Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing at the X Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair fencing
Competitors	70 from 13 nations
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Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 15 events, 9 for men and 6 for women.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France  (FRA)	7	3	5	15
2	Hong Kong  (HKG)	4	1	2	7
3	Hungary  (HUN)	2	1	0	3
4	Italy  (ITA)	1	7	1	9
5	Germany  (GER)	1	2	5	8
6	Poland  (POL)	0	1	0	1
7	South Korea  (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain  (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		15	15	15	45

Participating nations

•   Argentina  (1)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   France  (13)
•   Germany  (10)
•   Great Britain  (6)
•   Hong Kong  (7)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   Italy  (11)
•   Kuwait  (3)
•   Poland  (2)
•   South Korea  (2)
•   Spain  (4)
•   United States  (8)

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée individual A	Wai Leung Cheung   Hong Kong	Alberto Pellegrini   Italy	Wilfried Lipinski   Germany
Épée individual B	Jean Rosier   France	Soriano Ceccanti   Italy	Tae Hoon Park   South Korea
Épée team	Hong Kong  (HKG) Wai Leung Cheung Wai Ip Kwong Yan Yun Tai Man Fai Chui	Italy  (ITA) Gerardo Mari Soriano Ceccanti Alberto Pellegrini Ernesto Lerre	France  (FRA) Arthur Bellance Robert Citerne Christian Lachaud Jean Rosier
Foil individual A	Wai Leung Cheung   Hong Kong	Alberto Pellegrini   Italy	Kam Loi Chan   Hong Kong
Foil individual B	Pál Szekeres   Hungary	Jean Rosier   France	Pascal Durand   France
Foil team	Hong Kong  (HKG) Kam Loi Chan Wai Leung Cheung Wai Ip Kwong Sze Kit Chan	France  (FRA) Jean Rosier Pascal Durand Yvon Pacault Robert Citerne	Italy  (ITA) Alberto Pellegrini Alberto Serafini Giuseppe Alfieri Soriano Ceccanti
Sabre individual A	Yvon Pacault   France	Wilfried Lipinski   Germany	Yan Yun Tai   Hong Kong
Sabre individual B	Pál Szekeres   Hungary	Gerardo Mari   Italy	Pascal Durand   France
Sabre team	France  (FRA) Christian Lachaud Cyril More Yvon Pacault Pascal Durand	Hong Kong  (HKG) Man Fai Chan Sze Kit Chan Yan Yun Tai Kam Loi Chan	Germany  (GER) Maximilian Miller Uwe Bartmann Wilfried Lipinski Wolfgang Kempf

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée individual A	Silke Schwarz   Germany	Jadwiga Polasik   Poland	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici   France
Épée individual B	Mariella Bertini   Italy	Rosalba Vettraino   Italy	Esther Weber-Kranz   Germany
Épée team	France  (FRA) Josette Bourgain Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici Patricia Picot Murielle van de Cappelle	Germany  (GER) Esther Weber-Kranz Jutta Jacob Silke Schwarz Monika Hertrich	Spain  (ESP) Francisca Bazalo Cristina Perez Gema Victoria Hassen Bey
Foil individual A	Josette Bourgain   France	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici   France	Patricia Picot   France
Foil individual B	Murielle van de Cappelle   France	Judit Palfi   Hungary	Esther Weber-Kranz   Germany
Foil team	France  (FRA) Josette Bourgain Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici Patricia Picot Murielle van de Cappelle	Italy  (ITA) Laura Presutto Mariella Bertini Rosalba Vettraino	Germany  (GER) Esther Weber-Kranz Jutta Jacob Silke Schwarz Monika Hertrich

See also

• Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".

• Wheelchair Fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)