Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
Carlo Pavesi Italy
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Giuseppe Delfino Italy
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Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy
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| team épée |
 Italy (ITA)Giuseppe Delfino Franco Bertinetti Alberto Pellegrino Giorgio Anglesio Carlo Pavesi Edoardo Mangiarotti |
 Jozsef Sakovics
Lajos Balthazár |
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| individual foil |
Christian d'Oriola France
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Giancarlo Bergamini Italy
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Antonio Spallino Italy
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| team foil |
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Jozsef Sakovics
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| individual sabre |
Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary
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Jerzy Pawłowski Poland
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Lev Kuznetsov Soviet Union
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| team sabre |
Daniel Magay
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 Marian Zygmunt Kuszewski
Ryszard Zub |
 Yevgeni Cherepovsky
Leonid Bogdanov |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil |
Gillian Sheen Great Britain
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Renée Garilhe France
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations
A total of 165 fencers (142 men and 23 women) from 23 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
Argentina (1)
Australia (21)
Austria (1)
Belgium (6)
Canada (1)
Colombia (6)
Denmark (1)
Finland (2)
France (18)
United Team of Germany (1)
Great Britain (9)
Hungary (18)
Indonesia (1)
Italy (19)
Japan (1)
Luxembourg (4)
Mexico (3)
Poland (6)
Romania (2)
Soviet Union (20)
Sweden (5)
Uruguay (1)
United States (18)
References
- ^ a b "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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