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| Fencing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre |
| Dates | 28 July – 5 August 2012 |
| Competitors | 204 from 44 nations |
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| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | women | |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | women |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | men | |
Thefencing competitions at the2012 Olympic Games inLondon were held from 28 July to 5 August at theExCeL Exhibition Centre. Ten events (six individual, four team) were contested. TheInternational Fencing Federation (FIE) had pushed for the inclusion of two more team events, but theInternational Olympic Committee voted to keep the format at ten events.
The women's individual épée semi final became a notablecontroversy at the 2012 Olympics when a time-keeping error by a games volunteer helped GermanBritta Heidemann beat South Korea'sShin A-lam. Despite there being two hundredths of a second remaining in the match, the timer could only be reset to a whole second after the mistake. The extra time was enough for the German to score a winning attack and proceed to the final.[1]
Qualification was primarily based on the ind. official rankings as at 2 April 2012, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Italy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Despite fencing being its top medal-producing sport, France did not win any medal for the first time since 1960.[2]
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