This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [1] for fencing published by FIE contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |
Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 2, 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. Teams will be composed of 3 fencers. For teams to qualify they must be ranked in the top 16, if a continent is not ranked in the top 16 the next best placed country will take their spot.[2]
Summary
Qualification timeline
Event | Date | Venue |
Cut-off FIE Official Ranking | April 2, 2012 | – |
Zonal Qualifier – Europe | April 21–22, 2012 | Bratislava |
Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania | April 20–21, 2012 | Wakayama |
Zonal Qualifier – America | April 20–22, 2012 | Santiago |
Zonal Qualifier – Africa | April 19, 2012 | Casablanca |
Qualification
Men's Individual Épée
[3]
Men's Team Foil
[3]
| Vacancies | Qualified |
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Italy
France |
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Russia |
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | |
Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt |
Host country option | 1 | Great Britain |
| 9 | |
Men's Individual Foil
[3]
Men's Team Sabre
[3]
| Vacancies | Qualified |
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Russia Italy Belarus |
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Romania |
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | |
Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 0 | DNQ |
Additional Country | 1 | Korea |
Host country option | ** | |
| 8 | |
- No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.
Men's Individual Sabre
[3]
Women's Team Épée
[3]
| Vacancies | Qualified |
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Romania ![China](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png) Russia Italy |
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Ukraine |
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Korea |
Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 0 | DNQ |
Additional Country | 1 | |
Host country option | ** | |
| 8 | |
- No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.
Women's Individual Épée
[3]
Women's Team Foil
[3]
| Vacancies | Qualified |
Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Italy Russia Korea Poland |
Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | France |
Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | |
Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt |
Host country option | 1 | Great Britain |
| 9 | |
Women's Individual Foil
[3]
Women's Individual Sabre
[3]
** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers
References
- ^ "Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012: Fencing" (PDF). FIE. Retrieved 7 Aug 2011.
- ^ "2012 Olympics qualifying: Fencing". BBC News. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "List of qualified countries per country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-05.