Fencing at the Olympic Games
Fencing · International Olympic Committee, with the International Fencing Federation (FIE)
2024LatestParis 2024: 12 events; Japan top of the table with 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes
- Next
- Los Angeles 2028, 14 to 30 July
- Most golds
- Italy, 50; then France, 45; then Hungary, 39
- Most golds (fencer)
- Aladár Gerevich (Hungary), 7 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes, 1932 to 1960
- India
- No medal
- Cycle
- Every four years, with the Summer Games
Most successful fencers
1948Gold: 6 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 0
- Fencer
- Rudolf Kárpáti
- Nation
- Hungary
1912Gold: 6 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 0
- Fencer
- Nedo Nadi
- Nation
- Italy
1936Gold: 6 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1
- Fencer
- Pál Kovács
- Nation
- Hungary
1996Gold: 6 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 2
- Fencer
- Valentina Vezzali
- Nation
- Italy
1936Gold: 6 · Silver: 5 · Bronze: 2
- Fencer
- Edoardo Mangiarotti
- Nation
- Italy
1932Gold: 7 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 2
- Fencer
- Aladár Gerevich
- Nation
- Hungary
India at the Olympic Games
India has no Olympic fencing medal.
More about this tournament
Events
- Today: foil, épée and sabre, individual and team, for men and women: 12 events at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
- Women: individual foil from 1924 and team foil from 1960; épée, individual and team, from 1996; individual sabre from 2004 and team sabre from 2008.
- Events no longer held: the masters events (foil at Athens 1896; foil, épée and sabre at Paris 1900, with a 1900 épée event for amateurs and masters together) and singlestick at St. Louis 1904.
Paris 2024 champions
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Foil, individual | Cheung Ka Long (Hong Kong) | Lee Kiefer (United States) |
| Foil, team | Japan | United States |
| Épée, individual | Koki Kano (Japan) | Vivian Kong (Hong Kong) |
| Épée, team | Hungary | Italy |
| Sabre, individual | Oh Sang-uk (South Korea) | Manon Apithy-Brunet (France) |
| Sabre, team | South Korea | Ukraine |
Medal table (1896 to 2024, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 50 | 49 | 36 | 135 |
| 2 | France | 45 | 47 | 38 | 130 |
| 3 | Hungary | 39 | 25 | 29 | 93 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 18 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Russia | 13 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | West Germany | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | South Korea | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | United States | 6 | 12 | 19 | 37 |
| 9 | Germany | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 | China | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
Team medals count once for the nation. Germany, West Germany, East Germany and the United Team of Germany are counted on their own.