Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 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]
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée |
Giuseppe Delfino Italy |
Allan Jay Great Britain |
Bruno Khabarov Soviet Union |
| team épée |
Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Delfino Alberto Pellegrino Carlo Pavesi Edoardo Mangiarotti Fiorenzo Marini Gianluigi Saccaro |
Great Britain (GBR) Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling Henry Hoskyns Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Chernikov Guram Kostava Arnold Chernushevich Bruno Khabarov Aleksandr Pavlovsky |
| individual foil |
Viktor Zhdanovich Soviet Union |
Yury Sisikin Soviet Union |
Albert Axelrod United States |
| team foil |
Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Zhdanovich Mark Midler Yuri Rudov Yury Sisikin German Sveshnikov |
Italy (ITA) Alberto Pellegrino Luigi Carpaneda Mario Curletto Aldo Aureggi Edoardo Mangiarotti |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Team of Germany (EUA)Jürgen Theuerkauff Tim Gerresheim Eberhard Mehl Jürgen Brecht |
| individual sabre |
Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary |
Zoltán Horváth Hungary |
Wladimiro Calarese Italy |
| team sabre |
Hungary (HUN) Tamas Mendelenyi Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács Zoltán Horváth Gabor Delneki Aladár Gerevich |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland (POL)Andrzej Piątkowski Emil Ochyra Wojciech Zabłocki Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Marian Kuszewski |
Italy (ITA) Wladimiro Calarese Giampaolo Calanchini Pierluigi Chicca Roberto Ferrari Mario Ravagnan |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil |
Adelheid Schmid United Team of Germany |
Valentina Rastvorova Soviet Union |
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| team foil |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentina Prudskova Aleksandra Zabelina Lyudmila Shishova Tatyana Petrenko Galina Gorokhova Valentina Rastvorova |
Hungary (HUN) Györgyi Szekely-Marvalics Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Magdolna Nyari-Kovacs Katalin Juhasz-Nagy Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics |
Italy (ITA) Bruna Colombetti Velleda Cesari Claudia Pasini Irene Camber Antonella Ragno-Lonzi |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 344 fencers (266 men and 78 women) from 42 nations competed at the Rome Games:[1]
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Argentina (6)
Australia (11)
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Canada (1)
Colombia (2)
Cuba (1)
Denmark (1)
Finland (6)
France (21)- United Team of Germany (19)
- Great Britain (18)
- Hungary (21)
Indonesia (4)
Ireland (6)
Israel (2)- Italy (20)
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Japan (5)
Lebanon (4)
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Mexico (8)
Monaco (2)
Morocco (7)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)- Poland (21)
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Puerto Rico (1)- Romania (15)
- Soviet Union (21)
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Spain (11)
Sweden (7)
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Egypt (6)- United States (21)
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Venezuela (8)
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Yugoslavia (2)
References
- "Fencing: 1960 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
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