Athletes from East Germany competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports. The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.
Philippe Boisse is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the individual épée at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver in the team épée in 1984.
Ramón Fonst Segundo was a Cuban fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He was one of the greatest world fencers, individual and by team; he was born and died in Havana.
Imke Duplitzer is a German épée fencer. Imke is a four time Olympian where she placed 10th, 5th, 5th, and 29th respectively. She also fenced in three team events at the Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the team épée competition with Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel. During the 2006 World Fencing Championships, she won the bronze medal after beating Romania in the épée team event together with her teammates Claudia Bokel, Britta Heidemann and Marijana Markovic. She is also a two-time European Champion in the individual event as well as being a part of the Gold medal-winning team in 1998.
Éric Srecki is a French fencer and Olympic and World champion in the épée competition.
Csaba Fenyvesi was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.
Alexander Pusch is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.
Arnd Schmitt is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.
Marcello Bertinetti was an Italian fencer. He competed in sabre and épée events at the 1908, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and won four team medals. Individually he won a silver medal in the épée at the 1929 World Championships.
Giorgio Anglesio was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games where he won a silver medal in the team épée event and a bronze medal in the individual épée event.
István Osztrics is a Hungarian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Mariusz Strzałka is a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He later competed for Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 4th in the team épée event and 8th in the individual épée event.
Switzerland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Swiss athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except when they boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Swiss Olympic Association sent a total of 103 athletes to the 2012 Games, 72 men and 31 women, to compete in 18 sports.
Sandro Cuomo is an Italian former épée fencer. He won a team gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a team bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He competed in the individual épée event at the Mediterranean Games in 1983 where he won a gold medal and in the 1993 where he won a bronze medal. He is also three-time team world champion. He is director of épée at the Italian Fencing Federation.
Rafael Nickel is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Wladimir Resnitschenko is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the same event representing Germany.
Manuel Pereira is a Spanish fencer. In 1989 he became the first Spaniard to earn a gold medal in épée in the World Fencing Championships. He also competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Gerull is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Robert Felisiak is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also competed for Poland.
Andrea Proske is a Canadian rower.
