Fencing at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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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]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual foil |
Elena Belova Soviet Union |
Pilar Roldán 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 |
Romania (ROU) Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Maria Vicol Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
A total of 275 fencers (217 men and 58 women) from 34 nations competed at the Mexico City Games: [1]