Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from 7 to 10 October at the Africa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fencing at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Africa Pavilion
Dates	7–10 October
No. of events	7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	78 from 41 nations

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in Verona, Italy from 1–9 April 2018.[1] Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.[2]

NOC	Boys			Girls			Total
	Épée	Foil	Sabre	Épée	Foil	Sabre
Algeria				X		X	2
Argentina	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Australia		X			X		2
Austria	X						1
Belgium				X		X	2
Bulgaria						X	1
Canada	X			X	X		3
China	X	X	X		X	X	3
Costa Rica				X			1
Czech Republic				X			1
Denmark		X					1
Egypt	X	X	X	X	X		5
France		X	X		X		3
Germany	X		X				2
Hong Kong		X		X	X	X	4
Hungary			X	X	X	X	4
Iran			X				1
Iraq			X				1
Italy	X	X		X	X	X	3
Japan	X		X		X		3
Kazakhstan				X			1
Kyrgyzstan	X						1
Lebanon				X			1
Mexico		X				X	2
Philippines		X					1
Poland		X			X		2
Portugal		X					1
Puerto Rico			X				1
Romania			X		X		2
Russia	X			X		X	3
Saudi Arabia			X				1
Singapore		X					1
Senegal			X				1
South Korea		X	X	X		X	3
Spain			X				1
Chinese Taipei		X					1
Togo					X		1
Turkey						X	1
Ukraine				X			1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Venezuela					X		1
41 NOCs	11	13	15	14	14	11	78

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	2	0	0	2
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
2	Italy	1	1	0	2
3	France	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
6	South Korea	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
11	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		7	7	7	21

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' Épée	Davide Di Veroli  Italy	Paul Veltrup  Germany	Khasan Baudunov  Kyrgyzstan
Boys' Foil	Armand Spichiger  France	Kenji Bravo  United States	Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen  Denmark
Boys' Sabre	Krisztián Rabb  Hungary	Hyun Jun  South Korea	Mazen Elaraby  Egypt
Girls' Épée	Kateryna Chorniy  Ukraine	Kaylin Hsieh  Hong Kong	Veronika Bieleszová  Czech Republic
Girls' Foil	Yuka Ueno  Japan	Martina Favaretto  Italy	May Tieu  United States
Girls' Sabre	Liza Pusztai  Hungary	Natalia Botello  Mexico	Lee Ju-eun  South Korea
Mixed Team Event	Europe 1  Kateryna Chorniy (UKR)  Martina Favaretto (ITA)  Liza Pusztai (HUN)  Davide Di Veroli (ITA)  Armand Spichiger (FRA)  Krisztián Rabb (HUN)	Asia-Oceania 1  Kaylin Hsieh (HKG)  Yuka Ueno (JPN)  Lee Ju-eun (KOR)  Khasan Baudunov (KGZ)  Chen Yi-tung (TPE)  Hyun Jun (KOR)	Americas 1  Emily Vermeule (USA)  May Tieu (USA)  Natalia Botello (MEX)  Isaac Herbst (USA)  Kenji Bravo (USA)  Robert Vidovszky (USA)

References

1. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. "Qualification System – Fencing" (PDF). www.tpenoc.net/. International Fencing Federation (FIE). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Fencing