Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Épée — a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed.
Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed.
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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens There are three forms of Olympic fencing Foil a light thrusting weapon the valid target is restricted to the torso double touches are not allowed Epee a heavy thrusting weapon the valid target area covers the entire body double touches are allowed Sabre a light cutting and thrusting weapon the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist excluding the back of the head and the hands double touches are not allowed Fencing at the Summer OlympicsIOC Discipline CodeFENGoverning bodyFIEEvents12 men 6 women 6 Games1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 19201924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024Medalists men women Contents 1 Summary 2 Events 2 1 Men s 2 2 Women s 2 3 Past events 3 Nations 4 Medal table 5 See also 6 ReferencesSummary editGames Year Events Best Nation 1 1896 3 nbsp Greece 2 1900 7 nbsp France 3 1904 5 nbsp Cuba 4 1908 4 nbsp France 5 1912 5 nbsp Hungary 6 7 1920 6 nbsp Italy 8 1924 7 nbsp France 9 1928 7 nbsp France 10 1932 7 nbsp Italy 11 1936 7 nbsp Italy 12 13 14 1948 7 nbsp France 15 1952 7 nbsp Italy 16 1956 7 nbsp Italy Games Year Events Best Nation 17 1960 8 nbsp Soviet Union 18 1964 8 nbsp Hungary 19 1968 8 nbsp Soviet Union 20 1972 8 nbsp Hungary 21 1976 8 nbsp Soviet Union 22 1980 8 nbsp France 23 1984 8 nbsp Italy 24 1988 8 nbsp West Germany 25 1992 8 nbsp Germany 26 1996 10 nbsp Russia 27 2000 10 nbsp Italy 28 2004 10 nbsp Italy 29 2008 10 nbsp France 30 2012 10 nbsp Italy 31 2016 10 nbsp Russia 32 2020 12 nbsp ROCEvents editMen s edit Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years Foil Individual X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 29 Foil Team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25 Epee Individual X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 29 Epee Team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26 Sabre Individual X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 30 Sabre Team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26 Total 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 Women s edit Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years Foil Individual X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24 Foil Team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Epee Individual X X X X X X X X 8 Epee Team X X X X X X X 7 Sabre Individual X X X X X X 6 Sabre Team X X X X 3 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 Past events edit Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years Epee Masters X 1 Foil Masters X X 2 Sabre Masters X 1 Amateurs masters epee X 1 Singlestick X 1 Total 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nations editNumbers indicate the number of fencers each nation sent to that Olympics Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years nbsp Algeria ALG 1 2 2 7 2 2 2 7 nbsp Argentina ARG 1 13 9 5 11 19 11 1 6 11 10 5 7 10 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 21 nbsp Aruba ARU 1 1 nbsp Australia AUS 6 21 11 18 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 7 3 2 15 nbsp Austria AUT 1 8 1 12 5 6 1 15 7 8 1 9 5 5 13 5 8 5 5 3 6 2 1 1 1 25 nbsp Azerbaijan AZE 1 1 1 1 4 nbsp Bahrain BRN 4 1 nbsp Belarus BLR 1 4 2 3 4 1 6 nbsp Belgium BEL 5 18 11 22 19 21 7 20 18 14 6 15 2 3 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 21 nbsp Benin BEN 1 1 nbsp Bohemia BOH 7 13 2 nbsp Bolivia BOL 1 1 1 3 nbsp Brazil BRA 6 7 5 4 1 4 4 1 3 2 3 13 12 nbsp Bulgaria BUL 2 1 2 5 5 5 5 3 1 1 10 nbsp Burkina Faso BUR 1 1 nbsp Canada CAN 1 5 8 6 2 1 1 3 5 6 13 15 18 16 7 4 6 9 5 5 20 nbsp Chile CHI 1 6 7 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 nbsp China CHN 18 15 15 9 13 19 20 16 11 9 nbsp Chinese Taipei TPE 2 2 1 3 nbsp Colombia COL 2 6 2 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 11 nbsp Republic of the Congo CGO 1 1 nbsp Costa Rica CRC 1 1 2 nbsp Croatia CRO 1 1 nbsp Cuba CUB 1 2 6 6 1 1 2 13 15 13 13 5 7 11 4 2 1 17 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 1 2 2 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 9 7 7 13 5 2 3 7 5 9 nbsp Denmark DEN 1 1 8 6 8 11 10 7 9 15 12 1 1 6 1 1 1 17 nbsp East Germany GDR 4 5 1 15 7 5 nbsp Egypt EGY 1 3 8 6 9 8 5 4 6 2 1 5 9 10 12 7 16 nbsp Estonia EST 2 6 4 1 1 5 6 nbsp Finland FIN 2 6 11 2 6 1 4 5 1 1 10 nbsp France FRA 4 211 22 18 24 20 11 19 21 21 18 21 20 20 19 18 16 20 19 20 15 16 19 15 13 15 26 nbsp Georgia GEO 1 1 2 nbsp Germany GER 1 1 10 16 13 2 16 9 20 15 18 12 9 14 4 15 nbsp Great Britain GBR 3 1 23 22 18 20 19 3 18 19 17 9 18 13 17 19 21 11 20 13 15 2 3 2 3 12 3 27 nbsp Greece GRE 9 7 3 6 5 8 6 3 1 1 1 9 1 2 14 nbsp Guatemala GUA 3 1 2 nbsp Haiti HAI 2 2 2 nbsp Honduras HON 1 1 nbsp Hong Kong HKG 2 4 5 7 3 3 3 6 3 8 10 nbsp Hungary HUN 6 8 13 10 17 10 19 18 17 18 21 20 20 19 18 18 20 20 15 13 15 15 4 9 24 nbsp Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1 1 nbsp India IND 1 1 nbsp Indonesia INA 1 4 2 2 1 5 nbsp Iran IRI 1 4 2 15 1 2 6 nbsp Ireland IRL 5 4 6 2 4 1 1 1 8 nbsp Israel ISR 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 10 nbsp Italy ITA 8 11 9 19 19 18 14 16 19 18 19 20 20 19 19 21 14 20 20 20 16 17 12 16 19 14 26 nbsp Ivory Coast CIV 1 1 nbsp Japan JPN 1 1 5 15 5 5 8 9 10 6 4 4 5 7 10 6 16 nbsp Jordan JOR 1 1 2 nbsp Kazakhstan KAZ 1 5 3 1 4 nbsp Kuwait KUW 4 9 9 8 1 1 1 1 8 nbsp Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1 1 2 nbsp Latvia LAT 1 1 nbsp Lebanon LBN 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 2 2 1 10 nbsp Luxembourg LUX 6 4 4 10 2 1 5 2 1 9 nbsp Malaysia MAS 1 1 2 nbsp Mexico MEX 2 10 2 9 4 3 8 14 6 1 1 1 1 2 7 15 nbsp Monaco MON 2 1 1 1 4 nbsp Morocco MAR 7 1 2 2 1 5 nbsp Netherlands NED 1 13 12 10 17 20 2 11 9 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 17 nbsp Netherlands Antilles AHO 1 3 2 nbsp New Zealand NZL 1 2 1 1 1 5 nbsp Norway NOR 1 7 4 5 5 5 5 1 2 5 10 6 3 1 1 15 nbsp Panama PAN 1 1 1 3 nbsp Paraguay PAR 1 1 2 2 1 5 nbsp Peru PER 1 3 1 1 1 5 nbsp Philippines PHI 1 1 2 nbsp Poland POL 5 6 6 11 7 13 6 21 15 20 20 18 18 18 20 11 10 3 13 8 4 21 nbsp Portugal POR 1 8 10 7 5 6 10 9 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 16 nbsp Puerto Rico PUR 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 7 nbsp Qatar QAT 1 1 nbsp Romania ROU 8 7 8 2 15 11 10 19 18 18 11 2 15 9 5 6 5 10 6 19 nbsp Russia RUS 2 24 15 15 18 14 18 16 8 nbsp Saar SAA 5 1 nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 7 1 1 3 nbsp Senegal SEN 2 3 1 1 4 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 1 2 nbsp Singapore SIN 2 1 nbsp South Africa RSA 1 1 5 3 7 5 nbsp South Korea KOR 5 7 20 15 13 7 12 10 17 14 10 nbsp South Vietnam VNM 1 1 2 1 4 nbsp Soviet Union URS 16 20 21 20 20 20 18 18 20 9 nbsp Spain ESP 1 13 9 11 4 2 8 17 11 4 1 5 12 nbsp Sweden SWE 1 7 18 8 9 8 3 13 8 10 5 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 11 6 2 1 1 23 nbsp Switzerland SUI 3 8 10 9 1 18 19 10 7 5 5 12 6 5 7 3 5 5 1 2 3 4 22 nbsp Thailand THA 7 2 2 3 nbsp Tunisia TUN 4 1 1 2 2 6 5 7 nbsp Turkey TUR 1 4 7 6 4 2 1 7 nbsp Ukraine UKR 6 10 10 10 8 10 6 nbsp Unified Team EUN 20 1 nbsp United Team of Germany EUA 1 19 19 3 nbsp United Arab Republic UAR 6 1 nbsp United States USA 3 7 13 17 21 16 21 22 20 20 18 21 18 20 19 19 20 19 16 15 8 15 13 16 14 25 nbsp Uruguay URU 6 5 5 2 1 2 1 7 nbsp Uzbekistan UZB 1 1 1 3 nbsp Venezuela VEN 10 8 4 2 4 1 4 8 6 6 10 nbsp Vietnam VIE 1 4 2 nbsp Virgin Islands ISV 4 1 nbsp Zambia ZAM 1 1 nbsp Yugoslavia YUG 2 12 1 3 nbsp West Germany FRG 20 19 16 20 20 5 Nations 4 19 3 14 16 13 23 27 16 29 30 32 23 42 30 34 37 34 20 32 42 42 46 40 42 45 44 48 Fencers 15 260 11 131 185 149 240 259 108 311 294 286 165 344 259 275 298 281 187 262 317 305 224 217 223 234 244 212 Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20Medal table editSource 1 Accurate as of the conclusion of the 2020 Summer Olympics RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Italy ITA 4946351302 nbsp France FRA 4443361233 nbsp Hungary HUN 382428904 nbsp Soviet Union URS 181516495 nbsp Russia RUS 1358266 nbsp West Germany FRG 781167 nbsp Germany GER 579218 nbsp China CHN 573159 nbsp South Korea KOR 5381610 nbsp United States USA 411183311 nbsp Poland POL 4992212 nbsp Romania ROU 4671713 nbsp Cuba CUB 4331014 nbsp ROC341815 nbsp Belgium BEL 3341016 nbsp Sweden SWE 232717 nbsp Ukraine UKR 214718 nbsp Greece GRE 212519 nbsp Great Britain GBR 180920 nbsp Switzerland SUI 143821 nbsp Denmark DEN 123622 nbsp Unified Team EUN 122523 nbsp Japan JPN 120324 nbsp Austria AUT 115725 nbsp United Team of Germany EUA 112426 nbsp Estonia EST 101227 nbsp Hong Kong HKG 1001 nbsp Mixed team ZZX 1001 nbsp Venezuela VEN 100130 nbsp East Germany GDR 0101 nbsp Egypt EGY 0101 nbsp Mexico MEX 0101 nbsp Norway NOR 010134 nbsp Netherlands NED 005535 nbsp Bohemia BOH 002236 nbsp Argentina ARG 0011 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 0011 nbsp Portugal POR 0011 nbsp Spain ESP 0011 nbsp Tunisia TUN 0011Totals 40 entries 223223222668See also edit nbsp Martial arts portal List of Olympic venues in fencing Wheelchair fencing at the Summer ParalympicsReferences edit Olympic Analytics Medals by Countries olympanalyt com Retrieved 2022 01 31 De Wael Herman 2001 Fencing Herman s Full Olympians 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