U.S. OUTLOOK: This is America's strongest Olympic team ever. Yale junior Sada Jacobsen should be the first U.S. woman to win a fencing medal, and the men's sabre squad could make the podium for the first time since 1948.
Men's Individual épée
Gold
Italy
Alfredo Rota
Silver
Switzerland
Marcel Fischer
Bronze
France
Fabrice Jeannet
Rota scored the decisive points in Italy's 2000 team win.
Men's Team épée
Gold
Russia
Silver
France
Bronze
Germany
The Russians failed to crack the final eight in Sydney.
Men's Individual foil
Gold
Italy
Salvatore Sanzo
Silver
Italy
Andrea Cassara
Bronze
China
Wu Hanxiong
Sanzo could be the fifth Italian since 1976 to win this event.
Men's Team foil
Gold
Italy
Silver
Germany
Bronze
China
The top three ranked foilists in the world are Italian.
Men's Individual sabre
Gold
Russia
Stanislav Pozdniakov
Silver
Romania
Mihai Covaliu
Bronze
Italy
Aldo Montano
Pozdniakov has won five straight European titles.
Men's Team sabre
Gold
Russia
Silver
Hungary
Bronze
Ukraine
The Russians have won each of the last three gold medals.
Women's Individual épée
Gold
France
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Silver
Hungary
Adrienne Hormay
Bronze
China
Li Na
Flessel-Colovic, the 1996 champ, served a three-month doping suspension in 2002.
Women's Team épée
Gold
France
Silver
Germany
Bronze
China
The Hungarians and the world champs from Russia are also in the mix.
Women's Individual foil
Gold
Italy
Valentina Vezzali
Silver
Poland
Sylwia Gruchala
Bronze
Italy
Giovanna Trillini
Defending champ Trillini is trying to win a medal at her fourth straight Olympics.
Women's Individual sabre
Gold
U.S.
Sada Jacobsen
Silver
Russia
Elena Nechaeva
Bronze
France
Anne-Lise Touya
Jacobsen is the first U.S. woman fencer to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
