THE 10 EVENTSMen (5 events): Individual events in foil, epee and sabre ; Team events in foil and epeeWomen (5 events): Individual events in foil, epee and sabre. Team events in sabre and epeeTHE FORMAT (for the 3 disciplines)Individual and team (3 fencers) events: Knock-out format leading to quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.MILESTONES1200 BCWall paintings in ancient Egypt depict refereed fencing competitions.1896Fencing is on the programme for the first modern Olympics.1900Appearance of the epee at the Games.1924The womens foil event makes its Olympic debut.1956Appearance of the electric foil at the Melbourne Games.1996The womens epee event makes its Olympic debut in Atlanta.2004The womens sabre event makes its Olympic debut in Athens.THE STARSChristian dOriola (France/foil)One of the greats. Double Olympic champion in 1952 and 1956, the latter being the first time electrical scoring came into effect, which he detested. Also won team golds in 1948 and 1952. On top of this, he also won four world titles in both individual and team events between 1947 and 1958.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy/epee, foil)The recordman. 13 Olympic medals, including 6 golds (1 in individual epee in 1952), 5 silver and 2 bronze, in epee and foil, between 1936 and 1960. Double individual world champion. Also won 11 world team titles.Valentina Vezzali (Italy/foil)Double V the superstar. The Italian made it onto the individual podium at every Games between 1996 and 2012, winning 9 Olympic medals - including 3 individual golds and 3 team golds. During a remarkable career she was also crowned individual world champion 6 times. A unique talent. Cheap Golden State Warriors Jerseys .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. Cheap Boston Celtics Jerseys . 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