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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. [1]
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| individual foil | Gillian Sheen  Great Britain | Olga Orban  Romania | Renée Garilhe  France |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
A total of 165 fencers (142 men and 23 women) from 23 nations competed at the Melbourne Games: [1]
Argentina (1)
Australia (21)
Austria (1)
Belgium (6)
Canada (1)
Colombia (6)
Denmark (1)
Finland (2) France (18)
United Team of Germany (1) Great Britain (9) Hungary (18)
Indonesia (1) Italy (19)
Japan (1)
Luxembourg (4)
Mexico (3) Poland (6) Romania (2) Soviet Union (20)
Sweden (5)
Uruguay (1)
United States (18)At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types. Women competed in the foil and the épée events. The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types, but women competed only in foil events.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types, but women competed only in foil events.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eight events in fencing were contested. They were held between August 1 and 11 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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. Women competed in foil events.
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Hellinikon Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events, further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre.
Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.
At the 1924 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. A women's event, the individual foil, was held for the first time.
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 137 competitors, 119 men and 18 women, took part in 95 events in 15 sports.
Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 129 competitors, 114 men and 15 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Rome, the flag of Italy was hoisted at the closing ceremony.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types, but women competed only in foil events.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types, but women competed only in foil events.
Sport in Romania is an important part of the country's culture. Romania has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Association football is the most popular sport in Romania, a nation of 20 million. The most successful club is Steaua Bucharest, who were the first Eastern European side to win the European Cup and the European Supercup in 1986. Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe that took part in the first World Cup in 1930. The Romania national football team has taken part in seven FIFA World Cups and had its most successful run during the 1990s, when they reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing to Sweden in the penalty shootout. Romania was ranked third by FIFA in 1997.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The USOC sent a total of 588 athletes to Beijing, and competed in all Olympic sports except handball.
Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova was a Ukrainian who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.
The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers competed in 10 events -- six individual and four team.
The fencing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 12 events, the first time that both team and individual events have been held in all three weapons for both men and women.
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