Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual épée
 Luigi Cantone
Italy (ITA)
 Oswald Zappelli
Switzerland (SUI)
 Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italy (ITA)
Men's team épée
 France (FRA)
Maurice Huet
Michel Pécheux
Marcel Desprets
Edouard Artigas
Henri Guerin
Henri Lepage
 Italy (ITA)
Luigi Cantone
Marc Antonio Mandruzzato
Carlo Agostoni
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Dario Mangiarotti
 Sweden (SWE)
Frank Cervell
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Sven Thofelt
Per Hjalmar Carleson
Arne Tollbom
Men's individual foil
 Jehan Buhan
France (FRA)
 Christian d'Oriola
France (FRA)
 Lajos Maszlay
Hungary (HUN)
Men's team foil
 France (FRA)
Adrien Rommel
Christian d'Oriola
Andre Bonin
Jacques Lataste
Jehan Buhan
René Bougnol
 Italy (ITA)
Saverio Ragno
Renzo Nostini
Manlio Di Rosa
Giorgio Pellini
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Giuliano Nostini
 Belgium (BEL)
André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer
Paul Louis Jean Valcke
Raymond Bru
Georges Camille De Bourgignon
Henri Paternoster
Edouard Yves
Men's individual sabre
 Aladár Gerevich
Hungary (HUN)
 Vincenzo Pinton
Italy (ITA)
 Pál Kovács
Hungary (HUN)
Men's team sabre
 Hungary (HUN)
László Rajcsányi
Bertalan Papp
Aladár Gerevich
Tibor Berczelly
Rudolf Kárpáti
Pál Kovács
 Italy (ITA)
Carlo Turcato
Gastone Darè
Vincenzo Pinton
Mauro Racca
Renzo Nostini
Aldo Montano
 United States (USA)
Miguel Angel De Capriles
Norman Cohn-Armitage
George Vitez Worth
Dean Victor Cetrulo
James Hummitzsch Flynn
Tibor Andrew Nyilas
Women's individual foil
 Ilona Elek
Hungary (HUN)
 Karen Lachmann
Denmark (DEN)
 Ellen Mueller
Austria (AUT)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France (FRA) 3 1 0 4
2  Hungary (HUN) 3 0 2 5
3  Italy (ITA) 1 4 1 6
4  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
4  Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
6  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
6  Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1 1
6  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1
6  United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

A total of 294 fencers (255 men and 39 women) from 30 nations competed at the London Games:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-08.