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At the 1996 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Women's épée events made a debut at these Games.[1][2]
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée |
Aleksandr Beketov Russia
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Iván Trevejo Cuba
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Géza Imre Hungary
|
| team épée |
 Italy (ITA)Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Maurizio Randazzo |
 Russia (RUS)Aleksandr Beketov Pavel Kolobkov Valery Zakharevich |
 France (FRA)Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki |
| Individual foil |
Alessandro Puccini Italy
|
Lionel Plumenail France
|
Franck Boidin France
|
| team foil |
Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Shevchenko Ilgar Mamedov Vladislav Pavlovich |
 Poland (POL)Piotr Kiełpikowski Adam Krzesiński Ryszard Sobczak Jarosław Rodzewicz |
 Cuba (CUB)Elvis Gregory Rolando Leon Oscar García Perez |
| Individual sabre |
Stanislav Pozdnyakov Russia
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Sergey Sharikov Russia
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Damien Touya France
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| team sabre |
Russia (RUS) Stanislav Pozdnyakov Grigoriy Kirienko Sergey Sharikov |
 Hungary (HUN)Csaba Köves József Navarrete Bence Szabó |
Italy (ITA) Raffaello Caserta Luigi Tarantino Toni Terenzi |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée |
Laura Flessel France
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Valérie Barlois France
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Gyöngyi Szalay Hungary
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| team épée |
France (FRA) Laura Flessel Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois |
Italy (ITA) Laura Chiesa Elisa Uga Margherita Zalaffi |
Russia (RUS) Maria Mazina Yuliya Garayeva Karina Aznavourian |
| Individual foil |
Laura Badea Romania
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Valentina Vezzali Italy
|
Giovanna Trillini Italy
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| team foil |
Italy (ITA) Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
 Romania (ROU)Laura Badea Reka Szabo Roxana Scarlat |
 Germany (GER)Anja Fichtel Mauritz Sabine Bau Monika Weber-Koszto |
Medal table
Russia finished atop of the fencing medal table at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
A total of 224 fencers (136 men and 88 women) from 46 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:[1]
Algeria (2)
Argentina (4)
Australia (1)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (1)
Bolivia (1)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (7)
China (9)
Chile (1)
Colombia (2)
Cuba (7)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (1)
Estonia (6)
Finland (1)
France (15)
Georgia (1)
Germany (15)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (1)
Guatemala (1)
Hungary (15)
Israel (3)
Italy (16)
Japan (4)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kuwait (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Paraguay (1)
Poland (11)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (9)
Russia (15)
FR Yugoslavia (1)
South Korea (13)
Spain (11)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (5)
Tunisia (1)
Ukraine (6)
United States (15)
Uzbekistan (1)
Venezuela (4)
References
- ^ a b c "Fencing: 1996 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ "Olympedia – Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics".
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