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Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée | Lucien Gaudin France | Georges Buchard France | George Calnan.svg.png){kind=small} United States |
| team épée | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA)Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli Franco Riccardi |  France (FRA)Georges Buchard Gaston Amson Émile Cornic Bernard Schmetz René Barbier |  Portugal (POR)Paulo Leal Mário de Noronha Jorge de Paiva Frederico Paredes João Sassetti Henrique da Silveira |
| individual foil | Lucien Gaudin France | Erwin Casmir.svg.png){kind=small} Germany | Giulio Gaudini.svg.png){kind=small} Italy |
| team foil | Italy (ITA) Ugo Pignotti Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Pessina Gioachino Guaragna Oreste Puliti Giorgio Chiavacci | France (FRA) Philippe Cattiau Roger Ducret André Labattut Lucien Gaudin Raymond Flacher André Gaboriaud |  Argentina (ARG)Roberto Larraz Raúl Anganuzzi Luis Lucchetti Héctor Lucchetti Carmelo Camet |
| individual sabre | Ödön Tersztyánszky.svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | Attila Petschauer Hungary | Bino Bini Italy |
| team sabre | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN)Ödön von Tersztyánszky János Garay Attila Petschauer József Rády Sándor Gombos Gyula Glykais | Italy (ITA) Bino Bini Oreste Puliti Giulio Sarrocchi Renato Anselmi Emilio Salafia Gustavo Marzi | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland (POL)Adam Papée Tadeusz Friedrich Kazimierz Laskowski Władysław Segda Aleksander Małecki Jerzy Zabielski |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil | Helene Mayer Germany | Muriel Freeman Great Britain | Olga Oelkers Germany |
Participating nations
A total of 259 fencers (232 men, 27 women) from 27 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:[1]
Argentina (9)
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Belgium (21)
Bulgaria (2)
Chile (6)
Czechoslovakia (7)
Denmark (10).svg.png)
Egypt (8)
Finland (2)
France (20).svg.png)
Germany (13)
Great Britain (19).svg.png)
Greece (5).svg.png)
Hungary (17).svg.png)
Italy (18).svg.png)
Mexico (2)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (5).svg.png)
Poland (6)
Portugal (7)
Romania (8).svg.png)
Spain (9)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (9).svg.png)
Turkey (4).svg.png)
United States (16).svg.png)
Yugoslavia (2)
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
- ^ a b "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-22.