# Fencing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing competitions at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore consisted of three Cadet Male individual events, three Cadet Female individual events and one team event including both genders and all 3 weapons: épée, foil and saber. 78 fencers from 36 nations were competing. The venue was located at the International Convention Centre (ICC).
Fencing was one of the five sports that was continually featured at the Olympics since Athens in 1896; the others being athletics, swimming, cycling and gymnastics.

## Schedule

| Event Date | Event Day | Approx. Duration | Starting Time | Event Details |
| 15 August | Sunday | 11:00 hrs | 9:30 am | Men's Sabre |
| 15 August | Sunday | 11:00 hrs | 12:00 pm | Women's Foil |
| 16 August | Monday | 11:00 hrs | 12:00 pm | Men's Épée |
| 16 August | Monday | 11:00 hrs | 9:30 am | Women's Sabre |
| 17 August | Tuesday | 13:15 hrs | 9:00 am | Men's Foil |
| 17 August | Tuesday | 13:15 hrs | 1:00 pm | Women's Épée |
| 18 August | Wednesday | 6:45 hrs | 9:00 am | Mixed Team Fencing |

## Qualifications
### FIE Qualifications After 2010 Baku Cadet World Championships

Initially FIE qualified 54 fencers based on the results of 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku with 1 more entry in each weapon reserved for a host country
A table below illustrates these selections, where number in brackets near fencers' names shows their placement in 2010 Cadet World Championships:
| Women's épée | NOC | Men's épée | NOC | Women's foil | NOC | Men's foil | NOC | Women's sabre | NOC | Men's sabre | NOC |
| Alberta Santuccio (1) | Italy | Nikolaus Bodoczi (1) | Germany | Camilla Mancini (2) | Italy | Alexander Massialas (1) | United States | Alina Komashchuk (1) | Ukraine | Richard Hübers (1) | Germany |
| Lee Hye-won (2) | South Korea | Roman Svichkar (3) | Ukraine | Dora Lupkovics (3) | Hungary | Edoardo Luperi (2) | Italy | Seo Ji-yeon (3) | South Korea | Leonardo Affede (3) | Italy |
| Amalia Tătăran (3) | Romania | Tomasz Kruk (5) | Poland | Wang Lianlian (3) | China | Kirill Lichagin (3) | Russia | Yana Egorian (5) | Russia | Artur Okunev (3) | Russia |
| Lin Sheng (3) | China | Lucian Ciovică (6) | Romania | Victoria Alexeeva (5) | Russia | Alexander Choupenitch (5) | Czech Republic | Angelika Wątor (6) | Poland | Mikhail Akula (5) | Belarus |
| Katharine Holmes (5) | United States | Kirill Zhakupov (14) | Kazakhstan | Mona Shaito (7) | United States | Alexander Tsoronis (7) | Denmark | Anja Musch (7) | Germany | Will Spear (9) | United States |
| Yulia Bakhareva (6) | Russia | Na Byeong-hun (15) | South Korea | Michala Cellerová (9) | Slovakia | Lee Kwang Hyun (9) | South Korea | Wan Yini (17) | China | Jackson Wang (11) | Hong Kong |
| Amy Radford (8) | Great Britain | Alexandre Lyssov (16) | Canada | Choi Duk-ha (17) | South Korea | Nicholas Edward Choi (10) | Hong Kong | Celina Merza (18) | United States | Song Jong-hun (23) | South Korea |
| Isabel Di Tella (37) | Argentina | Guilherme Melaragno (36) | Brazil | Alanna Goldie (18) | Canada | Mostafa Mahmoud (27) | Egypt | Mennatalla Ahmed (23) | Egypt | Miguel Breault-Mallette (35) | Canada |
| Wanda Matshaya (60) | South Africa | Saleh Saleh (63) | Egypt | Menattalla Daw (38) | Egypt | Redys Hanngrs Prades Rosabal (33) | Cuba | María Carreño (32) | Venezuela | Ziad Elsissy (67) | Egypt |
| | Singapore | | Singapore | | Singapore | | Singapore | | Singapore | | Singapore |

### Final selections

Finalized selection table included 20 additional fencers added by FIE and IOC based on the final revision of "Criteria for qualification to the 2010 YOG" published here. The following table illustrates final selections where numbers in brackets near fencers' names indicates their placement in 2010 Cadet WC (zero indicates that fencer did not participate).
| Women's épée | NOC | Men's épée | NOC | Women's foil | NOC | Men's foil | NOC | Women's sabre | NOC | Men's sabre | NOC |
| Alberta Santuccio (1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Italy | Nikolaus Bodoczi (1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Germany | Camilla Mancini(2 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Italy | Alexander Massialas(1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | United States | Alina Komashchuk(1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Ukraine | Richard Hübers(1) | Germany |
| Lee Hye-won (2) | South Korea | Roman Svichkar(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Ukraine | Dora Lupkovics (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Hungary | Edoardo Luperi(2 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Italy | Seo Ji-yeon(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | South Korea | Leonardo Affede(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Italy |
| Amalia Tătăran (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Romania | Tomasz Kruk (5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Poland | Wang Lianlian (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | China | Kirill Lichagin (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Russia | Yana Egorian (5 Archived 14 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine) | Russia | Artur Okunev(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Russia |
| Lin Sheng (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | China | Lucian Ciovică(6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Romania | Victoria Alexeeva(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Russia | Alexander Choupenitch(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Czech Republic | Angelika Wątor(6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Poland | Mikhail Akula(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Belarus |
| Katharine Holmes (5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | United States | Kirill Zhakupov (14 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Kazakhstan | Mona Shaito(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | United States | Alexander Tsoronis(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Denmark | Anja Musch(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Germany | Will Spear(9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | United States |
| Yulia Bakhareva (6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Russia | Na Byeong-hun (15 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | South Korea | Michala Cellerová (9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Slovakia | Lee Kwang-hyun(9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | South Korea | Wan Yini (17 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | China | Jackson Wang (11 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Hong Kong |
| Amy Radford (8 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Great Britain | Alexandre Lyssov (16 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Canada | Choi Duk-ha(17 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | South Korea | Nicholas Edward Choi(10 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | Hong Kong | Celina Merza(18 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | United States | Song Jong-hun (23 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine) | South Korea |
| Isabel Di Tella (37 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Argentina | Guilherme Melaragno(36 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Brazil | Alanna Goldie(18 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Canada | Mostafa Mahmoud(27 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Egypt | Mennatalla Ahmed(23 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Egypt | Miguel Breault-Mallette (35 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Canada |
| Matshaya Wanda (60) | South Africa | Saleh Saleh(63 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Egypt | Menattalla Daw(38 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Egypt | Redys Hanngrs Prades Rosabal (33 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Cuba | María Carreño(32 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Venezuela | Ziad Elsissy(67 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Egypt |
| Martyna Swatowska (9 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Poland | Ondřej Novotný (8 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Czech Republic | Ivania Carballo(58 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | El Salvador | Antal Györgyi (8) | Hungary | Nyabileke Gracia Makwanya (0) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Dragoș Sîrbu (6 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Romania |
| Pauline Brunner (12 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Switzerland | Julian Godoy (88 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Costa Rica | Rita Abou Jaoudé (0) | Lebanon | Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu (11 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Turkey | Ema Hilwiyah (0) | Iraq | András Szatmári (7 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Hungary |
| Damyan Jaqman (0) | Palestine | Marco Fichera (9 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Italy | Mame Awa Ndao (70 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Senegal | Alex Tofalides (13 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Great Britain | Vittoria Ciardullo (13) | Italy | Djibrilla Issaka Kondo (0) | Niger |
| Rania Herlina Rahardja (62 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Singapore | Lim Wei Hao (0) | Singapore | Liane Wong Ye Ying (48) | Singapore | Justin Xian Shi Ong (49 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | Singapore | Kenza Boudad (11 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | France | Arthur Zatko(10 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) | France |

## Mixed teams composition

In total there will be 9 continental teams formed. The composition of the teams will be determined by the results achieved during the individual events. The best fencers ranked in each weapon will form the top team of each continent as follows: Europe 1, Europe 2, Europe 3, Europe 4, Asia 1, Asia 2, Americas 1, Americas 2, Africa.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

This table presents only individual results. Mixed team medals are not included.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cadet Male Épée details | Marco Fichera Italy | Nikolaus Bodoczi Germany | Alexandre Lyssov Canada |
| Cadet Male Foil details | Edoardo Luperi Italy | Alexander Massialas United States | Lee Kwang-hyun South Korea |
| Cadet Male Sabre details | Song Jong-hun South Korea | Leonardo Affede Italy | Richard Hübers Germany |
| Cadet Female Épée details | Lin Sheng China | Alberta Santuccio Italy | Martyna Swatowska Poland |
| Cadet Female Foil details | Camilla Mancini Italy | Victoria Alexeeva Russia | Dóra Lupkovics Hungary |
| Cadet Female Sabre details | Yana Egorian Russia | Celina Merza United States | Anja Musch Germany |
| Mixed Team Event details | Europe 1 (MIX) Yana Egorian (RUS) Marco Fichera (ITA) Camilla Mancini (ITA) Leonardo Affede (ITA) Alberta Santuccio (ITA) Edoardo Luperi (ITA) | Europe 2 (MIX) Anja Musch (GER) Nikolaus Bodoczi (GER) Victoria Alexeeva (RUS) Richard Hübers (GER) Martyna Swatowska (POL) Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu (TUR) | Americas 1 (MIX) Celina Merza (USA) Alexandre Lyssov (CAN) Alanna Goldie (CAN) Will Spear (USA) Katharine Holmes (USA) Alexander Massialas (USA) |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (3)
* China (3)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Egypt (5)
* El Salvador (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (3)
* Great Britain (2)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (3)
* Iraq (1)
* Italy (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* South Korea (6)
* Lebanon (1)
* Niger (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (5)
* Senegal (1)
* Singapore (4)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (5)
* Venezuela (1)

## Fencer's distribution by continent

| | Women's épée | Men's épée | Women's foil | Men's foil | Women's saber | Men's Saber | Totals | Maximum # of teams | # of fencers qualified for a team | # of fencers not qualified for a team |
| Europe | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 24 | 12 |
| Americas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Asia | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 78 | 9 | 54 | 24 |