Fencing competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics were held among men and women. Men competed in swords, foils and sabers (in the individual and team championships), women - only on foils.
Overall medal standings
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one |  the USSR | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | four |
| 3 |  Italy | 2 | one | 3 | 6 |
| four |  United german team | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| five |  Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Poland | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| 7 |  Romania | 0 | 0 | one | one |
 USA | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rapier, personal championship |  Victor Zhdanovichthe USSR | Yuri Sisikin the USSR |  Albert AxelrodUSA |
| Rapier, team championship | the USSR Victor Zhdanovich Mark Midler Yuri Rudov Yuri Sisikin German Sveshnikov | Italy Alberto Pellegrino Luigi Carpaneda Mario courletto Aldo Aureggi Edoardo Manjarotti | United german team Jürgen Toyerkauff Tim Gerresheim Eberhard Mel Jürgen Brecht |
| Sword, personal championship | Giuseppe Delfino Italy | Allan Jay Great Britain | Bruno Khabarov the USSR |
| Sword, team championship | Italy Giuseppe Delfino Alberto Pellegrino Carlo Pavezi Edoardo Manjarotti Fiorenzo Marini Gianluigi Saccaro | Great Britain Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling Henry Hoskins Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander | the USSR Bruno Khabarov Valentin Chernikov Guram Kostava Arnold Chernushevich Alexander Pavlovsky |
| Saber, personal championship | Rudolph Carpati Hungary | Zoltan Horvath Hungary | Vladimir Calarese Italy |
| Saber, team championship | Hungary Aladar Gerevich Gabor Delneki Rudolph Carpati Pal Kovacs Tamas Mendeleni Zoltan Horvath | Poland Marian Kushevsky Emil Ohira Jerzy Pavlovsky Andrzej Piontkovsky Wojciech Zablotsky Ryszard Tooth | Italy Giampaolo Calanchini Vladimir Calarese Mario Ravagnan Roberto Ferrari Pierluigi Cicca |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rapier, personal championship | Heidi Schmid United german team | Valentina Rastvorova the USSR | Maria Vikol Romania |
| Rapier, team championship | the USSR Valentina Rastvorova Galina Gorokhova Alexandra Zabelina Valentina Prudskova Tatyana Petrenko Lyudmila Shishova | Hungary Lydia Demolki György Marvalitz Magda Nyari Ildiko Reityo Catalin Juhas | Italy Irene Cumber Bruna Colombetti Claudia Pasini Antonella Ragno Lonzi Wellleda Cesari |
Links
- Results of the competition on the website sports-reference.com