Fencing — Foil, Individual, Men

Times held 32
Total participants 1062
Total countries 85

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1889 Foil, Event #1, Men 0 0
1889 Foil, Event #2, Men 0 0
1896 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 8 2
1900 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 53 9
1904 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 9 4
1906 Foil, Individual, Men Intercalated 37 12
1912 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 94 15
1920 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 56 10
1924 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 49 17
1928 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 54 23
1932 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 26 12
1936 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 62 22
1948 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 63 25
1952 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 61 25
1956 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 32 14
1960 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 78 31
1964 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 55 21
1968 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 64 25
1972 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 57 25
1976 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 56 23
1980 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 37 16
1984 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 58 26
1988 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 68 29
1992 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 59 25
1996 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 45 19
2000 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 40 23
2004 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 36 20
2008 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 26 21
2012 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 38 20
2016 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 35 19
2020 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 35 18
2024 Foil, Individual, Men Olympic 37 21

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Eugène Henry GravelotteFRA Henri CallotFRA Alexandros Vouros
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
GRE
GRE
1900 Émile CosteFRA Henri MassonFRA Marcel BoulengerFRA
1904 Ramón FonstCUB Albertson Van Zo PostUSA Charles TathamUSA
1906 Georges, Baron Dillon-KavanaghFRA Gustav CasmirGER Pierre d'HuguesFRA
1912 Nedo NadiITA Pietro SpecialeITA Richard VerderberAUT
1920 Nedo NadiITA Philippe CattiauFRA Roger DucretFRA
1924 Roger DucretFRA Philippe CattiauFRA Maurice Van DammeBEL
1928 Lucien GaudinFRA Erwin CasmirGER Giulio GaudiniITA
1932 Gustavo MarziITA Joe LevisUSA Giulio GaudiniITA
1936 Giulio GaudiniITA Edward GardèreFRA Giorgio BocchinoITA
1948 Jéhan de BuhanFRA Christian d'OriolaFRA Lajos MaszlayHUN
1952 Christian d'OriolaFRA Edoardo MangiarottiITA Manlio Di RosaITA
1956 Christian d'OriolaFRA Giancarlo BergaminiITA Antonio SpallinoITA
1960 Viktor ZhdanovichURS Yury SisikinURS Albie AxelrodUSA
1964 Egon FrankePOL Jean-Claude MagnanFRA Daniel RevenuFRA
1968 Ion DrîmbăROU Jenő KamutiHUN Daniel RevenuFRA
1972 Witold WoydaPOL Jenő KamutiHUN Christian NoëlFRA
1976 Fabio Dal ZottoITA Aleksandr RomankovURS Bernard TalvardFRA
1980 Vladimir SmirnovURS Pascal JolyotFRA Aleksandr RomankovURS
1984 Mauro NumaITA Matthias BehrFRG Stefano CerioniITA
1988 Stefano CerioniITA Udo WagnerGDR Aleksandr RomankovURS
1992 Philippe OmnèsFRA Serhiy HolubytskyiEUN Elvis GregoryCUB
1996 Alessandro PucciniITA Lionel PlumenailFRA Franck BoidinFRA
2000 Kim Yeong-HoKOR Ralf BißdorfGER Dmitry ShevchenkoRUS
2004 Brice GuyartFRA Salvatore SanzoITA Andrea CassaràITA
2008 Benjamin KleibrinkGER Yuki OtaJPN Salvatore SanzoITA
2012 Lei ShengCHN Alaaeldin AbouelkassemEGY Choi Byeong-CheolKOR
2016 Daniele GarozzoITA Alexander MassialasUSA Timur SafinRUS
2020 Edgar CheungHKG Daniele GarozzoITA Alexander ChoupenitchCZE
2024 Edgar CheungHKG Filippo MacchiITA Nick ItkinUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
France FRA 10 9 8 27
Italy ITA 9 6 8 23
Soviet Union URS 2 2 2 6
Hong Kong, China HKG 2 0 0 2
Poland POL 2 0 0 2
Germany GER 1 3 0 4
Cuba CUB 1 0 1 2
Republic of Korea KOR 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
United States USA 0 3 3 6
Hungary HUN 0 2 1 3
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Egypt EGY 0 1 0 1
Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Greece GRE 0 0 2 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Christian d'Oriola FRA 2 1 0 3
Nedo Nadi ITA 2 0 0 2
Edgar Cheung HKG 2 0 0 2
Daniele Garozzo ITA 1 1 0 2
Giulio Gaudini ITA 1 0 2 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1980 Summer Olympics Tahar Hamou 28 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Victor Sintès 28
Argentina ARG 1924 Summer Olympics Roberto Larraz 5 See all
Aruba ARU 1988 Summer Olympics Austin Thomas 58 See all
Australia AUS 1976 Summer Olympics Greg Benko 6 See all
Austria AUT 1912 Summer Olympics Richard Verderber 3 Bronze See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Maurice Van Damme 3 Bronze See all
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský AC p3 r1/3 See all
Bolivia BOL 1984 Summer Olympics Saúl Mendoza =50 See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Guilherme Toldo 8 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1936 Summer Olympics Dimitar Vasilev 6 p8 r1/5 See all
Cabo Verde CPV 2024 Summer Olympics Victor Alvares de Oliveira 33 See all
Canada CAN 2008 Summer Olympics Josh McGuire 16 See all
Chile CHI 1936 Summer Olympics Tomás Goyoaga 5 p4 r1/5 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2024 Summer Olympics Chen Yi-Tung 27 See all
Colombia COL 1956 Summer Olympics Pablo Uribe 7 p1 r1/3 See all
Croatia CRO 2012 Summer Olympics Bojan Jovanović =33 See all
Cuba CUB 1904 Summer Olympics Ramón Fonst 1 Gold See all
Cyprus CYP 2024 Summer Olympics Alex Tofalides 31 See all
Czechia CZE 2020 Summer Olympics Alexander Choupenitch 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Jurka =13 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2024 Summer Olympics Jérémy Keryhuel 26 See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Ivan Osiier 6 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Udo Wagner 2 Silver See all
Egypt EGY 2012 Summer Olympics Alaaeldin Abouelkassem 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Kurt Lindeman 5 p2 r2/4 See all
France FRA 1896 Summer Olympics Eugène Henry Gravelotte 1 Gold See all
1900 Summer Olympics Émile Coste 1 Gold
1906 Intercalated Games Georges, Baron Dillon-Kavanagh 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Roger Ducret 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Lucien Gaudin 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Jéhan de Buhan 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Christian d'Oriola 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Christian d'Oriola 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Philippe Omnès 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Brice Guyart 1 Gold
Germany GER 2008 Summer Olympics Benjamin Kleibrink 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Emrys Lloyd 4 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Allan Jay 4
2016 Summer Olympics Richard Kruse 4
Greece GRE 1896 Summer Olympics Alexandros Vouros =3 Bronze See all
1896 Summer Olympics Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis =3 Bronze
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Rubén Soberón 7 p4 r1/4 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Eduardo López 7 p6 r1/4
Haiti HAI 1900 Summer Olympics André Corvington AC r1/5 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2020 Summer Olympics Edgar Cheung 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Edgar Cheung 1 Gold
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Jenő Kamuti 2 Silver See all
1972 Summer Olympics Jenő Kamuti 2 Silver
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Alkindi 67 See all
Ireland IRL 1964 Summer Olympics Michael Ryan 6 p2 r2/4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Nasser Madani =17 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Itzhak Hatuel 16 See all
Italy ITA 1912 Summer Olympics Nedo Nadi 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Nedo Nadi 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Gustavo Marzi 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Giulio Gaudini 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Fabio Dal Zotto 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Mauro Numa 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Stefano Cerioni 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Alessandro Puccini 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Daniele Garozzo 1 Gold
Japan JPN 2008 Summer Olympics Yuki Ota 2 Silver See all
Jordan JOR 1984 Summer Olympics Ayman Jumean 58 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Grigoryev 25 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1984 Summer Olympics Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah 42 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Khaled Al-Awadhi 31 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Dany Haddad 33 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Zain Shaito =33
Luxembourg LUX 1960 Summer Olympics Jean Link 5 p4 r2/5 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Ronnie Theseira 7 p8 r1/4 See all
Mexico MEX 2012 Summer Olympics Daniel Gómez =17 See all
Monaco MON 1960 Summer Olympics Gilbert Orengo 5 p4 r1/5 See all
Morocco MAR 2008 Summer Olympics Lahoussine Ali 20 See all
Netherlands NED 1906 Intercalated Games Simon Okker 5 See all
New Zealand NZL 1960 Summer Olympics Brian Pickworth 6 p7 r1/5 See all
Norway NOR 1924 Summer Olympics Frithjof Lorentzen 6 p2 r4/5 See all
Paraguay PAR 1992 Summer Olympics Enzo da Ponte =54 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Lei Sheng 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1900 Summer Olympics Carlos de Candamo AC r3/5 See all
Philippines PHI 1992 Summer Olympics Walter Torres 53 See all
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Egon Franke 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Witold Woyda 1 Gold
Portugal POR 2000 Summer Olympics João Gomes 12 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Edgardo Díaz =39 See all
Qatar QAT 2008 Summer Olympics Khalid Al-Hamadi 25 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Kirill Borodachov 8 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2000 Summer Olympics Kim Yeong-Ho 1 Gold See all
Romania ROU 1968 Summer Olympics Ion Drîmbă 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Dmitry Shevchenko 3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Timur Safin 3 Bronze
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Karl Bach 5 p1 r1/4 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Ernst Rau =5 p5 r1/4
Singapore SGP 1992 Summer Olympics James Wong 57 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Hein van Garderen 51 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1960 Summer Olympics Trần Văn Xuan 7 p8 r1/5 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Viktor Zhdanovich 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Smirnov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1924 Summer Olympics Juan Delgado 5 p1 r4/5 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Bertil Uggla 12 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Ola Kajbjer 12
Switzerland SUI 1932 Summer Olympics Paul de Graffenried 9 p2 r2/3 See all
Thailand THA 2008 Summer Olympics Nontapat Panchan 21 See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Mohamed Samandi =17 See all
Türkiye TUR 1984 Summer Olympics Haluk Yamaç 27 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Serhiy Holubytskyi 6 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Serhiy Holubytskyi 6
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Serhiy Holubytskyi 2 Silver See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics El-Hamy El-Husseini 5 p1 r1/5 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Moustafa Soheim 5 p2 r1/5
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Albertson Van Zo Post 2 Silver See all
1932 Summer Olympics Joe Levis 2 Silver
2016 Summer Olympics Alexander Massialas 2 Silver
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2024 Summer Olympics Kruz Schembri 35 See all
Uruguay URU 1924 Summer Olympics Domingo Mendy 5 p3 r3/5 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Rafkat Ruziyev =42 See all
Venezuela VEN 2000 Summer Olympics Carlos Rodríguez 13 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Matthias Behr 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1936 Summer Olympics Edo Marion 5 p4 r2/5 See all