At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual épée | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Dario Mangiarotti Italy | Oswald Zappelli Switzerland |
| team épée |  Italy (ITA)Roberto Battaglia Carlo Pavesi Franco Bertinetti Giuseppe Delfino Dario Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti |  Sweden (SWE)Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Bengt Ljungquist Per Hjalmar Carleson Carl Forssell Sven Fahlman Lennart Magnusson |  Switzerland (SUI)Otto Rüfenacht Paul Meister Oswald Zappelli Paul Barth Willy Fitting Mario Valota |
| individual foil | Christian d'Oriola France | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Manlio Di Rosa Italy |
| team foil |  France (FRA)Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Jehan Buhan Claude Netter Jacques Noël Adrien Rommel | Italy (ITA) Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio Pellini Edoardo Mangiarotti Renzo Nostini | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN)Endre Palócz Tibor Berczelly Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Jozsef Sakovics Lajos Maszlay |
| individual sabre | Pál Kovács.svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | Aladár Gerevich Hungary | Tibor Berczelly Hungary |
| team sabre | Hungary (HUN) Bertalan Papp László Rajcsányi Rudolf Kárpáti Tibor Berczelly Aladár Gerevich Pál Kovács | Italy (ITA) Giorgio Pellini Vincenzo Pinton Renzo Nostini Mauro Racca Gastone Darè Roberto Ferrari | France (FRA) Maurice Piot Jacques Lefèvre Bernard Morel Jean Laroyenne Jean Francois Tournon Jean Levavasseur |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil | Irene Camber Italy | Ilona Elek Hungary | Karen Lachmann Denmark |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations
A total of 286 fencers (249 men and 37 women) from 32 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:[1]
Argentina (11)
Austria (8)
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Belgium (14).svg.png)
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Canada (2)
Cuba (1)
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Egypt (8)
Finland (11)
France (21)
Germany (9)
Great Britain (17)
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Hungary (17)
Ireland (4)
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Japan (1)
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Mexico (4)
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Poland (13)
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Romania (8).svg.png)
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Soviet Union (16)
Sweden (10)
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United States (20)
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Venezuela (10)
Vietnam (1)
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References
- ^ a b "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-09-13.