Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who currently serves as President of the International Olympic Committee.

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Alexander Pusch  West Germany	Hans-Jürgen Hehn  West Germany	Gyözö Kulcsar  Hungary
team épée details	Sweden (SWE) Carl von Essen Hans Jacobson Rolf Edling Leif Högström Göran Flodström	West Germany (FRG) Alexander Pusch Hans-Jürgen Hehn Reinhold Behr Volker Fischer Hanns Jana	Jean-Blaise Evequoz
Individual foil details	Fabio dal Zotto  Italy	Aleksander Romankov  Soviet Union	Bernard Talvard  France
team foil details	Erik Sens-Gorius	Fabio dal Zotto Carlo Montano Stefano Simoncelli Giovanni Battista Coletti Attilio Calatroni	Frederic Pietruszka Daniel Revenu
Individual sabre details	Viktor Krovopuskov  Soviet Union	Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union	Viktor Sidyak  Soviet Union
team sabre details	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Krovopuskov Eduard Vinokurov Viktor Sidyak Vladimir Nazlymov Mikhail Burtsev	Italy (ITA) Mario Aldo Montano Michele Maffei Angelo Arcidiacono Tommaso Montano Mario Tullio Montano	Corneliu Marin Alexandru Nilca

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual foil details	Ildikó Schwarczenberger  Hungary	Maria Consolata Collino  Italy	Elena Belova  Soviet Union
team foil details	Nailia Gilizova Valentina Nikonova	Veronique Trinquet Claudette Herbster-Josland	Ildikó Bóbis

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	2	2	7
2	West Germany (FRG)	2	2	0	4
3	Italy (ITA)	1	3	0	4
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	2	3
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
7	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		8	8	8	24

Participating nations

A total of 281 fencers (211 men and 70 women) from 34 nations competed at the Montreal Games:^[1]

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report