Fencing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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individual foil |
Irene Camber Italy |
Ilona Elek Hungary |
Karen Lachmann Denmark |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
A total of 286 fencers (249 men and 37 women) from 32 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: [1]