Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée details | Marcel Fischer![]() | Wang Lei![]() | Pavel Kolobkov![]() |
Team épée details | ![]() Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Érik Boisse | ![]() Gábor Boczkó Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre | ![]() Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler Daniel Strigel |
Individual foil details | Brice Guyart![]() | Salvatore Sanzo![]() | Andrea Cassarà![]() |
Team foil details | ![]() Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni | ![]() Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong | ![]() Renal Ganeev Youri Moltchan Rouslan Nassiboulline Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov |
Individual sabre details | Aldo Montano![]() | Zsolt Nemcsik![]() | Vladyslav Tretiak![]() |
Team sabre details | ![]() Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gael Touya | ![]() Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino | ![]() Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual épée details | Tímea Nagy![]() | Laura Flessel-Colovic![]() | Maureen Nisima![]() |
Team épée details | ![]() 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 details | Valentina Vezzali![]() | Giovanna Trillini![]() | Sylwia Gruchała![]() |
Individual sabre details | Mariel Zagunis![]() | Tan Xue![]() | Sada Jacobson![]() |
Medal table
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
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
- ^ a b c "Fencing: 2004 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
External links
- Official result book – Fencing
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