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Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

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Women's team foil
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic fencing
VenueMakuhari Messe
Date29 July 2021
Competitors32 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inna Deriglazova
Adelina Zagidullina
Larisa Korobeynikova
Marta Martyanova
 ROC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Pauline Ranvier
Ysaora Thibus
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi
 Italy
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The women's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 29 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe.[1] 24 fencers (8 teams of 3) from 8 nations are expected to compete.[2]

Background

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This will be the 14th appearance of the event. It was first held in 1960 and held each Summer Olympics from then until 2000. It was omitted in 2004 (to make room for women's individual sabre). It returned in 2008 and 2012 but was omitted again in 2016 (2008 through 2016 were rotational years when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). Women's team foil returns again in 2020. Since 1992, the event was only won by Italy and Russia.

The reigning (2012) Olympic champion is Italy (Valentina Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, and Ilaria Salvatori). The reigning (2019) World Champion is Russia (Inna Deriglazova, Anastasiia Ivanova, Larisa Korobeynikova, and Adelina Zagidullina).

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a team of 3 fencers in the women's team foil. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event.[2]

There are 8 dedicated quota spots for women's team foil. They are allocated as through the world team ranking list of 5 April 2021. The top 4 spots, regardless of geographic zone, qualify (ROC, Italy, France, and the United States). The next four spots are allocated to separate geographic zones, as long as an NOC from that zone is in the top 16. These places went to Japan (Asia/Oceania), Canada (Americas), Egypt (Africa), and Hungary (Europe).[2]

Additionally, there are 8 host/invitational spots that can be spread throughout the various fencing events.[2] Because Japan qualified a women's team through normal team qualification, it did not need to use any host quota places for women's team foil.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.[2][3]

Competition format

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The 2020 tournament is a single-elimination tournament, with classification matches for all places. Each match features the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with 9 three-minute bouts to 5 points; the winning team is the one that reaches 45 total points first or is leading after the end of the nine bouts. Standard foil rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used.[4][5]

Schedule

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The competition is held over a single day, Thursday, 29 July. The first session runs from 10:50 a.m. to approximately 4:25 p.m. (when all matches except the bronze and gold medal finals are expected to conclude), after which there is a break until 6:30 p.m. before the medal bouts are held.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:50
 
 
 
18:30
 
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Classification 7/8
Classification 5/6
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Results

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 ROC45
 
 
 
 Egypt (EGY)21
 
 ROC45
 
 
 
 United States (USA)42
 
 Japan (JPN)36
 
 
 
 United States (USA)45
 
 ROC45
 
 
 
 France (FRA)34
 
 France (FRA)45
 
 
 
 Canada (CAN)29
 
 France (FRA)45
 
 
 
 Italy (ITA)43 Bronze medal bout
 
 Hungary (HUN)32
 
 
 
 Italy (ITA)45
 
 Italy (ITA)45
 
 
 United States (USA)23
 

5–8th place classification

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place bout
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Egypt (EGY)27
 
 
 
 Japan (JPN)45
 
 Japan (JPN)31
 
 
 
 Canada (CAN)45
 
 Canada (CAN)45
 
 
 Hungary (HUN)33
 
Seventh place bout
 
 
 
 
 
 Egypt (EGY)28
 
 
 Hungary (HUN)45

Final classification

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Rank Team Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  ROC Inna Deriglazova
Adelina Zagidullina
Larisa Korobeynikova
Marta Martyanova
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Pauline Ranvier
Ysaora Thibus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi
4  United States Jacqueline Dubrovich
Lee Kiefer
Nicole Ross
Sabrina Massialas
5  Canada Alanna Goldie
Jessica Guo
Eleanor Harvey
Kelleigh Ryan
6  Japan Sera Azuma
Yuka Ueno
Sumire Tsuji
Rio Azuma
7  Hungary Fanni Kreiss
Kata Kondricz
Flóra Pásztor
Aida Mohamed
8  Egypt Yara El-Sharkawy
Noha Hany
Mariam El-Zoheiry
Noura Mohamed

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fencing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Fencing" (PDF). Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ Academy of Fencing Masters
  4. ^ NBC
  5. ^ "Fencing". Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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