Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Fencing at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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Venue | Africa Pavilion |
Dates | 7–10 October |
No. of events | 7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 78 from 41 nations |
Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||
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Épée | Boys | Girls | |
Foil | Boys | Girls | |
Sabre | Boys | Girls | |
Team | Mixed | ||
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 | ||||
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Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | ||
Algeria | X | X | 2 | ||||
Argentina | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Boys' Épée |
Davide Di Veroli Italy |
Paul Veltrup Germany |
Kyrgyzstan |
Boys' Foil |
France |
United States |
Denmark |
Boys' Sabre |
Hungary |
South Korea |
Egypt |
Girls' Épée |
Ukraine |
Kaylin Hsieh Hong Kong |
Czech Republic |
Girls' Foil |
Yuka Ueno Japan |
Italy |
United States |
Girls' Sabre |
Liza Pusztai Hungary |
Natalia Botello Mexico |
South Korea |
Mixed Team Event |
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[]
- Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- 2018 Summer Youth Olympics events
- 2018 in fencing
- International fencing competitions hosted by Argentina
- Fencing at the Youth Olympics