Fencing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Helliniko Olympic Complex |
Dates | 14–22 August 2004 |
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Hellinikon Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events, further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre.[1]
Fencing is one of the few sports that have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, and for the first time female competitors competed individually using the sabre. The Lexan window mask, showing the athletes' faces, was used for the first time at these Olympics.
Medal summary
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Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Marcel Fischer![]() |
Wang Lei![]() |
Pavel Kolobkov![]() |
Team épée |
![]() Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Érik Boisse |
![]() Gábor Boczkó Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre |
![]() Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler Daniel Strigel |
Individual foil |
Brice Guyart![]() |
Salvatore Sanzo![]() |
Andrea Cassarà![]() |
Team foil |
![]() Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni |
![]() Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong |
![]() Renal Ganeev Youri Moltchan Rouslan Nassiboulline Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov |
Individual sabre |
Aldo Montano![]() |
Zsolt Nemcsik![]() |
Vladyslav Tretiak![]() |
Team sabre |
![]() Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gael Touya |
![]() Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
![]() Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
Women's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée |
Tímea Nagy![]() |
Laura Flessel-Colovic![]() |
Maureen Nisima![]() |
Team épée |
![]() Karina Aznavourian Oxana Ermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova |
![]() Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann |
![]() Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima |
Individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali![]() |
Giovanna Trillini![]() |
Sylwia Gruchała![]() |
Individual sabre |
Mariel Zagunis![]() |
Tan Xue![]() |
Sada Jacobson![]() |
Medal table
[edit]Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 223 fencers (129 men and 94 women) from 42 nations competed at the Athens Games:[1]
Algeria (7)
Argentina (1)
Australia (3)
Austria (2)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belgium (1)
Belarus (2)
Brazil (3)
Canada (6)
Chile (1)
China (19)
Colombia (1)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Cuba (4)
Egypt (9)
France (19)
Germany (12)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (9)
Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (15)
Israel (1)
Italy (12)
Japan (5)
Mexico (1)
Morocco (1)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (3)
Portugal (1)
Romania (6)
Russia (18)
Senegal (2)
South Africa (3)
South Korea (12)
Spain (1)
Switzerland (1)
Thailand (2)
Tunisia (2)
Ukraine (10)
United States (15)
Venezuela (4)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Fencing: 2004 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2012.