Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Women's épée events made a debut at these Games.[1][2]

Fencing
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Medal summary

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
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Aleksandr Beketov
  Russia
Iván Trevejo
  Cuba
Géza Imre
  Hungary
team épée
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  Italy (ITA)
Sandro Cuomo
Angelo Mazzoni
Maurizio Randazzo
  Russia (RUS)
Aleksandr Beketov
Pavel Kolobkov
Valery Zakharevich
  France (FRA)
Jean-Michel Henry
Robert Leroux
Éric Srecki
Individual foil
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Alessandro Puccini
  Italy
Lionel Plumenail
  France
Franck Boidin
  France
team foil
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  Russia (RUS)
Dmitriy Shevchenko
Ilgar Mamedov
Vladislav Pavlovich
  Poland (POL)
Piotr Kiełpikowski
Adam Krzesiński
Ryszard Sobczak
Jarosław Rodzewicz
  Cuba (CUB)
Elvis Gregory
Rolando Leon
Oscar García Perez
Individual sabre
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Stanislav Pozdnyakov
  Russia
Sergey Sharikov
  Russia
Damien Touya
  France
team sabre
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  Russia (RUS)
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Grigoriy Kirienko
Sergey Sharikov
  Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Köves
József Navarrete
Bence Szabó
  Italy (ITA)
Raffaello Caserta
Luigi Tarantino
Toni Terenzi

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
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Laura Flessel
  France
Valérie Barlois
  France
Gyöngyi Szalay
  Hungary
team épée
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  France (FRA)
Laura Flessel
Sophie Moressée-Pichot
Valérie Barlois
  Italy (ITA)
Laura Chiesa
Elisa Uga
Margherita Zalaffi
  Russia (RUS)
Maria Mazina
Yuliya Garayeva
Karina Aznavourian
Individual foil
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Laura Badea
  Romania
Valentina Vezzali
  Italy
Giovanna Trillini
  Italy
team foil
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  Italy (ITA)
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella
Giovanna Trillini
Valentina Vezzali
  Romania (ROU)
Laura Badea
Reka Szabo
Roxana Scarlat
  Germany (GER)
Anja Fichtel Mauritz
Sabine Bau
Monika Weber-Koszto

Medal table

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Russia finished atop of the fencing medal table at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)4217
2  Italy (ITA)3227
3  France (FRA)2237
4  Romania (ROM)1102
5  Hungary (HUN)0123
6  Cuba (CUB)0112
7  Poland (POL)0101
8  Germany (GER)0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Participating nations

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A total of 224 fencers (136 men and 88 women) from 46 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Fencing: 1996 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics".
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