Fencing competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...

 in London

London

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 are scheduled to be held from 28 July to 5 August at ExCeL Exhibition Centre

ExCeL Exhibition Centre

ExCeL London is an exhibitions and conference centre in the London Borough of Newham, England. It is located on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, between Canary Wharf and London City Airport.- History :The centre was built by Sir Robert McAlpine, opened...

. Ten events (6 individual, 4 team) are scheduled to be contested. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) pushed for the inclusion of two more team events, but the IOC voted to keep the current format of ten events.

Italy's Valentina Vezzali

Valentina Vezzali

Maria Valentina Vezzali is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.-Career:...

 has a chance to become only the fourth athlete to win individual gold medals in four consecutive Summer Olympics if she wins women's individual foil competition.

The ten events are:

Men's events

Individual Épée
Individual Foil
Team foil
Individual Sabre
Team sabre

Women's events

Individual Épée
Team épée
Individual Foil
Team foil
Individual Sabre

Qualification

Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as at 2 April 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments.