Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

competitions at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara will be held from October 24 to October 29 at the

Multipurpose Gymnasium Badminton competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 15 to October 20 at the newly built Multipurpose Gymnasium, Revolucion Sports Complex.

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All 12 events will be on the schedule, meaning every team event will be contested, after reverting to Olympic only events in 2007.

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Schedule

All times are Central Daylight Time ( UTC-5).

Qualification

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ...

, or

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not. The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship in San Jose, Costa Rica plus hosts Mexico in each team event qualify a three athletes for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event.

Participating nations

References

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