Fencing At The 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 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.
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Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 344 fencers (266 men and 78 women) from 42 nations competed at the Rome Games:
Argentina (6)
Australia (11)
Austria (9)
Belgium (15)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (1)
Colombia (2)
Cuba (1)
Denmark (1)
Finland (6)
France (21)
United Team of Germany (19)
Great Britain (18)
Hungary (21)
Indonesia (4)
Ireland (6)
Israel (2)
Italy (20)
Japan (5)
Lebanon (4)
Luxembourg (10)
Mexico (8)
Monaco (2)
Morocco (7)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Poland (21)
Portugal (9)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (15)
Soviet Union (21)
Spain (11)
Sweden (7)
Switzerland (7)
Tunisia (4)
Egypt (6)
United States (21)
Uruguay (2)
Venezuela (8)
Vietnam (1)
Yugoslavia (2)
References
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
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