# Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from 7 to 10 October at the Africa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in Verona, Italy from 1–9 April 2018. Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.
| NOC | Boys | Boys | Boys | Girls | Girls | Girls | Total |
| NOC | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Total |
| Algeria | | | | X | | X | 2 |
| Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Australia | | X | | | X | | 2 |
| Austria | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Belgium | | | | X | | X | 2 |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Canada | X | | | X | X | | 3 |
| China | X | X | X | | X | X | 3 |
| Costa Rica | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Denmark | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Egypt | X | X | X | X | X | | 5 |
| France | | X | X | | X | | 3 |
| Germany | X | | X | | | | 2 |
| Hong Kong | | X | | X | X | X | 4 |
| Hungary | | | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Iran | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Iraq | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Italy | X | X | | X | X | X | 3 |
| Japan | X | | X | | X | | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Lebanon | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | X | | | | X | 2 |
| Philippines | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | | X | | | X | | 2 |
| Portugal | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Romania | | | X | | X | | 2 |
| Russia | X | | | X | | X | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Singapore | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Senegal | | | X | | | | 1 |
| South Korea | | X | X | X | | X | 3 |
| Spain | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Togo | | | | | X | | 1 |
| Turkey | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Ukraine | | | | X | | | 1 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 |
| Venezuela | | | | | X | | 1 |
| 41 NOCs | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 78 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' Épée details | Davide Di Veroli Italy | Paul Veltrup Germany | Khasan Baudunov Kyrgyzstan |
| Boys' Foil details | Armand Spichiger France | Kenji Bravo United States | Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen Denmark |
| Boys' Sabre details | Krisztián Rabb Hungary | Hyun Jun South Korea | Mazen Elaraby Egypt |
| Girls' Épée details | Kateryna Chorniy Ukraine | Kaylin Hsieh Hong Kong | Veronika Bieleszová Czech Republic |
| Girls' Foil details | Yuka Ueno Japan | Martina Favaretto Italy | May Tieu United States |
| Girls' Sabre details | Liza Pusztai Hungary | Natalia Botello Mexico | Lee Ju-eun South Korea |
| Mixed Team Event details | Europe 1 Kateryna Chorniy (UKR) Martina Favaretto (ITA) Liza Pusztai (HUN) Davide Di Veroli (ITA) Armand Spichiger (FRA) Krisztián Rabb (HUN) | Asia-Oceania 1 Kaylin Hsieh (HKG) Yuka Ueno (JPN) Lee Ju-eun (KOR) Khasan Baudunov (KGZ) Chen Yi-tung (TPE) Hyun Jun (KOR) | Americas 1 Emily Vermeule (USA) May Tieu (USA) Natalia Botello (MEX) Isaac Herbst (USA) Kenji Bravo (USA) Robert Vidovszky (USA) |