Fencing at 2020 Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad

The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women.

There are 200 quota spots for fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Qualification will be primarily based on the Fédération Internationale d’Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking as of April 4, 2020, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.

For the team events, 8 teams qualify in each event. Each team must be composed of at least 3 fencers. The top 4 ranked teams qualify. The next-best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) will qualify as long as it is ranked in the top 16. If a zone does not have any teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best-placed nation not already qualified will be selected regardless of zone.

For individual events, the 3 fencers from the team event qualify for individual competition automatically. Six more places will be awarded based on the rankings (ignoring fencers from countries with team qualifications, and considering only the top fencer from each country): the top 2 fencers from each of Europe and Asia-Oceania, and the top 1 fencer from each of Americas and Africa, qualify. 4 more places (1 per zone) will be awarded through zone qualifying tournaments; only countries without a qualified fencer in an event will be eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments.

The host country, Japan, is guaranteed a minimum of 8 quota spots.

Olympic Fencing Schedule for July 2020:

Day →	Sat 25	Su 26	Mo 27	Tu 28	We 29	Th 30	Fr 31	Sa 1	Su 2
Men’s	Sabre (I)	Épée (I)	Foil (I)		Sabre (T)		Épée (T)		Foil (T)
Women’s	Épée (I)	Foil (I)	Sabre (I)	Épée (T)		Foil (T)		Sabre (T)
		(T) = Team	(I) = Individual