At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 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]
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Győző Kulcsár Hungary | Grigory Kriss Soviet Union | Gianluigi Saccaro Italy |
| team épée |  Hungary (HUN)Csaba Fenyvesi Zoltan Nemere Pál Schmitt Gyözö Kulcsar Pal Nagy |  Soviet Union (URS)Grigory Kriss Iosif Vitebsky Aleksei Nikanchikov Yuri Smolyakov Viktor Modzalevsky | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland (POL)Bogdan Andrzejewski Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Henryk Nielaba Kazimierz Barburski |
| individual foil | Ion Drîmbă.svg.png){kind=small} Romania | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Daniel Revenu France |
| team foil |  France (FRA)Daniel Revenu Gilles Berolatti Christian Noël Jean-Claude Magnan Jacques Dimont | Soviet Union (URS) German Sveshnikov Yuri Sharov Vasili Stankovich Viktor Putyatin Yuri Sisikin | Poland (POL) Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Adam Lisewski |
| individual sabre | Jerzy Pawłowski.svg.png){kind=small} Poland | Mark Rakita Soviet Union | Tibor Pézsa Hungary |
| team sabre | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Sidyak Eduard Vinokurov Mark Rakita Umar Mavlikhanov |  Italy (ITA)Wladimiro Calarese Michele Maffei Cesare Salvadori Pierluigi Chicca Rolando Rigoli | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Kovács János Kalmár Péter Bakonyi Miklós Meszéna Tibor Pézsa |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil | Elena Belova Soviet Union | Pilar Roldán.svg.png){kind=small} Mexico | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Hungary |
| team foil | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandra Zabelina Tatyana Samusenko Elena Belova Galina Gorokhova Svetlana Tširkova | Hungary (HUN) Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Maria Jarmy Paula Marosi-Foldesi | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania (ROU)Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Maria Vicol Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 275 fencers (217 men and 58 women) from 34 nations competed at the Mexico City Games:[1]
References
- ^ a b "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-22.