Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 5 August 2012 at ExCeL London.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  South Korea |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  China |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Russia |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Egypt |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Ruben Limardo Gascon
|
Bartosz Piasecki
|
Jung Jin-sun
|
| Individual foil | Lei Sheng
|
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
|
Choi Byung-chul
|
| Team foil | Italy Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassara |
Japan Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota |
Germany Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Andre Wessels |
| Individual sabre | Aron Szilagyi
|
Diego Occhiuzzi
|
Nikolay Kovalev
|
| Team sabre | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok Won Woo-young |
Romania Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rares Dumitrescu Alexandru Siriteanu Florin Zalomir |
Italy Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Yana Shemyakina
|
Britta Heidemann
|
Sun Yujie
|
| Team épée | China Li Na Luo Xiaojuan Sun Yujie Xu Anqi |
South Korea Choi Eun-sook Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Shin A-lam |
United States Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan |
| Individual foil | Elisa Di Francisca
|
Arianna Errigo
|
Valentina Vezzali
|
| Team foil | Italy Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali |
Russia Inna Deriglazova Kamilla Gafurzianova Larisa Korobeynikova Aida Shanaeva |
South Korea Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Oh Ha-na |
| Individual sabre | Kim Ji-yeon
|
Sofya Velikaya
|
Olga Kharlan
|
Statistics[]
- There were 244 athletes from 44 countries.
- Lea Moutoussamy was the youngest participant with 14 years and 287 days.
- Laura Flessel-Colovic was the oldest participant with 40 years and 267 days.
- 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Italy won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- South Korea won 6 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Venezuela won its first gold medal since Mexico City 1968.
- France failed to win a medal in the sport for the first time since Rome 1960.
