1960 Summer Olympics / Fencing
| Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| information | |
| venue |
 Rome
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| Competition venue | Palazzo dei Congressi |
| Nations | 42 |
| Athletes | 344 (266  , 78  )
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| date | August 29 - September 8, 1960 |
| decisions | 8th |
| ← Melbourne 1956 | |
At the XVII. During the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , eight fencing competitions were held. The venue was the Palazzo dei Congressi in the EUR district. New to the program was the women's foil team competition.
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
| 2 |
 Hungary
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2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 3 |
Italy
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2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Germany
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Great Britain
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 United States
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
| competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil single |
Heidi Schmid
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Valentina Rastvorova
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Maria Vicol
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| Foil team |
Galina Gorochowa , Tatjana Petrenko , Walentina Prudskowa , Walentina Rastworowa , Alexandra Sabelina , Lyudmila Schischowa |
Lídia Dömölky , Katalin Juhász , Györgyi Marvalics , Magda Nyári-Kovács , Ildikó Rejtő |
Irene Camber , Velleda Cesari , Bruna Colombetti , Claudia Pasini , Antonella Ragno |
Results men
Epee single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
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Giuseppe Delfino | 5 + 1 |
| 2 |
GBR
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Allan Jay | 5 |
| 3 |
URS
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Bruno Habārovs | 4 + 1 |
| 4th |
HUN
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József Sákovics | 4th |
| 5 |
 BEL
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Roger Eighth | 3 |
| 6th |
 FRA
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Yves Dreyfus | 3 |
| 7th |
FRA
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Armand Mouyal | 3 |
| 8th |
ITA
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Giovanni Battista Breda | 1 |
Date: 5th to 6th September 1960
79 participants from 32 countries
Epee team
Date: September 9, 1960
105 participants from 21 countries
Foil single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Viktor Zhdanovich | 7th |
| 2 |
URS
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Yuri Sissikin | 4th |
| 3 |
United States
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Albert Axelrod | 3 + 2 |
| 4th |
POLE
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Witold Woyda | 3 + 1 |
| 5 |
URS
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Mark Midler | 3 |
| 6th |
FRA
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Roger Closset | 2 |
| 7th |
GBR
|
Bill Hoskyns | 2 |
| 8th |
FRA
|
Christian d'Oriola | 1 |
Date: August 29th to 30th, 1960
78 participants from 31 countries
Foil team
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Mark Midler , Juri Rudow , Wiktor Schdanowitsch , Juri Sissikin , German Sweschnikow |
| 2 |
ITA
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Aldo Aureggi , Luigi Carpaneda , Mario Curletto , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Alberto Pellegrino |
| 3 |
EUA
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Jürgen Brecht , Tim Gerresheim , Eberhard Mehl , Jürgen Theuerkauff |
| 4th |
HUN
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Ferenc Czvikovszki , Mihály Fülöp , József Gyuricza , Jenő Kamuti , László Kamuti , József Sákovics |
| 5 |
FRA
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Guy Barrabino , Jacky Courtillat , Christian d'Oriola , Jean-Claude Magnan , Claude Netter |
| 6th |
GBR
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Ralph Cooperman , Bill Hoskyns , Allan Jay , Angus McKenzie , René Paul |
| 7th |
POLE
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Egon Franke , Ryszard Kunze , Ryszard Parulski , Janusz Różycki , Witold Woyda |
| 8th |
United States
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Albert Axelrod , Daniel Bukantz , Eugene Glazer , Harold Goldsmith , Joseph Paletta |
Date: September 2, 1960
77 participants from 16 countries
Saber single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
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Rudolf Kárpáti | 5 |
| 2 |
HUN
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Zoltán Horváth | 4th |
| 3 |
ITA
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Wladimiro Calarese | 4th |
| 4th |
FRA
|
Claude Arabo | 4th |
| 5 |
POLE
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Wojciech Zablocki | 4th |
| 6th |
POLE
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Jerzy Pawłowski | 3 |
| 7th |
URS
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Dawid Tyschler | 2 |
| 8th |
URS
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Jakow Rylski | 2 |
Date: September 7th to 8th, 1960
70 participants from 29 countries
Due to a tie after the final round, a jump-off had to be carried out for ranks 2 to 5 .
Saber crew
Date: September 10, 1960
80 participants from 16 countries
Results women
Foil single
| space | country | sportswoman | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
EUA
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Heidi Schmid | 6th |
| 2 |
URS
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Valentina Rastvorova | 5 |
| 3 |
ROME
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Maria Vicol | 4th |
| 4th |
URS
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Galina Gorochowa | 4th |
| 5 |
ROME
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Olga Szabó-Orbán | 4th |
| 6th |
POLE
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Elżbieta Pawlas | 2 |
| 7th |
 MEX
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Pilar Roldan | 2 |
| 8th |
 AUT
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Traudl Ebert | 1 |
Date: August 31 to September 1, 1960
56 participants from 24 countries
Because of a tie after the final round, a jump-off had to be carried out for ranks 3 to 5.
Foil team
Date: September 3, 1960
57 participants from 12 countries
Web links
- Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results of the 1960 Summer Games (PDF, 11.9 MB)
