Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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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. [1]

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual épée
details
Alexander Pusch
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Gyözö Kulcsar
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
team épée
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Carl von Essen
Hans Jacobson
Rolf Edling
Leif Högström
Göran Flodström
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Alexander Pusch
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Reinhold Behr
Volker Fischer
Hanns Jana
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
François Suchanecki
Michel Poffet
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
Jean-Blaise Evequoz
Individual foil
details
Fabio dal Zotto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Aleksander Romankov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bernard Talvard
Flag of France.svg  France
team foil
details
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Matthias Behr
Thomas Bach
Harald Hein
Klaus Reichert
Erik Sens-Gorius
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Fabio dal Zotto
Carlo Montano
Stefano Simoncelli
Giovanni Battista Coletti
Attilio Calatroni
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Christian Noël
Bernard Talvard
Didier Flament
Frederic Pietruszka
Daniel Revenu
Individual sabre
details
Viktor Krovopuskov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vladimir Nazlymov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Viktor Sidyak
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
team sabre
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Viktor Krovopuskov
Eduard Vinokurov
Viktor Sidyak
Vladimir Nazlymov
Mikhail Burtsev
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Mario Aldo Montano
Michele Maffei
Angelo Arcidiacono
Tommaso Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)
Daniel Irimiciuc
Ioan Pop
Marin Mustata
Corneliu Marin
Alexandru Nilca

Women's events

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)3227
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)2204
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1304
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1023
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1001
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0123
7Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)0011
Flag of Switzerland.svg  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: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Fencing: 1976 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-01.