Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The fencing tournament took place at the Stade d’Hiver on the campus of University of Montréal with the same six events for men and two for women that had been contested since 1960.

For the second games in succession Europe swept up all the medals but this time there was greater parity between East and West. The Soviet Union were the most successful nation both in winning gold medals (3) and total medals (7) with West Germany the other nation to pick up more than one Olympic title. Viktor Krovopuskov of the USSR was the only double gold medallist of the Games.

Thomas Bach, member of the victorious West German foil team, would later take a number of leading roles in the Olympic Movement, replacing Jacques Rogge as the President of the IOC in 2013.