Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events.[1] The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée |
Tímea Nagy Hungary |
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Switzerland |
Laura Flessel-Colovic France |
| team épée |
Russia Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logunova Maria Mazina |
Switzerland Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen |
China Li Na Liang Qin Liu Yinqing Yang Shaoqi |
| Individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali Italy |
Rita Koenig Germany |
Giovanna Trillini Italy |
| team foil |
Italy Diana Bianchedi Annamaria Giacometti Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk |
Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Gesine Schiel Monika Weber |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
A total of 217 fencers (134 men and 83 women) from 40 nations competed at the Sydney Games:[1]
- Algeria (2)
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (7)
- Austria (6)
- Belarus (4)
- Brazil (1)
- Canada (4)
- Chile (1)
- China (13)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (11)
- Egypt (5)
- Estonia (4)
- France (16)
- Germany (18)
- Great Britain (3)
- Hungary (13)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (17)
- Japan (4)
- Kazakhstan (5)
- Kuwait (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Latvia (1)
- Norway (3)
- Poland (10)
- Portugal (1)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Romania (5)
- Russia (15)
- FR Yugoslavia (1)
- South Korea (7)
- Spain (4)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (5)
- Tunisia (1)
- Ukraine (10)
- United States (8)
- Uzbekistan (1)
- Venezuela (1)
References
- ^ a b c "Fencing: 2000 Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2012.