Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events.[1]
Contents
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
 Pavel Kolobkov (RUS) |
 Hugues Obry (FRA) |
22x20px Lee Sang-ki (KOR) |
| team épée |
 Italy (ITA)Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota |
France (FRA) Jean-François di Martino Hugues Obry Éric Srecki |
 Cuba (CUB)Nelson Loyola Carlos Pedroso Iván Trevejo |
| Individual foil |
22x20px Kim Young-ho (KOR) |  Ralf Bißdorf (GER) |
Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) |
| Men's team foil |
France (FRA) Jean-Noel Ferrari Brice Guyart Patrice Lhotellier Lionel Plumenail |
 China (CHN)Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong |
Italy (ITA) Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro |
| Individual sabre |
 Mihai Covaliu (ROU) |
Mathieu Gourdain (FRA) |
Wiradech Kothny (GER) |
| team sabre |
Russia (RUS) Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov |
France (FRA) Mathieu Gourdain Julien Pillet Cédric Séguin Damien Touya |
Germany (GER) Dennis Bauer Wiradech Kothny Alexander Weber |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée |
 Tímea Nagy (HUN) |
 Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (SUI) |
Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) |
| team épée |
Russia (RUS) Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logunova Maria Mazina |
Switzerland (SUI) Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli |
China (CHN) Li Na Liang Qin Yang Shaoqi |
| Individual foil |
Valentina Vezzali (ITA) |
Rita Koenig (GER) |
Giovanna Trillini (ITA) |
| team foil |
Italy (ITA) Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
 Poland (POL)Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk |
Germany (GER) Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) |
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | South Korea South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania (ROM) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | China (CHN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 217 fencers (134 men and 83 women) from 40 nations competed at the Sydney Games:[1]
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