Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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At the
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual épée |
Arnd Schmitt West Germany
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Philippe Riboud France
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Andrey Shuvalov Soviet Union
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| team épée |
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 West Germany (FRG)Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt |
 Mikhail Tishko
Igor Tikhomirov |
| Individual foil |
Stefano Cerioni Italy
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Udo Wagner East Germany
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Alexandr Romankov Soviet Union
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| Team foil |
Aleksander Romankov
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West Germany (FRG) Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Matthias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner |
 Hungary (HUN)István Busa Zsolt Érsek Róbert Gátai Pál Szekeres István Szelei |
| Individual sabre |
Jean-François Lamour France
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Janusz Olech Poland
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Giovanni Scalzo Italy
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| Team sabre |
Hungary (HUN) Imre Bujdosó László Csongrádi Imre Gedővári György Nébald Bence Szabó |
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 Italy (ITA)Massimo Cavaliere Gianfranco Dalla Barba Marco Marin Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil |
Anja Fichtel West Germany
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Sabine Bau West Germany
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| Team foil |
Anette Klug
Christiane Weber |
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Hungary (HUN) Zsuzsa Jánosi Edit Kovács Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szőcs Katalin Tuschák |
Medal table
West Germany finished top of the fencing medal table at the 1988 Summer Olympics, which included a clean-sweap in the Women's foil events.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 317 fencers (248 men and 69 women) from 42 nations competed at the Seoul Games:[1]
Argentina (2)
Aruba (1)
Australia (2)
Austria (5)
Bahrain (4)
Belgium (2)
Bolivia (1)
Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (18)
China (15)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Colombia (5)
East Germany (7)
Egypt (2)
Finland (1)
France (19)
Great Britain (13)
Hong Kong (7)
Hungary (20)
Indonesia (2)
Italy (20)
Japan (10)
Jordan (1)
Kuwait (8)
Lebanon (2)
Mexico (1)
Monaco (1)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Paraguay (2)
Philippines (1)
Poland (18)
Portugal (3)
Romania (2)
South Korea (20)
Soviet Union (20)
Spain (8)
Sweden (11)
Switzerland (7)
United States (19)
West Germany (20)
References
- ^ a b c "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
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