At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]
Fencing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Medal summary
editMen's events
editWomen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual foil |
Irene Camber Italy |
Ilona Elek Hungary |
Karen Lachmann Denmark |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Participating nations
editA total of 286 fencers (249 men and 37 women) from 32 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:[1]
- Argentina (11)
- Austria (8)
- Australia (6)
- Belgium (14)
- Brazil (5)
- Canada (2)
- Cuba (1)
- Denmark (12)
- Egypt (8)
- Finland (11)
- France (21)
- Germany (9)
- Great Britain (17)
- Guatemala (3)
- Hungary (17)
- Ireland (4)
- Italy (18)
- Japan (1)
- Luxembourg (4)
- Mexico (4)
- Norway (5)
- Poland (13)
- Portugal (10)
- Romania (8)
- Saar (5)
- Soviet Union (16)
- Sweden (10)
- Switzerland (10)
- United States (20)
- Uruguay (2)
- Venezuela (10)
- Vietnam (1)
References
edit- ^ a b "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-09-13.