At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 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.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Grigory Kriss Soviet Union | Henry Hoskyns Great Britain | Guram Kostava Soviet Union |
| Team épée | Hungary Árpád Bárány Tamás Gábor István Kausz Győző Kulcsár Zoltán Nemere | Italy Giovan Battista Breda Giuseppe Delfino Gianfranco Paolucci Alberto Pellegrino Gianluigi Saccaro | France Claude Bourquard Claude Brodin Jacques Brodin Yves Dreyfus Jack Guittet |
| Individual foil | Egon Franke Poland | Jean Claude Magnan France | Daniel Revenu France |
| Team foil | Soviet Union Viktor Zhdanovich Yuri Sharov Yuri Sisikin German Sveshnikov Mark Midler | Poland Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Janusz Rozycki | France Jacky Courtillat Jean-Claude Magnan Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Pierre Rodocanachi |
| Individual sabre | Tibor Pézsa Hungary | Claude Arabo France | Umar Mavlikhanov Soviet Union |
| Team sabre | Soviet Union Boris Melnikov Nugzar Asatiani Mark Rakita Yakov Rylsky Umar Mavlikhanov | Italy Giampaolo Calanchini Wladimiro Calarese Pier-Luigi Chicca Mario Ravagnan Cesare Salvadori | Poland Emil Ochyra Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piatkowski Wojciech Zabłocki |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Hungary | Helga Mees United Team of Germany | Antonella Ragno Italy |
| Team foil | Hungary Paula Marosi Katalin Juhász Judit Ágoston Lídia Dömölky Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő | Soviet Union Lyudmila Shishova Valentina Prudskova Valentina Rastvorova Tatyana Samusenko Galina Gorokhova | United Team of Germany Heidi Schmid Helga Mees Rosemarie Scherberger Gudrun Theuerkauff |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 259 fencers (203 men and 56 women) from 30 nations competed at the Tokyo Games:
- Argentina (11)
- Australia (18)
- Austria (5)
- Belgium (2)
- Canada (3)
- Chile (3)
- Colombia (5)
- Cuba (2)
- Egypt (5)
- France (20)
- United Team of Germany (19)
- Great Britain (13)
- Hungary (20)
- Iran (4)
- Ireland (2)
- Italy (20)
- Japan (15)
- Lebanon (4)
- Luxembourg (2)
- Malaysia (1)
- Netherlands Antilles (1)
- Northern Rhodesia (1)
- Poland (15)
- Romania (11)
- South Korea (5)
- Soviet Union (20)
- Sweden (7)
- Switzerland (5)
- United States (18)
- Vietnam (2)
Sources
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- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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