaquim Videira
Individual world ranking (Africa)	March 31, 2008	-	1	Ahmed Nabil
Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Wang Lei Shogo Nishida
Individual world ranking (America)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Weston Kelsey Igor Tikhomirov
Individual world ranking (Europe)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Michael Kauter Anton Avdeev
African qualifying event	April 25, 2008	Casablanca	1	Aissam Rami
Asian-Oceania qualifying event	April 22–23, 2008	Bangkok	1	Serguei Katchiourine
American qualifying event	April 26–27, 2008	Querétaro	1	Paris Inostroza
European qualifying event	April 26, 2008	Prague	2	Nikolai Novosjolov Sturla Torkildsen
TOTAL			41

Foil[]

Individual Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Individual world ranking	March 31, 2008	-	8	Peter Joppich Salvatore Sanzo Andrea Cassarà Erwann Le Péchoux Benjamin Kleibrink Yuki Ota Lei Sheng Zhu Jun
Individual world ranking (Africa)	March 31, 2008	-	1	Mostafa Nagaty
Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Choi Byung-chul Kenta Chida
Individual world ranking (America)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Gerek Meinhardt Josh McGuire
Individual world ranking (Europe)	March 31, 2008	-	3	Tomer Or Sławomir Mocek Brice Guyart
African qualifying event	April 25, 2008	Casablanca	1	Lahoussine Ali
Asian-Oceania qualifying event	April 22–23, 2008	Bangkok	2	Nontapat Panchan Lau Kwok Kin
American qualifying event	April 26–27, 2008	Querétaro	2	João Souza Alberto Viaggio
European qualifying event	April 26, 2008	Lisbon	3	Javier Menendez Roland Schlosser Virgil Sălișcan
Invitational/Host Nation*	-	-	2	Khalid Al-Hamadi Richard Kruse
TOTAL			26

Sabre[]

Team Competition:

The first four teams in the FIE team ranking:

France, Hungary, Belarus, Russia

The highest-ranked team from each zone:

Africa: Egypt
Asia-Oceania: China
America: United States
Europe: Italy

Individual Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Team world ranking	March 31, 2008	-	24	All athletes qualified for team event
Individual world ranking	March 31, 2008	-	3	Nicolas Limbach Mihai Covaliu Jorge Pina
Individual world ranking (Africa)	March 31, 2008	-	1
Individual world ranking (Asia-Oceania)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Oh Eun-Seok Wiradech Kothny
Individual world ranking (America)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Carlos Bravo
Individual world ranking (Europe)	March 31, 2008	-	2	Jaime Martí Rareș Dumitrescu
African qualifying event	April 25, 2008	Casablanca	1	Mamadou Keita
Asian-Oceania qualifying event	April 22–23, 2008	Bangkok	1	Satoshi Ogawa
American qualifying event	April 26–27, 2008	Querétaro	1	Philippe Beaudry
European qualifying event	April 26, 2008	Istanbul	2	Marcin Koniusz Alex O'Connell
Invitational/Host Nation*	-	-	1	Julien Ouedraogo
TOTAL			40