How to be eligible to Fence in Paris in 2024. The qualification process for the Olympics

212 competitors will have the opportunity to realize their Olympic goals at the Paris 2024 fencing competition. Learn everything you need to know about the stars to watch, the process to qualification, and how athletes can fulfil their quotas in the sections below. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Fencing Tickets from our website.

Since the very first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, fencing has been a component of the Olympic programmer. Since that time, it has grown to be one of the most recognizable Olympic sports thanks to the long history of its specialties, sabre, foil, and epée. The first-ever women's competition was held in Paris in 1924, 100 years before the next Olympic Games there.

200 top-level fencers from 42 NOCs competed in 12 medal events at Tokyo 2020. Learn about the adjustments that will be made for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, including the amount of competitors and the route they will follow to reach the Grand Palais strip.

At Paris 2024, how many fencers will compete?

Paris 2024 will feature 212 fencers, including 102 men and 102 women, in addition to six host country quotas (three for each gender), and two Universality Places (one per gender).

Nine athletes from each gender will make up the maximum of 18 participants per NOC, with a team of three athletes from each gender allowed for team events. A team of three athletes per gender or one athlete per gender is taken into consideration for the Specific Event Quota.

 

The number of quota places for individual events ranges from 34 (per weapon) to 37, while the number of quota places for team events ranges from 8 to 9. The host nation, France, is referred to as having a flexible quota and is free to field its own trio of athletes. There will be three fencers on each team. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Games 2024 Tickets from our website.

 

What is the fencing qualification pathway to Paris 2024?

• Athletes are given quota spots in the following individual events by name:
• 60 quotas for athletes from NOCs who did not qualify through team qualification in the men's sabre, men's foil, men's epée, women's sabre, women's foil, and women's epée events.
• In the following situations/events, NOCs are allotted quota places:
• Women's Sabre, Women's Foil, Women's Epée, Men's Sabre, Men's Foil, and Men's Epée teams each have 144 quotas.
•  Six quotas, spots in the host nation
• Two quotas: the Tripartite Commission assigned universality slots.
• Quota slots for team eligibility (144 for 48 teams) Men's Sabre, Men's Foil, Men's Epée, Women's Sabre, Women's Epée, and Women's Foil

      • Based on the FIE Senior Team Official Ranking List as of 1 April 2024

This list is based on the points earned at the following events between April 3, 2023, and April 1, 2024.

• World Cup competitions for senior teams

• World Senior Team Championships

• Continental Senior Team Championships

For a total of 48 teams, the Team Ranking will be calculated by adding the points earned in various events, and as a result, 144 athletes will qualify for the individual contests (three per NOC).

Regardless of their zone of origin, the top four NOCs in each weapon and per gender will advance to the Games.

• A team that finishes between fifth and sixteenth in the rankings for each weapon and gender from each of the four zones (Africa, America, Asia-Oceania, and Europe) will also be qualified for Paris 2024.
• A zone's next-ranked team from that zone will qualify if it is not represented in the aforementioned ranking places.
• Men's Sabre, Men's Foil, Men's Epée, and Women's Sabre, Women's Foil, and Women's Epée have quota slots for individual qualification (60 places), which are based on the FIE Individual Senior Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) List by zone as of 1 April 2024.

The points accrued between 3 April 2023 and 1 April 2024 in the individual contests of the following will determine the individual ranking:

Individual Senior World Championships, Individual Senior Grand Prix contests, Individual Senior World Cup tournaments, and Satellite competitions. The Senior Continental Individual Championships

The athletes per NOC and weapon who have already qualified for the AOR will be removed from this ranking in order to define the AOR. Only the top athletes from each NOC, zone, and weapon will continue to be ranked for the other NOCs.

The six top athletes, one for each NOC and weapon, will qualify as follows based on the AOR: Two each for Europe, Asia-Oceania, North and South America, and Africa. These quota places will be reserved for NOC that did not qualify any athletes through the Team qualifications.

Based on FIE Zone Qualifying Events

One athlete from each NOC and one from each zone will advance to Paris 2024 based on performance (Europe, Asia-Oceania, America, and Africa).

These competitions will only be open to NOCs that haven't already qualified athletes in one or more weapons via the two prior techniques. Only one athlete per weapon is permitted to compete for these NOCs. In any event, at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, no NOC may qualify more than three competitors per weapon.

What is the fencing competition schedule for Paris 2024?

Paris 2024's fencing competitions will run from July 27 until August 4, 2024.

The same weapons will be used by both genders in the 12 medal events:

Individual Epée (for men and women); Individual Foil (for men and women).

 Men's and women's individual sabre

Women's and men's teams for Team Epée, Team Foil, and Team Sabre are all available.

Fencers to watch at Paris 2024

French fencers will be trying to shine at Paris 2024 because the forthcoming Olympic Games will be held on home territory. Romaine Cannoned, who won gold at Tokyo 2020, will be attempting to retain his position after winning the world championships and leading France's men's epée team to victory at the 2022 FIE World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

However, the French men's epée squad will face obstacles from both the defending Olympic champions, Japan, and the perennial favourite, Italy. After losing to Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong, China in the final at Tokyo 2020, current world number one in foil Tomaso Marini of Italy will be vying for the gold.

After successfully earning their fourth consecutive world title this year in Cairo, Republic of Korea will fight for a third gold in men's team sabre in Paris 2024. France's Ysaora Thibus won the gold medal in the women's foil discipline, adding to her Tokyo 2020 team foil silver at the 2022 World Championships. At her home Olympics, the 31-year-old will strive for the top spot on the podium.

Republic of Korea, the 2022 women's team epée champions, will also be vying for the gold medal at the Grand Palais, but Italy, the 2016 Olympic bronze medalists, who are now ranked second in the world, will be a tough opponent.

 

Fencing qualification timeline to Paris 2024

·         Beginning on April 3, 2023, the qualification period will end on April 1, 2024, with the FIE's official senior rankings.

•        April 15–30, 2024: Zonal qualifying competitions

 

·         The qualification period will end on April 30, 2024. On May 8, 2024, the FIE will notify the NOCs in writing of the quota positions won.

•        20 May 2024: The host nation certifies in writing whether it will use its host country quota slots and for specific activities and genders.

•        21–25 May 2024: Closing date for confirming Universality locations

•        By May 31, 2024, the NOCs must indicate to the FIE that the slots allotted to them have been used.

•        On or before June 25, 2024, NOCs must give FIE the names of the three athletes who make up each team.

•        On June 3, 2024, FIE will reallocate all vacant quota spots.

·         The deadline for Paris 2024 sport entries is July 8. The Olympic Games in Paris 2024 are July 26-August 11, 2024.

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