Fencing At The 2000 Summer Olympics
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. The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée | Pavel Kolobkov Russia | Hugues Obry France | Lee Sang-ki South Korea |
| team épée |  Italy (ITA)Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota |  France (FRA)Jean-François di Martino Robert Leroux Hugues Obry Éric Srecki |  Cuba (CUB)Nelson Loyola Candido Alberto Maya Carlos Pedroso Iván Trevejo |
| Individual foil | Kim Young-ho South Korea | Ralf Bißdorf Germany | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia |
| team foil | France (FRA) Jean-Noel Ferrari Brice Guyart Patrice Lhotellier Lionel Plumenail |  China (CHN)Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong Zhang Jie | Italy (ITA) Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro |
| Individual sabre | Mihai Covaliu Romania | Mathieu Gourdain France | Wiradech Kothny Germany |
| team sabre |  Russia (RUS)Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov | France (FRA) Mathieu Gourdain Julien Pillet Cédric Séguin Damien Touya |  Germany (GER)Dennis Bauer Wiradech Kothny Eero Lehmann Alexander Weber |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Tímea Nagy Hungary | Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Switzerland | Laura Flessel-Colovic France |
| team épée | Russia (RUS) Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logunova Maria Mazina |  Switzerland (SUI)Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen | China (CHN) Li Na Liang Qin Liu Yinqing Yang Shaoqi |
| Individual foil | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Rita Koenig Germany | Giovanna Trillini Italy |
| team foil | Italy (ITA) Diana Bianchedi Annamaria Giacometti Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |  Poland (POL)Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | Germany (GER) Sabine Bau Rita König Gesine Schiel Monika Weber |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania (ROM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) | 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:
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
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