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
Men's events
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual foil |
Pascale Trinquet |
Magda Maros |
Barbara Wysoczańska |
team foil |
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Pascale Trinquet Isabelle Begard Veronique Brouquier Christine Muzio |
Valentina Sidorova Nailia Giliazova Elena Belova Irina Ushakova Larisa Tsagaraeva |
Ildikó Schwarczenberger Magda Maros Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szőcs Edit Kovács |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Participating nations
A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games:[1]
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References
- "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- http://www.dinomeglio.com/page/dino/img/f_Mosca_80.jpg Picture of team sabre from medal ceremony.
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