Fencing competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics were held among men and women. Men competed in swords, rapiers and sabers (in the individual and team championships), women competed only in rapiers (in the individual championships).
Content
Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | France | 3 | one | 0 | four |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | five |
| 3 | Italy | one | four | one | 6 |
| four | Denmark | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| four | Switzerland | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 6 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 6 | USA | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sword Individual championship | Luigi Cantone Italy | Oswald Zappelli Switzerland | Edoardo Manjarotti Italy |
| Sword Team Championship | France Maurice Yu Michelle Peshё Marcel Despre Edouard Artiga Henri Guérin Henri Lepage | Italy Luigi Cantone Marcantonio Madruzzo Carlo Agostoni Edoardo Manjarotti Fiorenzo Marini Dario Manjarotti | Sweden Frank servell Karl Forssell Bengt Jungqvist Sven Tofelt Per Carleson Arne Tolbom |
| Rapier Individual championship | Jehan de buan France | Christian d'ohriol France | Layosh Maslai Hungary |
| Rapier Team Championship | France Adrien Rommel Christian d'ohriol Andre Bonen Jacques Latast Jehan de buan Rene Bunol | Italy Saverio Rano Renzo Nostini Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio pellini Edoardo Manjarotti Giuliano Nostini | Belgium Andre Van de Verve de Vorssellaer Paul Valk Raymond Brue Georges de Bourguignon Henri Paternoster Edouard Eve |
| Saber Individual championship | Aladar Gerevich Hungary | Vincenzo pinton Italy | Pal Kovacs Hungary |
| Saber Team Championship | Hungary Aladar Gerevich Tibor Bertsey Rudolf Carpathi Pal Kovacs Bertalan Papp Laslo raichany | Italy Carlo turcato Gastone Dare Vincenzo pinton Mauro Rakka Renzo Nostini Aldo montano | USA Miguel de Capriles Norman Cohn-Armitage George Worth Dean Setrulo James flynn Tibor Nyilash |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rapier Individual championship | Ilona Elek Hungary | Karen Lachman Denmark | Helen müller Austria |
Links
- Results of the competition on the site sports-reference.com