At the 1948 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée | Luigi Cantone Italy | Oswald Zappelli Switzerland | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy |
| team épée | France Maurice Huet Michel Pécheux Marcel Desprets Edouard Artigas Henri Guerin Henri Lepage | Italy Luigi Cantone Marc Antonio Mandruzzato Carlo Agostoni Edoardo Mangiarotti Fiorenzo Marini Dario Mangiarotti | Sweden Frank Cervell Carl Forssell Bengt Ljungquist Sven Thofelt Per Hjalmar Carleson Arne Tollbom |
| individual foil | Jehan Buhan France | Christian d'Oriola France | Lajos Maszlay Hungary |
| team foil | France Adrien Rommel Christian d'Oriola Andre Bonin Jacques Lataste Jehan Buhan René Bougnol | Italy Saverio Ragno Renzo Nostini Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio Pellini Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuliano Nostini | Belgium André van de Werve de Vorsselaer Paul Louis Jean Valcke Raymond Bru Georges Camille De Bourgignon Henri Paternoster Edouard Yves |
| individual sabre | Aladár Gerevich Hungary | Vincenzo Pinton Italy | Pál Kovács Hungary |
| team sabre | Hungary László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács | Italy Carlo Turcato Gastone Darè Vincenzo Pinton Mauro Racca Renzo Nostini Aldo Montano | United States Miguel Angel De Capriles Norman Cohn-Armitage George Worth Dean Victor Cetrulo James Hummitzsch Flynn Tibor Andrew Nyilas |
Women's events
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations
A total of 294 fencers (255 men and 39 women) from 30 nations competed at the London Games:
- Argentina (19)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (18)
- Brazil (7)
- Canada (6)
- Chile (3)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (6)
- Czechoslovakia (5)
- Denmark (15)
- Egypt (9)
- Finland (6)
- France (21)
- Great Britain (19)
- Greece (6)
- Hungary (18)
- Ireland (5)
- Italy (19)
- Luxembourg (6)
- Mexico (9)
- Netherlands (9)
- Norway (5)
- Peru (3)
- Poland (7)
- Portugal (6)
- Sweden (8)
- Switzerland (19)
- Turkey (6)
- United States (20)
- Uruguay (5)
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