Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 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 August 1 and 11 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Contents
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual foil |
Luan Jujie (CHN) | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) |
team foil |
West Germany (FRG) Ute Kircheis-Wessel Christiane Weber Cornelia Hanisch Sabine Bischoff Zita Funkenhauser |
Romania (ROU) Aurora Dan Monika Weber-Koszto Rozalia Oros Marcela Moldovan-Zsak Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan |
France (FRA) Laurence Modaine Pascale Trinquet-Hachin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Véronique Brouquier Anne Meygret |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 262 fencers (202 men and 60 women) from 38 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:[1]
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