Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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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).
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Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo.
Contents
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil |
 Pascale Trinquet (FRA) |
 Magda Maros (HUN) |
 Barbara Wysoczańska (POL) |
| team foil |
France (FRA) Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Pascale Trinquet Isabelle Begard Veronique Brouquier Christine Muzio |
 Soviet Union (URS)Valentina Sidorova Nailia Giliazova Elena Novikova-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 |
Participating nations
A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games:[1]
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