Fencing Schedule at 2024 Paris Olympic Games : Fencing is perhaps of the most celebrated sport on the program at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Fencing’s starting points can be followed as far as possible back to swordplay, which has been rehearsed for millennia. While fencing can be connected explicitly back to French, Italian and German bosses, the game has since become inescapable and is rehearsed from one side of the planet to the other.
About Fencing
In fencing, two competitors holding a weapon in each hand face each other to strike their rival on a substantial objective of the body. The principles vary contingent upon which of the three weapons is being utilized: foil, epee and saber. The main fencer to arrive at 15 places or whomever has the most focuses when time lapses is the match victor. In the group fencing occasion, the main group to score a sum of 45 places or whichever has the most noteworthy score when time lapses is the victor.
Fencing In Olympics
Fencing joined the Olympic program back in the 1896 Athens Games and has been present at every Games since. Women’s fencing made its debut on the Olympic stage at the 1924 Paris Games. Women competed only in the foil event until the 1996 Atlanta Games, when women’s epee was added. Women’s sabre was added for the first time at the 2004 Athens Games.
During the 2020 Tokyo Games, Lee Kiefer became the first American to win an individual foil gold after she defeated Olympic champion Inna Deriglazova,15-13.
The fencing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place between July 27 and August 4.
Events
There will be six fencing events across the men’s and women’s tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Individual Epée (women’s / men’s)
- Individual Foil (women’s / men’s)
- Individual Sabre (women’s / men’s)
- Team Epée (women’s / men’s)
- Team Foil (women’s / men’s)
- Team Sabre (women’s / men’s)
Venues
The fencing rivalry at the 2024 Paris Games will occur in the core of the city at the Grand Palais. Situated on Avenue des Champs-Elysées in the eighth arrondissement, and alongside Pont Alexandre III and the Esplanade des Invalides, Grand Palais is essential for a dazzling group of settings in Paris.
The Grand Palais was initially planned by a gathering of draftsmen for the 1900 Exposition, with the Olympic Games set to occur in the capital that very year. The structure was planned in the style of Beaux-Arts design and the nave alone contains 6,000 tons of steel.
The setting has gone through fixes throughout the long term to modernize its foundation, while additionally keeping up with its unique excellence. During the 2024 Paris Games, the Grand Palais will have both fencing and taekwondo prior to facilitating wheelchair fencing and para taekwondo in the Paralympics.
Fencing Schedule at 2024
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| July 27 | Women’s Epee Individual Table of 64 Men’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 Women’s Epee Individual Table of 32 Men’s Sabre Individual Table of 32 Women’s Epee Individual Table of 16 Men’s Sabre Individual Table of 16 Women’s Epee Individual Quarterfinals Men’s Sabre Individual Quarterfinals | 4 AM – 10:40 AM |
| Women’s Epee Individual Semifinals Men’s Sabre Individual Semifinals Women’s Epee Individual Bronze Medal Men’s Sabre Individual Bronze Medal Women’s Epee Individual Gold Medal Men’s Sabre Individual Gold Medal | 1 PM – 4:50 PM | |
| July 28 | Women’s Foil Individual Table of 64 Men’s Epee Individual Table of 64 Women’s Foil Individual Table of 32 Men’s Épée Individual Table of 32 Women’s Foil Individual Table of 16 Men’s Épée Individual Table of 16 Women’s Foil Individual Quarterfinals Women’s Epee Individual Quarterfinals | 3:30 AM – 10:50 AM |
| Women’s Foil Individual Semifinals Men’s Épée Individual Semifinals Women’s Foil Individual Bronze Medal Men’s Épée Individual Bronze Medal Women’s Foil Individual Gold Medal Men’s Épée Individual Gold Medal | 1 PM – 5:10 PM | |
| July 29 | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 Men’s Foil Individual Table of 64 Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 32 Men’s Foil Individual Table of 32 Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 16 Men’s Foil Individual Table of 16 Women’s Sabre Individual Quarterfinals Men’s Foil Individual Quarterfinals | 3:30 AM – 10:50 PM |
| Women’s Sabre Individual Semifinals Men’s Foil Individual Semifinals Women’s Sabre Individual Bronze Medal Men’s Foil Individual Bronze Medal Women’s Sabre Individual Gold Medal Men’s Foil Individual Gold Medal | 1PM-5:10PM | |
| July 30 | Women’s Épée Team Table of 16 Women’s Épée Team Quarterfinals Women’s Épée Team Classifications 5-8 Women’s Épée Team Semifinals Women’s Épée Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 6 AM – 11:30 AM |
| Women’s Épée Team Bronze Medal Match Women’s Épée Team Gold Medal Match | 1:30 PM – 3:40 PM | |
| July 31 | Men’s Sabre Team Table of 16 Men’s Sabre Team Quarterfinals Men’s Sabre Team Classifications 5-8 Men’s Sabre Team Semifinals Men’s Sabre Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 6 AM – 11:30 AM |
| Men’s Sabre Team Bronze Medal Match Men’s Sabre Team Gold Medal Match | 1:30 PM-3:40 PM | |
| August 1 | Women’s Foil Team Table of 16 Women’s Foil Team Quarterfinals Women’s Foil Team Classifications 5-8 Women’s Foil Team Semifinals Women’s Foil Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 4 AM -11:10 PM |
| Women’s Foil Team Bronze Medal Match Women’s Foil Team Gold Medal Match | 1:10 PM – 4 PM | |
| August 2 | Men’s Épée Team Table of 16 Men’s Épée Team Quarterfinals Men’s Épée Team Classifications 5-8 Men’s Épée Team Semifinals Men’s Épée Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 6 AM -11:30 AM |
| Men’s Épée Team Bronze Medal Match Men’s Épée Team Gold Medal Match | 1:30PM – 3:40 PM | |
| August 3 | Women’s Sabre Team Table of 16 Women’s Sabre Team Quarterfinals Women’s Sabre Team Classifications 5-8 Women’s Sabre Team Semifinals Women’s Sabre Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 5:30 AM – 11 AM |
| Women’s Sabre Team Bronze Medal Match Women’s Sabre Team Gold Medal Match | 1 PM – 3:10 PM | |
| August 4 | Men’s Foil Team Table of 16 Men’s Foil Team Quarterfinals Men’s Foil Team Classifications 5-8 Men’s Foil Team Semifinals Men’s Foil Team Placement 5-6, 7-8 | 4 AM – 11:10 AM |
| Men’s Foil Team Bronze Medal Match Men’s Foil Team Gold Medal Match | 1:10 PM – 4 PM |