At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 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). Women competed in foil events.
One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who currently serves as President of the International Olympic Committee.
Medal summary Men's events Individual épée team épée Carl von EssenHans JacobsonRolf EdlingLeif HögströmGöran Flodström Alexander PuschHans-Jürgen HehnReinhold BehrVolker FischerHanns Jana François SuchaneckiMichel PoffetDaniel GigerChristian KauterJean-Blaise Evequoz Individual foil team foil Matthias BehrThomas BachHarald HeinKlaus ReichertErik Sens-Gorius Fabio dal ZottoCarlo MontanoStefano SimoncelliGiovanni Battista ColettiAttilio Calatroni Christian NoëlBernard TalvardDidier FlamentFrederic PietruszkaDaniel Revenu Individual sabre team sabre Viktor KrovopuskovEduard VinokurovViktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovMikhail Burtsev Mario Aldo MontanoMichele MaffeiAngelo ArcidiaconoTommaso MontanoMario Tullio Montano Daniel IrimiciucIoan PopMarin MustataCorneliu MarinAlexandru Nilca
Women's events Individual foil team foil Elena BelovaOlga KnyazevaValentina SidorovaNailia GilizovaValentina Nikonova Brigitte Latrille-GaudinBrigitte Gapais-DumontChristine MuzioVeronique TrinquetClaudette Herbster-Josland Ildikó SchwarczenbergerEdit KovácsMagda MarosIldikó Újlaky-RejtőIldikó Bóbis
Medal table
Participating nations A total of 281 fencers (211 men and 70 women) from 34 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
References
External links Official Olympic Report