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Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Fencing
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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 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.[1]

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
individual épée
details
Giuseppe Delfino
 Italy
Allan Jay
 Great Britain
Bruno Khabarov
 Soviet Union
team épée
details
 Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe Delfino
Alberto Pellegrino
Carlo Pavesi
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Gianluigi Saccaro
 Great Britain (GBR)
Allan Jay
Michael Howard
John Pelling
Henry Hoskyns
Raymond Harrison
Michael Alexander
 Soviet Union (URS)
Valentin Chernikov
Guram Kostava
Arnold Chernushevich
Bruno Khabarov
Aleksandr Pavlovsky
individual foil
details
Viktor Zhdanovich
 Soviet Union
Yury Sisikin
 Soviet Union
Albert Axelrod
 United States
team foil
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Zhdanovich
Mark Midler
Yuri Rudov
Yury Sisikin
German Sveshnikov
 Italy (ITA)
Alberto Pellegrino
Luigi Carpaneda
Mario Curletto
Aldo Aureggi
Edoardo Mangiarotti
 United Team of Germany (EUA)
Jürgen Theuerkauff
Tim Gerresheim
Eberhard Mehl
Jürgen Brecht
individual sabre
details
Rudolf Kárpáti
 Hungary
Zoltán Horváth
 Hungary
Wladimiro Calarese
 Italy
team sabre
details
 Hungary (HUN)
Tamas Mendelenyi
Rudolf Kárpáti
Pál Kovács
Zoltán Horváth
Gabor Delneki
Aladár Gerevich
 Poland (POL)
Andrzej Piątkowski
Emil Ochyra
Wojciech Zabłocki
Jerzy Pawłowski
Ryszard Zub
Marian Kuszewski
 Italy (ITA)
Wladimiro Calarese
Giampaolo Calanchini
Pierluigi Chicca
Roberto Ferrari
Mario Ravagnan

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
individual foil
details
Adelheid Schmid
 United Team of Germany
Valentina Rastvorova
 Soviet Union
Maria Vicol
 Romania
team foil
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Valentina Prudskova
Aleksandra Zabelina
Lyudmila Shishova
Tatyana Petrenko
Galina Gorokhova
Valentina Rastvorova
 Hungary (HUN)
Györgyi Szekely-Marvalics
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Magdolna Nyari-Kovacs
Katalin Juhasz-Nagy
Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics
 Italy (ITA)
Bruna Colombetti
Velleda Cesari
Claudia Pasini
Irene Camber
Antonella Ragno-Lonzi

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3227
2 Hungary (HUN)2204
3 Italy (ITA)2136
4 United Team of Germany (EUA)1012
5 Great Britain (GBR)0202
6 Poland (POL)0101
7 Romania (ROU)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Participating nations

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A total of 344 fencers (266 men and 78 women) from 42 nations competed at the Rome Games:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fencing: 1960 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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