fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Fencing
|games = 1960 Summer
|image = Fencing pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
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|prev = 1956
|next = 1964
}}
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/FEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/FEN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Fencing: 1960 Olympic Results |access-date=2010-10-23 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medal summary
=Men's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| individual épée {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's épée}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Giuseppe Delfino|ITA|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Allan Jay|GBR|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Bruno Khabarov|URS|1960 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| team épée |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ITA|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|GBR|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1960 Summer}} |
| individual foil {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's foil}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Viktor Zhdanovich|URS|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Yury Sisikin|URS|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Albert Axelrod|USA|1960 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
|team foil |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ITA|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|EUA|1960 Summer}} |
| individual sabre {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Rudolf Kárpáti|HUN|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Zoltán Horváth|HUN|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Wladimiro Calarese|ITA|1960 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| team sabre |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|HUN|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|POL|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ITA|1960 Summer}} |
=Women's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| individual foil {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's foil}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Adelheid Schmid|EUA|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Valentina Rastvorova|URS|1960 Summer}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|Maria Vicol|ROU|1960 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| team foil |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|HUN|1960 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ITA|1960 Summer}} |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1960 Summer
| team =
| gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 2
| gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 3
| gold_EUA = 1 | silver_EUA = 0 | bronze_EUA = 1
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
}}
Participating nations
A total of 344 fencers (266 men and 78 women) from 42 nations competed at the Rome Games:
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- {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1960 Summer|15}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|1960 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|COL|1960 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|CUB|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer|19}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer|18}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|INA|1960 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|IRL|1960 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|ISR|1960 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer|20}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|LIB|1960 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|LUX|1960 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|MEX|1960 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|MON|1960 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|MAR|1960 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|NZL|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|1960 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|PUR|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer|15}}
- {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|SUI|1960 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|TUN|1960 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|RAU|1960 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIOC|URU|1960 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|VEN|1960 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|VIE|1960 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer|2}}
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References
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External links
- {{cite web | title=Olympic Medal Winners | publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | access-date=2006-12-22 }}
{{EventsAt1960SummerOlympics}}
{{Fencing at the Summer Olympics}}