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Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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| List of fencers Qualification | ||
| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | women |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | men | women |
This article details the qualifying phase for fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Qualification was primarily based on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.
For the team events, 8 teams qualified in each event. Each team must be composed of 3 fencers, with a fourth alternate. The top 4 ranked teams qualified. The next-best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) also qualified as long as it was ranked in the top 16. If a zone did not have any team ranked between fifth and sixteenth, the best-placed nation not already qualified was selected regardless of zone.[1]
For individual events the 3 fencers from the team event qualified for individual competition automatically. 6 more places were 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 Africa and the Americas. 4 more places (1 per zone) were awarded through zone qualifying tournaments; only countries without a qualified fencer in an event were eligible to participate in these zone qualifying tournaments.[1]
The host country was entitled to 8 quota spots for individual fencers, in addition to those qualified in the above mechanism, respecting the maximum quota of athletes per country (3 per weapon). If enough of these spots will be used to bring to 3 the number of participants in an individual event, the host country will also take part in the corresponding team event, bringing the number of teams to 9. Unused host country spots, should there be any, were to be awarded to other countries through the FIE universality quota and the Tripartite Commission.[1]
French fencer Daniel Jérent initially qualified to fence in the individual and team épée events, but was banned from participating due to a positive urine test for a banned product.[3][4][5][6] Jérent was replaced by Romain Cannone, who competed in the two events in which Jérent was entered, and Ronan Gustin was recalled as a team replacement.[5] Cannone later went on to win the individual event.
American Alen Hadzic initially qualified to fence in team épée on Team USA as a replacement athlete. But he was suspended due to sexual misconduct from competing by the United States Center for SafeSport; he then had his suspension reduced to a lesser sanction by an arbitrator.[7][8][9] Ultimately, Hadzic was permanently banned from fencing by SafeSport for his sexual misconduct.[10][11][12][13][14]
Timeline
[edit]| Event | Date | Venue |
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| FIE Official Ranking cut-off | April 5, 2021 | — |
| Zonal Qualifier – Africa | April 23, 2021 |  Cairo
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| Zonal Qualifier – Europe | April 24–25, 2021 |  Madrid
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| Zonal Qualifier – Asia & Oceania | April 25–26, 2021 |  Tashkent
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| Zonal Qualifier – America | May 1–2, 2021 |  San José
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Qualification summary
[edit]| Nation | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||||
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| Individual | Team | Individual | Team | ||||||||||
| Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | ||
 Algeria |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
 Argentina |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Azerbaijan |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Brazil |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Canada |
1 | 3 | 1 |  |
3 | 1 | |
9 | |||||
 Chile |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 China |
3 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | 1 | 3 | |
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12 | |||
 Colombia |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Egypt |
1 | 3 | 3 | |
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3 | 1 | |
11 | ||||
 Estonia |
3 | |
3 | ||||||||||
 France |
3 | 3 | 1 | |
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1 | 3 | 3 | |
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14 | ||
 Georgia |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Germany |
3 | 3 | |
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1 | 7 | |||||||
 Great Britain |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Greece |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Hong Kong |
3 | |
3 | |
6 | ||||||||
 Hungary |
1 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | |
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10 | |||||
 India |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Iran |
3 | |
3 | ||||||||||
 Italy |
3 | 3 | 3 | |
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3 | 3 | 3 | |
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18 |
 Japan |
3 | 3 | 3 | |
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1 | 3 | 3 | |
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16 | |
 Kazakhstan |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Kyrgyzstan |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Mexico |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Morocco |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Netherlands |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Peru |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Poland |
3 | 1 | |
4 | |||||||||
 Romania |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 ROC |
3 | 3 | 3 | |
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3 | 3 | 3 | |
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18 |
 South Korea |
3 | 1 | 3 | |
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3 | 1 | 3 | |
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14 | ||
 Senegal |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Singapore |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Spain |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Switzerland |
3 | |
3 | ||||||||||
 Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | ||||||
 Turkey |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Ukraine |
3 | |
1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
 United States |
3 | 3 | 3 | |
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3 | 3 | 3 | |
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18 |
 Uzbekistan |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
 Venezuela |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total: 42 NOCs | 36 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 212 |
Men's events
[edit]Men's Individual épée
[edit]Men's Team épée
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
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| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[15] | 4 | France Italy Ukraine Switzerland
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | South Korea
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | ROC
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| Re-allocation of unused team quota | 1 | China
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| Host country option | 1 | Japan
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| Total | 9 |
Men's Individual foil
[edit]Men's Team foil
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[16] | 4 | United States France Italy ROC
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Hong Kong
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| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | Canada
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Germany
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| Host country option | 1 | Japan
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| Total | 9 |
Men's Individual sabre
[edit]Men's Team sabre
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[17] | 4 | South Korea Hungary Italy Germany
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Iran
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| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | ROC
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| Host country option | 1 | Japan
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| Total | 9 |
Women's events
[edit]Women's Individual épée
[edit]Women's Team épée
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[18] | 4 | China Poland ROC South Korea
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Hong Kong
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Italy
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| Re-allocation of unused team quota | 1 | Estonia
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| Total | 8 |
Women's Individual foil
[edit]Women's Team foil
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
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| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[19] | 4 | ROC Italy France United States
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Japan
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| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | Canada
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Hungary
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| Total | 8 |
Women's Individual sabre
[edit]Women's Team sabre
[edit]| Standard | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking[20] | 4 | ROC Italy France South Korea
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| Top team from Asia & Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | China
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| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Tunisia
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| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States
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| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Hungary
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| Host country option | 1 | Japan
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| Total | 9 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Fencing" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUÉ: Sélection olympique (Épée)". www.escrime-ffe.fr.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020. Escrime: Daniel Jérent retiré de la sélection française pour dopage". Le Telegramme. June 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "his teammates "stay the course" - Liberation". June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Contrôlé positif en 2020, l'épéiste et gendarme Daniel Jérent privé de Jeux olympiques". June 22, 2021.
- ^ Longman, Jeré (July 22, 2021). "U.S. Olympic Fencer, Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Kept Apart From Team". The New York Times.
- ^ "A Fencer Made It To The Olympics In Spite Of Multiple Accusations Of Sexual Assault. His Teammates Say The System Is Broken". BuzzFeed. 23 July 2021.
- ^ Peter, Josh. "US fencer accused of sexual misconduct loses appeal to move into Olympic Village at Tokyo Games". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Centralized Disciplinary Database; Alen Hadzic". U.S. Center for SafeSport.
- ^ Nancy Armour (June 20, 2023). "Fencer Alen Hadzic, who went to Olympics despite sexual misconduct claims, has been banned; Alen Hadzic, who went to the Tokyo Games as an alternate while under investigation for sexual misconduct, declared permanently ineligible by U.S. Center for SafeSport". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Suspendido el esgrimista que fue a los Juegos a pesar de estar denunciado por abusos sexuales; Sus compañeros protestaron durante los Juegos de Tokio por la presencia de Alen Hadzic en el equipo de espada de Estados Unidos. Ha sido suspendido tras dos años de investigación". MARCA. June 21, 2023.
- ^ Walsh, Erin (June 20, 2023). "2020 Olympic Fencer Alen Hadzic Permanently Banned over Alleged Sexual Misconduct". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Suspendido Alen Hadzic, el esgrimista que fue a los JJOO de Tokio y estaba denunciado por abusos sexuales; El deportista cometió los presuntos delitos con tres mujeres entre 2013 y 2015.; El esgrimista Alen Hadzic es apartado de Tokio 2020 por presuntos abusos sexuales". 20minutos.es. June 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Épée – Senior – Team – Men". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Foil – Senior – Team – Men". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Sabre – Senior – Team – Men". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Épée – Senior – Team – Women". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Foil – Senior – Team – Women". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranking: Official – 2020/2021 – Sabre – Senior – Team – Women". FIE. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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