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Fencing at the Asian Games

Fencing · Olympic Council of Asia, with the Fencing Confederation of Asia

2026LatestAichi–Nagoya 2026: 12 events; Japan top with 6 golds
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Doha 2030
Most golds
South Korea, 56; then China, 50
Most individual golds (fencer)
Gu Bon-gil (South Korea), 3, men's sabre in 2010, 2014 and 2018
India
No medal
Cycle
Every four years, with the Asian Games

India at the Asian Games

India has no Asian Games fencing medal. At Hangzhou 2022 India had 9 fencers (4 men, 5 women); the best results were last-eight places, for Bhavani Devi (women's sabre, after topping her pool), Taniksha Khatri (women's épée) and the women's épée team. At Aichi–Nagoya 2026, 20 (8 men, 12 women); three teams (women's foil, men's sabre, women's sabre) reached the quarter-finals.

More about this tournament

Events
  • Men: foil, épée and sabre, individual and team, at every Games since 1974.
  • Women: foil, individual and team, since 1974; épée from 1990 and sabre from 2002.
  • Two bronzes in each event from 2006.
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 champions
EventMenWomen
Épée, individualKoki Kano (Japan)Song Se-ra (South Korea)
Épée, teamKazakhstanChina
Foil, individualKazuki Iimura (Japan)Yuka Ueno (Japan)
Foil, teamJapanJapan
Sabre, individualOh Sang-uk (South Korea)Misaki Emura (Japan)
Sabre, teamSouth KoreaSouth Korea
Medal table (1974 to 2026, top 10)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1South Korea565038144
2China504743140
3Japan21184988
4Kazakhstan451625
5Iran361019
6Hong Kong173644
7Uzbekistan1146
8Singapore0145
9Indonesia0123
10Vietnam0022

Team medals count once for the nation.