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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 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]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő  Hungary | Helga Mees  United Team of Germany | Antonella Ragno  Italy |
| Team foil |  Hungary (HUN)Paula Marosi Katalin Juhász Judit Ágoston Lídia Dömölky Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő |  Soviet Union (URS)Lyudmila Shishova Valentina Prudskova Valentina Rastvorova Tatyana Samusenko Galina Gorokhova |  United Team of Germany (EUA)Heidi Schmid Helga Mees Rosemarie Scherberger Gudrun Theuerkauff |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
A total of 259 fencers (203 men and 56 women) from 30 nations competed at the Tokyo Games: [1]
Argentina (11)
Australia (18)
Austria (5)
Belgium (2)
Canada (3)
Chile (3)
Colombia (5)
Cuba (2)
Egypt (5) France (20) United Team of Germany (19) Great Britain (13) Hungary (20)
Iran (4)
Ireland (2) Italy (20)
Japan (15)
Lebanon (4)
Luxembourg (2)
Malaysia (1)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
Northern Rhodesia (1) Poland (15)
Romania (11)
South Korea (5) Soviet Union (20)
Sweden (7)
Switzerland (5)
United States (18)
Vietnam (2)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.
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