Fencing

Facts

Disciplines Fencing
Participants 4251
NOCs 103
Competitions held 231
Distinct events 26
IF Fédération internationale d’escrime

Description

All-time medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Italy ITA 49 46 35 130
France FRA 44 43 36 123
Hungary HUN 38 24 28 90
Soviet Union URS 18 15 16 49
Russian Federation RUS 13 5 8 26
West Germany FRG 7 8 1 16
Germany GER 6 8 11 25
People's Republic of China CHN 5 7 3 15
Republic of Korea KOR 5 3 8 16
United States USA 4 11 18 33
Poland POL 4 9 9 22
Romania ROU 4 6 7 17
Cuba CUB 4 3 3 10
ROC ROC 3 4 1 8
Belgium BEL 3 3 4 10
Sweden SWE 2 3 2 7
Ukraine UKR 2 1 4 7
Greece GRE 2 1 2 5
Great Britain GBR 1 8 0 9
Switzerland SUI 1 4 3 8
Denmark DEN 1 2 3 6
Unified Team EUN 1 2 2 5
Japan JPN 1 2 0 3
Austria AUT 1 1 5 7
Estonia EST 1 0 1 2
Hong Kong, China HKG 1 0 0 1
Mixed team MIX 1 0 0 1
Venezuela VEN 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Egypt EGY 0 1 0 1
Mexico MEX 0 1 0 1
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 5 5
Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2
Argentina ARG 0 0 1 1
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Portugal POR 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1
Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aladár Gerevich HUN 7 1 2 10
Edoardo Mangiarotti ITA 6 5 2 13
Valentina Vezzali ITA 6 1 2 9
Pál Kovács HUN 6 0 1 7
Rudolf Kárpáti HUN 6 0 0 6
Nedo Nadi ITA 6 0 0 6
Christian d'Oriola FRA 4 2 0 6
Lucien Gaudin FRA 4 2 0 6
Giuseppe Delfino ITA 4 2 0 6
Giovanna Trillini ITA 4 1 3 8

Event types

Discipline Name Gender Still contested? Times held?
Fencing Foil, Individual Men 31
Fencing Foil, Team Men 24
Fencing Épée, Individual Men 29
Fencing Épée, Team Men 26
Fencing Sabre, Individual Men 32
Fencing Sabre, Team Men 26
Fencing Foil, Individual Women 23
Fencing Foil, Team Women 14
Fencing Épée, Individual Women 7
Fencing Épée, Team Women 6
Fencing Sabre, Individual Women 5
Fencing Sabre, Team Women 3
Fencing Foil, Individual Boys 4
Fencing Épée, Individual Boys 3
Fencing Sabre, Individual Boys 3
Fencing Foil, Individual Girls 3
Fencing Épée, Individual Girls 3
Fencing Sabre, Individual Girls 3
Fencing Mixed Weapon, Team Mixed Youth 3
Fencing Foil, Masters, Individual Men 2
Fencing Épée, Masters, Individual Men 2
Fencing Épée, Masters and Amateurs, Individual Men 1
Fencing Sabre, Masters, Individual Men 2
Fencing Sabre, Individual, Three Hits Men 1
Fencing Single Sticks, Individual Men 1
Fencing Foil, Individual Open 1