Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 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

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Individual épée
details | Győző Kulcsár
Hungary | Grigory Kriss
Soviet Union | Gianluigi Saccaro
Italy
team épée
details |  Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Fenyvesi
Zoltan Nemere
Pál Schmitt
Gyözö Kulcsar
Pal Nagy |  Soviet Union (URS)
Grigory Kriss
Iosif Vitebsky
Aleksei Nikanchikov
Yuri Smolyakov
Viktor Modzalevsky |  Poland (POL)
Bogdan Andrzejewski
Michał Butkiewicz
Bogdan Gonsior
Henryk Nielaba
Kazimierz Barburski
individual foil
details | Ion Drîmbă
Romania | Jenő Kamuti
Hungary | Daniel Revenu
France
team foil
details |  France (FRA)
Daniel Revenu
Gilles Berolatti
Christian Noël
Jean-Claude Magnan
Jacques Dimont |  Soviet Union (URS)
German Sveshnikov
Yuri Sharov
Vasili Stankovich
Viktor Putyatin
Yuri Sisikin |  Poland (POL)
Witold Woyda
Zbigniew Skrudlik
Ryszard Parulski
Egon Franke
Adam Lisewski
individual sabre
details | Jerzy Pawłowski
Poland | Mark Rakita
Soviet Union | Tibor Pézsa
Hungary
team sabre
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Nazlymov
Viktor Sidyak
Eduard Vinokurov
Mark Rakita
Umar Mavlikhanov |  Italy (ITA)
Wladimiro Calarese
Michele Maffei
Cesare Salvadori
Pierluigi Chicca
Rolando Rigoli |  Hungary (HUN)
Tamás Kovács
János Kalmár
Péter Bakonyi
Miklós Meszéna
Tibor Pézsa

### Women's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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individual foil
details | Elena Belova
Soviet Union | Pilar Roldán
Mexico | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Hungary
team foil
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandra Zabelina
Tatyana Samusenko
Elena Belova
Galina Gorokhova
Svetlana Tširkova |  Hungary (HUN)
Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics
Ildikó Bóbis
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Maria Jarmy
Paula Marosi-Foldesi |  Romania (ROU)
Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei
Maria Vicol
Olga Orban-Szabo
Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 3| 4| 0| 7
2|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 2| 3| 7
3|  Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 2| 3
4|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Romania (ROU)| 1| 0| 1| 2
6|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
7|  Mexico (MEX)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## Participating nations

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A total of 275 fencers (217 men and 58 women) from 34 nations competed at the Mexico City Games:[1]

* Argentina (10)
* Australia (5)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* Cuba (13)
* East Germany (4)
* Egypt (4)
* France (20)
* Great Britain (17)
* Hungary (20)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (19)
* Japan (5)
* Lebanon (3)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Mexico (14)
* Netherlands Antilles (3)
* Norway (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (20)
* Portugal (4)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (10)
* Soviet Union (20)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* United States (20)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (1)
* West Germany (20)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-23.

## Sources

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-22.

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