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Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dates 29 August – 9 September 1972
Medal Events 8

At the Munich Olympics the fencing contests took place at the two fencing halls (Fechthalle 1 and Fechthalle 2) on the Messegelände complex. The eight gold medals available were shared equally between four nations, Hungary, the USSR, Italy and Poland with Hungary being the most successful in terms of total medals with eight. Witold Woyda of Poland and Hungary’s Csaba Fenyvesi were the individual standout performers with a pair of gold medals apiece.

The massacre of Israeli athletes during the Games affected the world of fencing through the death of coach Andre Spitzer.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 29 – 30 August 1972 57 25
Foil, Team, Men Olympic 1 – 2 September 1972 63 13
Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 4 – 6 September 1972 72 28
Épée, Team, Men Olympic 8 – 9 September 1972 94 20
Sabre, Individual, Men Olympic 30 – 31 August 1972 53 22
Sabre, Team, Men Olympic 3 – 4 September 1972 63 13
Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 2 – 3 September 1972 44 20
Foil, Team, Women Olympic 7 – 8 September 1972 53 11
299 (234/65) 37 (36/20)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Foil, Individual, Men Witold WoydaPOL Jenő KamutiHUN Christian NoëlFRA
Foil, Team, Men PolandPOL Soviet UnionURS FranceFRA
Épée, Individual, Men Csaba FenyvesiHUN Jacques LadègaillerieFRA Győző KulcsárHUN
Épée, Team, Men HungaryHUN SwitzerlandSUI Soviet UnionURS
Sabre, Individual, Men Viktor SidyakURS Péter MarótHUN Vladimir NazlymovURS
Sabre, Team, Men ItalyITA Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN
Foil, Individual, Women Antonella Ragno-LonziITA Ildikó Farkasinszky-BóbisHUN Galina GorokhovaURS
Foil, Team, Women Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN RomaniaROU

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hungary HUN 2 4 2 8
Soviet Union URS 2 2 3 7
Italy ITA 2 0 0 2
Poland POL 2 0 0 2
France FRA 0 1 2 3
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1