Fencing_at_the_2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics
Fencing competitions at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore consisted of three Cadet Male individual events, three Cadet Female individual events and one team event including both genders and all 3 weapons: épée, foil and saber. 78 fencers from 36 nations were competing. The venue was located at the International Convention Centre (ICC).[1]
Fencing at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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Venue | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 15 – 18 August 2010 |
No. of events | 7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 78 from 36 nations |
Fencing was one of the five sports that was continually featured at the Olympics since Athens in 1896; the others being athletics, swimming, cycling and gymnastics.
Event Date | Event Day | Approx. Duration | Starting Time | Event Details |
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15 August | Sunday | 11:00 hrs | 9:30 am | Men's Sabre |
11:00 hrs | 12:00 pm | Women's Foil | ||
16 August | Monday | 11:00 hrs | 12:00 pm | Men's Épée |
11:00 hrs | 9:30 am | Women's Sabre | ||
17 August | Tuesday | 13:15 hrs | 9:00 am | Men's Foil |
13:15 hrs | 1:00 pm | Women's Épée | ||
18 August | Wednesday | 6:45 hrs | 9:00 am | Mixed Team Fencing |
FIE Qualifications After 2010 Baku Cadet World Championships
Initially FIE qualified 54 fencers based on the results of 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku with 1 more entry in each weapon reserved for a host country[2]
A table below illustrates these selections, where number in brackets near fencers' names shows their placement [3] in 2010 Cadet World Championships:
Women's épée | NOC | Men's épée | NOC | Women's foil | NOC | Men's foil | NOC | Women's sabre | NOC | Men's sabre | NOC |
Alberta Santuccio (1) | Italy | Nikolaus Bodoczi (1) | Germany | Camilla Mancini (2) | Italy | Alexander Massialas (1) | United States | Alina Komashchuk (1) | Ukraine | Richard Hübers (1) | Germany |
Lee Hye-won (2) | South Korea | Roman Svichkar (3) | Ukraine | Dora Lupkovics (3) | Hungary | Edoardo Luperi (2) | Italy | Seo Ji-yeon (3) | South Korea | Leonardo Affede (3) | Italy |
Amalia Tătăran (3) | Romania | Tomasz Kruk (5) | Poland | Wang Lianlian (3) | China | Kirill Lichagin (3) | Russia | Yana Egorian (5) | Russia | Artur Okunev (3) | Russia |
Lin Sheng (3) | China | Lucian Ciovică (6) | Romania | Victoria Alexeeva (5) | Russia | Alexander Choupenitch (5) | Czech Republic | Angelika Wątor (6) | Poland | Mikhail Akula (5) | Belarus |
Katharine Holmes (5) | United States | Kirill Zhakupov (14) | Kazakhstan | Mona Shaito (7) | United States | Alexander Tsoronis (7) | Denmark | Anja Musch (7) | Germany | Will Spear (9) | United States |
Yulia Bakhareva (6) | Russia | Na Byeong-hun (15) | South Korea | Michala Cellerová (9) | Slovakia | Lee Kwang Hyun (9) | South Korea | Wan Yini (17) | China | Jackson Wang (11) | Hong Kong |
Amy Radford (8) | Great Britain | Alexandre Lyssov (16) | Canada | Choi Duk-ha (17) | South Korea | Nicholas Edward Choi (10) | Hong Kong | Celina Merza (18) | United States | Song Jong-hun (23) | South Korea |
Isabel Di Tella (37) | Argentina | Guilherme Melaragno (36) | Brazil | Alanna Goldie (18) | Canada | Mostafa Mahmoud (27) | Egypt | Mennatalla Ahmed (23) | Egypt | Miguel Breault-Mallette (35) | Canada |
Wanda Matshaya (60) | South Africa | Saleh Saleh (63) | Egypt | Menattalla Daw (38) | Egypt | Redys Hanngrs Prades Rosabal (33) | Cuba | María Carreño (32) | Venezuela | Ziad Elsissy (67) | Egypt |
Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | ||||||
2010 WC medalists prevented from entering YOG through qualifying procedure
By minimum age limit (born in 1995)
- Jung Byeung-chan (KOR), silver medal in men's épée Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Yuval Shalom Freilich (ISR), bronze medal in men's épée Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Anna Márton (HUN), bronze medal in women Sabre Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
By exceeding NOC quota of one fencer per NOC
- Maryna Semenko (UKR), Silver Medal in Women Saber Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Maximilian Kindler (GER), Silver Medal in Men's Saber
- Race Imboden (USA), Bronze Medal in Men's Foil Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
By teammate substitution
- Lee Kiefer (USA), Gold Medal in Women's foil Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Final selections
Finalized selection table[4] included 20 additional fencers added by FIE and IOC based on the final revision of "Criteria for qualification to the 2010 YOG" published here.[5] The following table illustrates final selections where numbers in brackets near fencers' names indicates their placement in 2010 Cadet WC (zero indicates that fencer did not participate).
In total there will be 9 continental teams formed. The composition of the teams will be determined by the results achieved during the individual events. The best fencers ranked in each weapon will form the top team of each continent as follows: Europe 1, Europe 2, Europe 3, Europe 4, Asia 1, Asia 2, Americas 1, Americas 2, Africa.[6]
Medal table
This table presents only individual results. Mixed team medals are not included.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Events
- Argentina (1)
- Belarus (1)
- Brazil (1)
- Canada (3)
- China (3)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Cuba (1)
- Czech Republic (2)
- Denmark (1)
- Egypt (5)
- El Salvador (1)
- France (2)
- Germany (3)
- Great Britain (2)
- Hong Kong (2)
- Hungary (3)
- Iraq (1)
- Italy (6)
- Kazakhstan (1)
- South Korea (6)
- Lebanon (1)
- Niger (1)
- Palestine (1)
- Poland (3)
- Romania (3)
- Russia (5)
- Senegal (1)
- Singapore (4)
- Slovakia (1)
- South Africa (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Ukraine (2)
- United States (5)
- Venezuela (1)
Women's épée | Men's épée | Women's foil | Men's foil | Women's saber | Men's Saber | Totals | Maximum # of teams | # of fencers qualified for a team | # of fencers not qualified for a team | |
Europe | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 24 | 12 |
Americas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Asia | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 78 | 9 | 54 | 24 |