Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Qualification was primarily based on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Official Ranking, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments.

[1] French fencer Daniel Jérent initially qualified to fence in the individual and team épée events, but was banned from participating due to a positive urine test for a banned product.

But he was suspended due to sexual misconduct from competing by the United States Center for SafeSport; he then had his suspension reduced to a lesser sanction by an arbitrator.

[7][8][9] Ultimately, Hadzic was permanently banned from fencing by SafeSport for his sexual misconduct.