At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 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 | Csaba Fenyvesi Hungary | Jacques Ladegaillerie France | Győző Kulcsár Hungary |
| team épée | Hungary Sándor Erdős Csaba Fenyvesi Győző Kulcsár Pál Schmitt István Osztrics | Switzerland Guy Evequoz Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Peter Lötscher François Suchanecki | Soviet Union Viktor Modzolevsky Sergei Paramonov Igor Valetov Georgi Zažitski Grigori Kriss |
| Individual foil | Witold Woyda Poland | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Christian Noël France |
| team foil | Poland Marek Dąbrowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Lech Koziejowski Witold Woyda Arkadiusz Godel | Soviet Union Vladimir Denisov Anatoli Kotetsev Leonid Romanov Vasili Stankovich Victor Putyatin | France Jean-Claude Magnan Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Bernard Talvard Gilles Berolatti |
| Individual sabre | Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union | Péter Marót Hungary | Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union |
| team sabre | Italy Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Mario Tullio Montano Rolando Rigoli Cesare Salvadori | Soviet Union Viktor Bashenov Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Sidyak Eduard Vinokurov Mark Rakita | Hungary Pál Gerevich Tamás Kovács Péter Marót Tibor Pézsa Péter Bakonyi |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Italy | Ildikó Bóbis Hungary | Galina Gorokhova Soviet Union |
| team foil | Soviet Union Elena Belova Galina Gorokhova Tatyana Samusenko Aleksandra Zabelina Svetlana Tširkova | Hungary Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Ildikó Schwarczenberger Mária Gulácsi-Szolnoki Ildikó Matuscsák-Rónay | Romania Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl Olga Orban-Szabo |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 298 fencers (233 men and 65 women) from 37 nations competed at the Munich Games:
- Argentina (5)
- Australia (4)
- Austria (13)
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (5)
- Canada (6)
- Cuba (15)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (6)
- East Germany (5)
- Finland (1)
- France (19)
- Great Britain (19)
- Greece (3)
- Hong Kong (2)
- Hungary (19)
- Iran (2)
- Ireland (1)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (19)
- Japan (5)
- Lebanon (4)
- Luxembourg (5)
- Mexico (6)
- Monaco (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (5)
- Peru (1)
- Poland (20)
- Puerto Rico (2)
- Romania (19)
- Soviet Union (20)
- Sweden (6)
- Switzerland (12)
- Turkey (4)
- United States (19)
- West Germany (19)
See also
- David Dushman
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