Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 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), but women competed only in foil events.[1]

Fencing
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Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Csaba Fenyvesi
  Hungary
Jacques Ladegaillerie
  France
Győző Kulcsár
  Hungary
team épée
details
  Hungary (HUN)
Sándor Erdős
Csaba Fenyvesi
Győző Kulcsár
Pál Schmitt
István Osztrics
  Switzerland (SUI)
Guy Evequoz
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
Peter Lötscher
François Suchanecki
  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Modzolevsky
Sergei Paramonov
Igor Valetov
Georgi Zažitski
Grigori Kriss
Individual foil
details
Witold Woyda
  Poland
Jenő Kamuti
  Hungary
Christian Noël
  France
team foil
details
  Poland (POL)
Marek Dąbrowski
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Lech Koziejowski
Witold Woyda
Arkadiusz Godel
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Denisov
Anatoli Kotetsev
Leonid Romanov
Vasili Stankovich
Victor Putyatin
  France (FRA)
Jean-Claude Magnan
Christian Noël
Daniel Revenu
Bernard Talvard
Gilles Berolatti
Individual sabre
details
Viktor Sidyak
  Soviet Union
Péter Marót
  Hungary
Vladimir Nazlymov
  Soviet Union
team sabre
details
  Italy (ITA)
Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
Rolando Rigoli
Cesare Salvadori
  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Bashenov
Vladimir Nazlymov
Viktor Sidyak
Eduard Vinokurov
Mark Rakita
  Hungary (HUN)
Pál Gerevich
Tamás Kovács
Péter Marót
Tibor Pézsa
Péter Bakonyi

Women's events edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual foil
details
Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  Italy
Ildikó Bóbis
  Hungary
Galina Gorokhova
  Soviet Union
team foil
details
  Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Belova
Galina Gorokhova
Tatyana Samusenko
Aleksandra Zabelina
Svetlana Tširkova
  Hungary (HUN)
Ildikó Bóbis
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Mária Gulácsi-Szolnoki
Ildikó Matuscsák-Rónay
  Romania (ROU)
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei
Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu
Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl
Olga Orban-Szabo

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary (HUN)2428
2  Soviet Union (URS)2237
3  Italy (ITA)2002
  Poland (POL)2002
5  France (FRA)0123
6  Switzerland (SUI)0101
7  Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Participating nations edit

A total of 298 fencers (233 men and 65 women) from 37 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

External links edit