Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 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] They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow).

Medal summary

Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's épée  Johan Harmenberg (SWE)  Ernõ Kolczonay (HUN)  Philippe Riboud (FRA)
Men's team épée  France (FRA)
Philippe Riboud
Patrick Picot
Hubert Gardas
Philippe Boisse
Michel Salesse
 Poland (POL)
Piotr Jabłkowski
Andrzej Lis
Leszek Swornowski
Ludomir Chronowski
Mariusz Strzałka
 Soviet Union (URS)
Ashot Karagian
Boris Lukomsky
Aleksander Abushackmetov
Aleksander Mozhaev
Vladimir Smirnov
Men's foil  Vladimir Smirnov (URS)  Pascal Jolyot (FRA)  Aleksander Romankov (URS)
Men's team foil  France (FRA)
Didier Flament
Pascal Jolyot
Bruno Boscherie
Philippe Bonin
Frederic Pietruszka
 Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksander Romankov
Vladimir Smirnov
Sabirzhan Ruziev
Ashot Karagian
Vladimir Lapitsky
 Poland (POL)
Adam Robak
Bogusław Zych
Lech Koziejowski
Marian Sypniewski
Men's sabre  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS)  Mikhail Burtsev (URS)  Imre Gedővári (HUN)
Men's team sabre  Soviet Union (URS)
Mikhail Burtsev
Viktor Krovopuskov
Viktor Sidjak
Vladimir Nazlymov
 Italy (ITA)
Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Marco Romano
Ferdinando Meglio
 Hungary (HUN)
Imre Gedővári
Rudolf Nébald
Pál Gerevich
Ferenc Hammang
György Nébald
Women's foil  Pascale Trinquet (FRA)  Magda Maros (HUN)  Barbara Wysoczańska (POL)
Women's team foil  France (FRA)
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Pascale Trinquet
Isabelle Begard
Veronique Brouquier
Christine Muzio
 Soviet Union (URS)
Valentina Sidorova
Nailia Giliazova
Elena Novikova-Belova
Irina Ushakova
Larisa Tsagaraeva
 Hungary (HUN)
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Magda Maros
Gertrúd Stefanek
Zsuzsanna Szőcs
Edit Kovács

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France (FRA) 4 1 1 6
2  Soviet Union (URS) 3 3 2 8
3  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
4  Hungary (HUN) 0 2 3 5
5  Poland (POL) 0 1 2 3
6  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1

Participating nations

A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-17.

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