Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre.[1]
Fencing is one of only four sports that have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, and for the first time female competitors competed individually using the sabre. The Lexan window mask showing the athletes faces were used for the first time at the Olympics.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
 Marcel Fischer (SUI) |
 Wang Lei (CHN) |
 Pavel Kolobkov (RUS) |
| team épée |
 France (FRA)Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Érik Boisse |
 Hungary (HUN)Gábor Boczkó Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre |
 Germany (GER)Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler Daniel Strigel |
| individual foil |
Brice Guyart (FRA) |
22x20px Salvatore Sanzo (ITA) | 22x20px Andrea Cassarà (ITA) |
| team foil |
Italy Italy (ITA) Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni |
China (CHN) Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong |
Russia (RUS) Renal Ganeev Youri Moltchan Rouslan Nassiboulline Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov |
| individual sabre |
22x20px Aldo Montano (ITA) | Zsolt Nemcsik (HUN) |
 Vladislav Tretiak (UKR) |
| team sabre |
France (FRA) Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gael Touya |
Italy Italy (ITA) Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
Russia (RUS) Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
Tímea Nagy (HUN) |
Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) |
Maureen Nisima (FRA) |
| team épée |
Russia (RUS) Karina Aznavourian Oxana Ermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova |
Germany (GER) Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann |
France (FRA) Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima |
| individual foil |
22x20px Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | 22x20px Giovanna Trillini (ITA) |  Sylwia Gruchała (POL) |
| individual sabre |
 Mariel Zagunis (USA) |
Tan Xue (CHN) |
Sada Jacobson (USA) |
Medal table
Italy finished top of the fencing medal table at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | United States (USA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | China (CHN) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 223 fencers (129 men and 94 women) from 42 nations competed at the Athens Games:[1]
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