Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 6 to 14 August 2016 at Carioca Arena 3.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Hungary |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Italy |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  France |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Romania |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  China |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ukraine |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Tunisia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Park Sang-young
|
Geza Imre
|
Gauthier Grumier
|
| Team épée | France Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Daniel Jerent Jean-Michel Lucenay |
Italy Marco Fichera Enrico Garozzo Paolo Pizzo Andrea Santarelli |
Hungary Gabor Boczko Geza Imre Andras Redli Peter Somfai |
| Individual foil | Daniele Garozzo
|
Alexander Massialas
|
Timur Safin
|
| Team foil | Russia Artur Akhmatkhuzin Alexey Cheremisinov Timur Safin |
France Jeremy Cadot Enzo Lefort Erwan le Pechoux Jean-Paul Tony Helissey |
United States Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt |
| Individual sabre | Aron Szilagyi
|
Daryl Homer
|
Kim Jung-hwan
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Emese Szasz
|
Rossella Fiamingo
|
Sun Yiwen
|
| Team épée | Romania Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop Ana Maria Popescu |
China Hao Jialu Sun Yiwen Sun Yujie Xu Anqi |
Russia Olga Kochneva Violetta Kolobova Tatiana Logunova Lyubov Shutova |
| Individual foil | Inna Deriglazova
|
Elisa di Francisca
|
Ines Boubakri
|
| Individual sabre | Yana Egorian
|
Sofya Velikaya
|
Olga Kharlan
|
| Team sabre | Russia Yana Egorian Ekaterina Dyachenko Yuliya Gavrilova Sofya Velikaya |
Ukraine Olga Kharlan Olena Kravatska Alina Komashchuk Olena Voronina |
United States Monica Aksamit Ibtihaj Muhammad Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
Statistics[]
- There were 245 athletes from 47 countries.
- Mohamed Hamza was the youngest participant with 15 years and 335 days.
- Géza Imre was the oldest participant with 41 years and 234 days.
- 6 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Russia won 5 gold medals, more than any nation since the 1920 Summer Olympics.
- Tunisia won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- Germany failed to win a medal in the sport for the first time since 1980.
