Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.[1]
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual foil details | Gillian Sheen Great Britain | Olga Orban Romania | Renée Garilhe France |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Participating nations
A total of 165 fencers (142 men and 23 women) from 23 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (21)
- Austria (1)
- Belgium (6)
- Canada (1)
- Colombia (6)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (18)
- United Team of Germany (1)
- Great Britain (9)
- Hungary (18)
- Indonesia (1)
- Italy (19)
- Japan (1)
- Luxembourg (4)
- Mexico (3)
- Poland (6)
- Romania (2)
- Soviet Union (20)
- Sweden (5)
- Uruguay (1)
- United States (18)
References
- ^ a b "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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