Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 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] They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow).

Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo. RIAN archive 556150 Fencer Johan Harmenberg.jpg
Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo.

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual épée
details 		Johan Harmenberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		Ernõ Kolczonay
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 		Philippe Riboud
Olympic flag.svg  France
team épée
details 		Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)
Philippe Riboud
Patrick Picot
Hubert Gardas
Philippe Boisse
Michel Salesse 		Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Piotr Jabłkowski
Andrzej Lis
Leszek Swornowski
Ludomir Chronowski
Mariusz Strzałka 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Ashot Karagian
Boris Lukomsky
Aleksander Abushackmetov
Aleksander Mozhaev
Vladimir Smirnov
Individual foil
details 		Vladimir Smirnov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Pascal Jolyot
Olympic flag.svg  France 		Aleksander Romankov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
team foil
details 		Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)
Didier Flament
Pascal Jolyot
Bruno Boscherie
Philippe Bonnin
Frederic Pietruszka 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Aleksander Romankov
Vladimir Smirnov
Sabirzhan Ruziev
Ashot Karagian
Vladimir Lapitsky 		Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Adam Robak
Bogusław Zych
Lech Koziejowski
Marian Sypniewski
Individual sabre
details 		Viktor Krovopuskov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Mikhail Burtsev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Imre Gedővári
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
team sabre
details [2] 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Mikhail Burtsev
Viktor Krovopuskov
Viktor Sidjak
Vladimir Nazlymov
Nikolay Alyokhin [3] 		Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Marco Romano
Ferdinando Meglio
Giovanni Scalzo 		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Imre Gedővári
Rudolf Nébald
Pál Gerevich
Ferenc Hammang
György Nébald

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
individual foil
details 		Pascale Trinquet
Olympic flag.svg  France 		Magda Maros
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 		Barbara Wysoczańska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
team foil
details 		Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Pascale Trinquet
Isabelle Begard
Veronique Brouquier
Christine Muzio 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Valentina Sidorova
Nailia Giliazova
Elena Belova
Irina Ushakova
Larisa Tsagaraeva 		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Magda Maros
Gertrúd Stefanek
Zsuzsanna Szőcs
Edit Kovács

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)4116
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)3328
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1001
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0235
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0123
6Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Totals (6 entries)88824

Participating nations

A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  2. ↑ http://www.dinomeglio.com/page/dino/img/f_Mosca_80.jpg%5B%5D Picture of team sabre from medal ceremony.
  3. ↑ Olympedia page
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