Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Fencing; at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Africa Pavilion
Dates	7–10 October
No. of events	7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	78 from 41 nations
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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
NOC	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Total
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[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	2	0	0	2
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
2	Italy	1	1	0	2
3	France	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
6	South Korea	0	1	1	2
6	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
11	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		7	7	7	21

Events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' Épée details	Davide Di Veroli Italy	Paul Veltrup Germany	Kyrgyzstan
Boys' Foil details	France	United States	Denmark
Boys' Sabre details	Hungary	South Korea	Egypt
Girls' Épée details	Ukraine	Kaylin Hsieh Hong Kong	Czech Republic
Girls' Foil details	Yuka Ueno Japan	Italy	United States
Girls' Sabre details	Liza Pusztai Hungary	Natalia Botello Mexico	South Korea
Mixed Team Event details	Europe 1 (UKR) (ITA) Liza Pusztai (HUN) Davide Di Veroli (ITA) (FRA) (HUN)	Asia-Oceania 1 Kaylin Hsieh (HKG) Yuka Ueno (JPN) (KOR) (KGZ) (TPE) (KOR)	Americas 1 (USA) (USA) Natalia Botello (MEX) (USA) (USA) (USA)

References[]

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

External links[]

Official Results Book – Fencing

[1] "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[Fencing-2] "Qualification System – Fencing" (PDF). www.tpenoc.net/. International Fencing Federation (FIE). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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