Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in foil events.

One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who currently serves as President of the International Olympic Committee.

Medal summary

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
 West Germany
Gyözö Kulcsar
 Hungary
team épée
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Carl von Essen
Hans Jacobson
Rolf Edling
Leif Högström
Göran Flodström
 West Germany (FRG)
Alexander Pusch
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Reinhold Behr
Volker Fischer
Hanns Jana
 Switzerland (SUI)
François Suchanecki
Michel Poffet
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
Jean-Blaise Evequoz
Individual foil
details
Fabio dal Zotto
 Italy
Aleksander Romankov
 Soviet Union
Bernard Talvard
 France
team foil
details
 West Germany (FRG)
Matthias Behr
Thomas Bach
Harald Hein
Klaus Reichert
Erik Sens-Gorius
 Italy (ITA)
Fabio dal Zotto
Carlo Montano
Stefano Simoncelli
Giovanni Battista Coletti
Attilio Calatroni
 France (FRA)
Christian Noël
Bernard Talvard
Didier Flament
Frederic Pietruszka
Daniel Revenu
Individual sabre
details
Viktor Krovopuskov
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Nazlymov
 Soviet Union
Viktor Sidyak
 Soviet Union
team sabre
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Krovopuskov
Eduard Vinokurov
Viktor Sidyak
Vladimir Nazlymov
Mikhail Burtsev
 Italy (ITA)
Mario Aldo Montano
Michele Maffei
Angelo Arcidiacono
Tommaso Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
 Romania (ROU)
Daniel Irimiciuc
Ioan Pop
Marin Mustata
Corneliu Marin
Alexandru Nilca

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual foil
details
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
 Hungary
Maria Consolata Collino
 Italy
Elena Belova
 Soviet Union
team foil
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Belova
Olga Knyazeva
Valentina Sidorova
Nailia Gilizova
Valentina Nikonova
 France (FRA)
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
Christine Muzio
Veronique Trinquet
Claudette Herbster-Josland
 Hungary (HUN)
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Edit Kovács
Magda Maros
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Ildikó Bóbis

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3227
2 West Germany (FRG)2204
3 Italy (ITA)1304
4 Hungary (HUN)1023
5 Sweden (SWE)1001
6 France (FRA)0123
7 Romania (ROU)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Participating nations

A total of 281 fencers (211 men and 70 women) from 34 nations competed at the Montreal Games:


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