1972 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Fencing at the XX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Munich
Competition venue	Fencing halls I and II, Theresienhöhe Exhibition Center
Nations	37
Athletes	299 (65 , 234 )
date	August 29 - September 9, 1972
decisions	8th
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At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , eight fencing competitions were held. The venues were the fencing halls I and II on the Theresienhöhe exhibition center .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Hungary	2	4th	2	8th
2	Soviet Union	2	2	3	7th
3	Italy	2	-	-	2
	Poland	2	-	-	2
5	France	-	1	2	3
6th	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
7th	Romania	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Epee single	Csaba Fenyvesi	Jacques Ladègaillerie	Győző Kulcsár
Epee team	Sándor Erdős , Csaba Fenyvesi , Győző Kulcsár , István Osztrics , Pál Schmitt	Guy Evéquoz , Daniel Giger , Christian Kauter , Peter Lötscher , François Suchanecki	Hryhorij Kriss , Wiktor Modsolewski , Serhij Paramonow , Igor Valetov , Georgi Zažitski
Foil single	Witold Woyda	Jenő Kamuti	Christian Noël
Foil team	Marek Dąbrowski , Arkadiusz Godel , Jerzy Kaczmarek , Lech Koziejowski , Witold Woyda	Vladimir Denisov , Anatoli Koteschew , Viktor Putyatin , Leonid Romanov , Wassyl Stankowytsch	Gilles Berolatti , Jean-Claude Magnan , Christian Noël , Daniel Revenu , Bernard Talvard
Saber single	Viktor Sidjak	Péter Marót	Vladimir Naslymov
Saber crew	Michele Maffei , Mario Aldo Montano , Mario Tullio Montano , Rolando Rigoli , Cesare Salvadori	Viktor Baschenow , Vladimir Naslymow , Mark Rakita , Viktor Sidjak , Eduard Vinokurow	Péter Bakonyi , Pál Gerevich , Tamás Kovács , Péter Marót , Tibor Pézsa

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Foil single	Antonella Ragno-Lonzi	Ildikó Bóbis	Galina Gorochowa
Foil team	Jelena Belowa , Galina Gorochowa , Tatjana Petrenko , Alexandra Sabelina , Svetlana Tširkova	Ildikó Bóbis , Mária Szolnoki , Ildikó Rejtő , Ildikó Rónay , Ildikó Schwarczenberger	Ileana Gyulai , Ana Pascu , Ecaterina Stahl , Olga Szabó-Orbán

Time schedule

Competitions and schedule
Competitions	August September
Men	29	30th	31.	01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.
Foil single
Foil team
Epee single
Epee team
Saber single
Saber crew
Women	29	30th	31.	01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.
Foil single
Foil team

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Elimination round, round of 16 and quarter-finals

Semifinals and finals

Results men

Epee single

space	country	athlete	Victories	Hit
1	HUN	Csaba Fenyvesi	4th	25:10
2	FRA	Jacques Ladègaillerie	3	23:19
3	HUN	Győző Kulcsár	3	20:19
4th	ROME	Anton Pongratz	3	19:20
5	SWE	Rolf Edling	1	15:22
6th	FRA	Jacques Brodin	0	13:25
7th	GDR	Horst Melzig
	POLE	Jerzy Janikowski

Date: September 4-6, 1972
72 participants from 28 countries

In the final round, the six finalists fought out the winner on five hits using the “everyone against everyone” mode. The duel between Fenyvesi and Ladègaillerie ended in a 5-5 draw.

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Sándor Erdős , Csaba Fenyvesi , Győző Kulcsár , István Osztrics , Pál Schmitt
2	SUI	Guy Evéquoz , Daniel Giger , Christian Kauter , Peter Lötscher , François Suchanecki
3	URS	Hryhorij Kriss , Wiktor Modsolewski , Serhij Paramonow , Igor Valetov , Georgi Zažitski
4th	FRA	Jean-Pierre Allemand , Jacques Brodin , François Jeanne , Jacques Ladègaillerie , Pierre Marchand
5	ROME	Costică Bărăgan , Constantin Duțu , Nicolae lorgu , Alexandru Istrate , Anton Pongratz
6th	POLE	Bohdan Andrzejewski , Kazimierz Barburski , Bohdan Gonsior , Jerzy Janikowski , Henryk Nielaba
7th	NOR	Claus Mørch , Ole Mørch , Jeppe Normann , Jan von Koss
	SWE	Rolf Edling , Orvar Jönsson , Per Sundberg , Carl von Essen , Hans Wieselgren

Date: September 8th to 9th, 1972
94 participants from 20 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	the 9th of September
	France	8th
					the 9th of September
	Norway	2
					France	5
					Switzerland	8th
	Switzerland	9
									the 9th of September
	Romania	2
									Switzerland	4th
									Hungary	8th
	Hungary	9
	Poland	1
					Hungary	8th			3rd place
					Soviet Union	5
	Soviet Union	8th							France	4th
	Sweden	7th							Soviet Union	9

Foil single

space	country	athlete	Victories	Hit
1	POLE	Witold Woyda	5	25: 07
2	HUN	Jenő Kamuti	4th	23:19
3	FRA	Christian Noël	2	18:18
4th	ROME	Mihai Țiu	2	17:20
5	URS	Vladimir Denisov	2	17:21
6th	POLE	Marek Dąbrowski	0	10:25
7th	ITA	Nicola Granieri
	FRG	Friedrich Wessel

Date: August 29th to 30th, 1972
58 participants from 26 countries

In the final round, the six finalists fought out the winner on five hits using the “everyone against everyone” mode.

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Marek Dąbrowski , Arkadiusz Godel , Jerzy Kaczmarek , Lech Koziejowski , Witold Woyda
2	URS	Vladimir Denisov , Anatoli Koteschew , Viktor Putyatin , Leonid Romanov , Wassyl Stankowytsch
3	FRA	Gilles Berolatti , Jean-Claude Magnan , Christian Noël , Daniel Revenu , Bernard Talvard
4th	HUN	Csaba Fenyvesi , Jenő Kamuti , László Kamuti , István Marton , Sándor Szabó
5	FRG	Harald Hein , Erk Sens-Gorius , Klaus Reichert , Dieter Wellmann , Friedrich Wessel
6th	JPN	Masaya Fukuda , Shiro Maruyama , Hiroshi Nakajama , Ichiro Serizawa , Kiyoshi Uehara
7th	CUB	Jorge Garbey , Jesús Gil , Evelio González , Eduardo Jhons , Enrique Salvat
	ROME	Iuliu Falb , Ștefan Haukler , Tănase Mureșanu , Aurel Ștefan , Mihai Țiu

Date: September 1st to 2nd, 1972
63 participants from 13 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 1
	France	9
					September 2nd
	Romania	6th
					France	6th
					Soviet Union	9
	Soviet Union	9
									September 2nd
	BR Germany	6th
									Soviet Union	5
									Poland	9
	Poland	9
	Japan	5
					Poland	8th			3rd place
					Hungary	7th
	Hungary	9							France	9
	Cuba	6th							Hungary	7th

Saber single

space	country	athlete	Victories	Hit
1	URS	Viktor Sidjak	4th	23:15
2	HUN	Péter Marót	3	21:20
3	URS	Vladimir Naslymov	3	21:21
4th	ITA	Michele Maffei	3	20:21
5	FRA	Régis Bonissent	1	19:22
6th	HUN	Tamás Kovács	1	17:22
7th	POLE	Jerzy Pawłowski
	United States	Paul Apostol

Date: August 30th to 31st, 1972
54 participants from 23 countries

In the final round, the six finalists fought out the winner on five hits using the “everyone against everyone” mode.

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Michele Maffei , Mario Aldo Montano , Mario Tullio Montano , Rolando Rigoli , Cesare Salvadori
2	URS	Viktor Baschenow , Vladimir Naslymow , Mark Rakita , Viktor Sidjak , Eduard Vinokurow
3	HUN	Péter Bakonyi , Pál Gerevich , Tamás Kovács , Péter Marót , Tibor Pézsa
4th	ROME	Iosif Budahazi , Gheorghe Culcea , Dan Irimiciuc , Constantin Nicolae , Octavian Vintilă
5	POLE	Krzysztof Grzegorek , Zygmunt Kawecki , Janusz Majewski , Józef Nowara , Jerzy Pawłowski
6th	CUB	Francisco de la Torre , Hilario Hipolito , Manuel Ortiz , Guzman Salazar , Manuel Suarez
7th	FRA	Philippe Bena , Régis Bonissent , Bernard Dumont , Serge Panizza , Bernard Vallée
	FRG	Walter Convents , Volker Duschner , Knut Höhne , Dieter Wellmann , Paul Wischeidt

Date: September 3rd to 4th, 1972
63 participants from 13 countries

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 3
	Hungary	9
					September 4th
	Cuba	2
					Hungary	7th
					Soviet Union	9
	Soviet Union	9
									September 4th
	BR Germany	4th
									Soviet Union	5
									Italy	9
	Italy	9
	Poland	2
					Italy	9			3rd place
					Romania	7th
	Romania	9							Hungary	8th
	France	6th							Romania	7th

Results women

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman	Victories	Hit
1	ITA	Antonella Ragno-Lonzi	4th	19:13
2	HUN	Ildikó Bóbis	3	17:14
3	URS	Galina Gorochowa	3	16:14
4th	FRA	Marie-Chantal Demaille	3	14:16
5	URS	Jelena Belowa	2	15:13
6th	SWE	Kerstin Palm	0	09:20
7th	FRA	Catherine Rousselet
	FRA	Brigitte Gapais-Dumont

Date: September 2nd to 3rd, 1972
44 participants from 20 countries

In the final round, the six finalists fought out the winner on four hits using the “everyone against everyone” mode.

Foil team

space	country	Sportswomen
1	URS	Jelena Belowa , Galina Gorochowa , Tatjana Petrenko , Alexandra Sabelina , Svetlana Tširkova
2	HUN	Ildikó Bóbis , Mária Szolnoki , Ildikó Rejtő , Ildikó Rónay , Ildikó Schwarczenberger
3	ROME	Ileana Gyulai , Ana Pascu , Ecaterina Stahl , Olga Szabó-Orbán
4th	ITA	Giuseppina Bersani , Maria Consolata Collino , Reka De Cipriani , Giulia Lorenzoni , Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
5	FRG	Erika Bethmann , Irmela Broniecki , Karin Gießelmann , Monika Pulch , Gudrun Theuerkauff
6th	FRA	Catherine Rousselet , Marie-Chantal Demaille , Brigitte Gapais-Dumont , Claudette Herbster-Josland
7th	POLE	Halina Balon , Jolanta Bebel , Elżbieta Franke , Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska , Kamilla Składanowska
	United States	Tatyana Adamovich , Natalia Clovis , Harriet King , Ann O'Donnell , Ruth White

Date: September 7th to 8th, 1972
53 participants from 11 countries

	Semifinals				final
	September 8th
	Hungary	9
	Italy	6th
					September 8th
					Hungary	5
					Soviet Union	9
					3rd place
	Soviet Union	9			Italy	7th
	Romania	4th			Romania	9

Web links

• Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1972 Summer Games (PDF, 29.4 MB)