Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# 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. 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

| 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 | Soviet Union (URS) Mikhail Burtsev Viktor Krovopuskov Viktor Sidjak Vladimir Nazlymov Nikolay Alyokhin [ru] | 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) | 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:

* 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 (18)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (6)
