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Actual for You - Qualification Path for Fencing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
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Over the last 100 years, the number of sports represented in the Olympic games has mushroomed and the IOC took action to attempt to keep the total number of athletes participating in the games to a reasonable level so that the host nations will have a chance at running a decent games.
The FIE is now rotating which events will sit out the team portion of the Olympics (since the IOC won't grant additional medals for fencing), and for the 2008 Olympic Fencing competition, Men's Foil and Women's Epee will only hold an individual tournament.
The mandated levels of athlete participation has led to changes in the selection process for the Games. Each nation is no longer guaranteed an athlete in each sport - now nations and athletes have to compete against not only their countrymen, but against others in their region or continent for an Olympic slot.
Who gets to go?
Athletes are competing for slots based on their nation's standing in the world (for team events) and based on individual world rankings (for the individual event.) Total participation is limited to 212 athletes over 10 events (4 team and 6 individual). Here's a breakdown of what it will take for an aspiring swordsman (or swordswoman) to get a ticket to Beijing:
Weapons with Team Events (Men's Epee, Men's Sabre, Women's Foil, Women's Sabre):
Team Events are comprised of teams of 3 fencers with 1 alternate. A total of 8 teams can compete in each team event (9 if China fails to qualify a team directly). The top 4 teams in the world standings will qualify directly to the Olympics. The remaining 4 teams are chosen based on regional qualification. The top team from each region (Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa) that is not already qualified will earn a regional berth.
The individual event is a tournament with a field of 39 fencers. For the individual competition, the 24 fencers that competed in the team event qualify. After the first 24 fencers are chosen, the top 3 in the World standings qualify, with only one fencer from any one country. The next 7 are pulled from the Olympic zones as the top 2 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, and 1 from Africa, again with only 1 fencer from a country. The remaining 5 slots are determined by a continental qualifying competition with 2 from Europe and 1 from each of the remaining region
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The mandated levels of athlete participation has led to changes in the selection process for the Games. Each nation is no longer guaranteed an athlete in each sport - now nations and athletes have to compete against not only their countrymen, but against others in their region or continent for an Olympic slot.
Who gets to go?
Athletes are competing for slots based on their nation's standing in the world (for team events) and based on individual world rankings (for the individual event.) Total participation is limited to 212 athletes over 10 events (4 team and 6 individual). Here's a breakdown of what it will take for an aspiring swordsman (or swordswoman) to get a ticket to Beijing:
Weapons with Team Events (Men's Epee, Men's Sabre, Women's Foil, Women's Sabre):
Team Events are comprised of teams of 3 fencers with 1 alternate. A total of 8 teams can compete in each team event (9 if China fails to qualify a team directly). The top 4 teams in the world standings will qualify directly to the Olympics. The remaining 4 teams are chosen based on regional qualification. The top team from each region (Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa) that is not already qualified will earn a regional berth.
The individual event is a tournament with a field of 39 fencers. For the individual competition, the 24 fencers that competed in the team event qualify. After the first 24 fencers are chosen, the top 3 in the World standings qualify, with only one fencer from any one country. The next 7 are pulled from the Olympic zones as the top 2 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, and 1 from Africa, again with only 1 fencer from a country. The remaining 5 slots are determined by a continental qualifying competition with 2 from Europe and 1 from each of the remaining regio
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Athletes are competing for slots based on their nation's standing in the world (for team events) and based on individual world rankings (for the individual event.) Total participation is limited to 212 athletes over 10 events (4 team and 6 individual). Here's a breakdown of what it will take for an aspiring swordsman (or swordswoman) to get a ticket to Beijing:
Weapons with Team Events (Men's Epee, Men's Sabre, Women's Foil, Women's Sabre):
Team Events are comprised of teams of 3 fencers with 1 alternate. A total of 8 teams can compete in each team event (9 if China fails to qualify a team directly). The top 4 teams in the world standings will qualify directly to the Olympics. The remaining 4 teams are chosen based on regional qualification. The top team from each region (Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa) that is not already qualified will earn a regional berth.
The individual event is a tournament with a field of 39 fencers. For the individual competition, the 24 fencers that competed in the team event qualify. After the first 24 fencers are chosen, the top 3 in the World standings qualify, with only one fencer from any one country. The next 7 are pulled from the Olympic zones as the top 2 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, and 1 from Africa, again with only 1 fencer from a country. The remaining 5 slots are determined by a continental qualifying competition with 2 from Europe and 1 from each of the remaining regio
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The individual event is a tournament with a field of 39 fencers. For the individual competition, the 24 fencers that competed in the team event qualify. After the first 24 fencers are chosen, the top 3 in the World standings qualify, with only one fencer from any one country. The next 7 are pulled from the Olympic zones as the top 2 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, and 1 from Africa, again with only 1 fencer from a country. The remaining 5 slots are determined by a continental qualifying competition with 2 from Europe and 1 from each of the remaining regio
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What about Men's Foil and Women's Epee?
A different set of criteria is used to pick the 24 fencers who will compete in the Men's Foil and Women's Epee events. Because there is no team event, each individual will have to qualify on their own merit and not on the ranking of their national team. The following formula is used to pick the 24 individual entries:
- The top 8 in the World rankings (max of 2 from any country)
- Top 3 individuals from Europe
- Top 2 individuals from Asia-Oceana
- Top 2 individuals from North/South America
- Top 1 individual from Africa
- The last 8 qualify based on continental competitions where countries that haven't qualified any fencers on the first 2 rounds. In the last round, the allocation of slots remains at 3 Europe, 2 Asia and Americas, and 1 for Africa.
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