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).

Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo.

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Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Johan Harmenberg  Sweden	Ernõ Kolczonay  Hungary	Philippe Riboud  France
team épée details	France (FRA) Philippe Riboud Patrick Picot Hubert Gardas Philippe Boisse Michel Salesse	Poland (POL) Piotr Jabłkowski Andrzej Lis Leszek Swornowski Ludomir Chronowski Mariusz Strzałka	Soviet Union (URS) Ashot Karagian Boris Lukomsky Aleksander Abushackmetov Aleksander Mozhaev Vladimir Smirnov
Individual foil details	Vladimir Smirnov  Soviet Union	Pascal Jolyot  France	Aleksander Romankov  Soviet Union
team foil details	France (FRA) Didier Flament Pascal Jolyot Bruno Boscherie Philippe Bonnin Frederic Pietruszka	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksander Romankov Vladimir Smirnov Sabirzhan Ruziev Ashot Karagian Vladimir Lapitsky	Poland (POL) Adam Robak Bogusław Zych Lech Koziejowski Marian Sypniewski
Individual sabre details	Viktor Krovopuskov  Soviet Union	Mikhail Burtsev  Soviet Union	Imre Gedővári  Hungary
team sabre details[2]	Soviet Union (URS) Mikhail Burtsev Viktor Krovopuskov Viktor Sidjak Vladimir Nazlymov Nikolay Alyokhin [ru][3]	Italy (ITA) Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Marco Romano Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo	Hungary (HUN) Imre Gedővári Rudolf Nébald Pál Gerevich Ferenc Hammang György Nébald

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
individual foil details	Pascale Trinquet  France	Magda Maros  Hungary	Barbara Wysoczańska  Poland
team foil details	France (FRA) Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Pascale Trinquet Isabelle Begard Veronique Brouquier Christine Muzio	Soviet Union (URS) Valentina Sidorova Nailia Giliazova Elena Belova Irina Ushakova Larisa Tsagaraeva	Hungary (HUN) Ildikó Schwarczenberger Magda Maros Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szőcs Edit Kovács

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	1	1	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	2	8
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	3	5
5	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
6	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		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]

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (3)
•  Belgium (3)
•  Bulgaria (4)
•  Cuba (12)
•  Czechoslovakia (7)
•  Denmark (1)
•  East Germany (14)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (16)
•  Great Britain (11)
•  Hungary (18)
•  Italy (13)
•  Kuwait (9)
•  Lebanon (2)
•  Poland (18)
•  Romania (18)
•  Soviet Union (19)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (6)