Start date: Saturday, July 28
End date: Sunday, August 5
Medals contested: 10
Venue: ExCeL
Total athletes: 212
Aussie athletes: Aiming to send two competitors
Fencing is one of only five sports to have featured at every modern Olympics (the first modern Olympics was in 1896) and is a tense battle of wits, skill and ultra sharp reflexes.
Eighteen-year-old Diana Sher is among Australia's hopes for a maiden medal in London, guided by her father and Olympic coach Vlad Sher.