The sports lovers must be eagerly waiting for the 2012 Olympic to begin. As the days are passing by, the Olympic Games are about to begin. Fencing is one of the exciting sports of 2012 London Olympics. Fencing first started in the modern Olympic Games at Paris in the year 1896. Three types of weapons are used in fencing - Foil, Epée and Sabre. During 1896, Fencing consisted of men’s Foil and Sabre events and Epée was introduced later on in 1900. As the years passed by, women also participated in Fencing. The first Women’s Foil was featured in the year 1924 at Paris. Later, Epee and Sabre started in the year 1996 and 2004 respectively for women.
Fencing takes place on piste that is 14 metres long and amid 1.5m and 2m wide. In this game, hits are scored by hitting the other player with the tip of the weapon by using the Foil and heavier Epée. On the other hand, Sabre hits are commonly scored with the edge of the weapon. While using Foil and Sabre only one fencer can score a hit at a time, but Epée lets both the fencers to score at the same time. Individual Fencing has three phases that lasts for three minutes, until one fencer scores 15 hits against his/her opponent. During the team event, 3 fencers compete against their challengers over a series of nine three-minute bouts with the aim of gathering a maximum of 45 hits to win.
Fencing competition is scheduled to be held at Excel Exhibition Centre from 28th July - 5th August. Excel is made of five different arenas and it is the largest competition venue at the London 2012. In total, there will be ten events (six individual, four team). Around 105 men and 107 women will participate in this competition. From each participating country, only eight men’s team and eight women’s team is permitted. Qualification will be based on FIE Official Ranking.
All the ten events of fencing are based on the knockout format. In Individual competition, Men’s Epée and women’s Sabre starts with a round of 32. Men’s and women’s Foil round & men’s Sabre and women’s Epée will start with a round of 64. Each event will comprise of 39 athletes which means only some athletes will get byes into the round of 32. The draw will be based on existing FIE rankings. The team event will have about eight teams. If there is a tie, then both the Individual and Team competition’s athlete will have to fence for further one minute. The first to score a hit will be the winner.
Schedule & Dates of London Olympics 2012 Fencing:
Fencing takes place on piste that is 14 metres long and amid 1.5m and 2m wide. In this game, hits are scored by hitting the other player with the tip of the weapon by using the Foil and heavier Epée. On the other hand, Sabre hits are commonly scored with the edge of the weapon. While using Foil and Sabre only one fencer can score a hit at a time, but Epée lets both the fencers to score at the same time. Individual Fencing has three phases that lasts for three minutes, until one fencer scores 15 hits against his/her opponent. During the team event, 3 fencers compete against their challengers over a series of nine three-minute bouts with the aim of gathering a maximum of 45 hits to win.
Fencing competition is scheduled to be held at Excel Exhibition Centre from 28th July - 5th August. Excel is made of five different arenas and it is the largest competition venue at the London 2012. In total, there will be ten events (six individual, four team). Around 105 men and 107 women will participate in this competition. From each participating country, only eight men’s team and eight women’s team is permitted. Qualification will be based on FIE Official Ranking.
All the ten events of fencing are based on the knockout format. In Individual competition, Men’s Epée and women’s Sabre starts with a round of 32. Men’s and women’s Foil round & men’s Sabre and women’s Epée will start with a round of 64. Each event will comprise of 39 athletes which means only some athletes will get byes into the round of 32. The draw will be based on existing FIE rankings. The team event will have about eight teams. If there is a tie, then both the Individual and Team competition’s athlete will have to fence for further one minute. The first to score a hit will be the winner.
Schedule & Dates of London Olympics 2012 Fencing:
Venue |
Date |
Session Time |
M/W |
Session Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExCeL | 28 July 2012 | 10:30 - 15:30 | W | Individual Foil: round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 28 July 2012 | 18:00 - 20:30 | W | Individual Foil: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 29 July 2012 | 10:30 - 14:00 | M | Individual Sabre: round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 29 July 2012 | 18:00 - 19:50 | M | Individual Sabre: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 30 July 2012 | 10:30 - 15:30 | W | Individual Epée: round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 30 July 2012 | 18:00 - 20:30 | W | Individual Epée: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 31 July 2012 | 10:30 - 15:30 | M | Individual Foil: round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 31 July 2012 | 18:00 - 20:30 | M | Individual Foil: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 01 August 2012 | 09:00 - 15:40 | M | Individual Epée: round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | ||
| W | Individual Sabre: round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals | |||||
| ExCeL | 01 August 2012 | 17:30 - 21:20 | M | Individual Epée: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| W | Individual Sabre: semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | |||||
| ExCeL | 02 August 2012 | 09:00 - 16:30 | W | Team Foil: round of 16, quarter-finals, classifications (5th-8th places), semi-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 02 August 2012 | 18:00 - 20:50 | W | Team Foil: bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 03 August 2012 | 10:30 - 15:30 | M | Team Sabre: round of 16, quarter-finals, classifications (5th-8th places), semi-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 03 August 2012 | 18:00 - 19:50 | M | Team Sabre: bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 04 August 2012 | 09:00 - 16:30 | W | Team Epée: round of 16, quarter-finals, classifications (5th-8th places), semi-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 04 August 2012 | 18:00 - 20:50 | W | Team Epée: bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
| ExCeL | 05 August 2012 | 09:00 - 16:30 | M | Team Foil: round of 16, quarter-finals, classifications (5th-8th places), semi-finals | ||
| ExCeL | 05 August 2012 | 18:00 - 20:50 | M | Team Foil: bronze medal match, gold medal match, victory ceremony | ||
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