Fencing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Fencing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fourth appearance of Fencing at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place at the Army Drill Hall at 32 State Street in Victoria Park, Perth, Australia, which doubled as the Post Office Branch No.3.

England topped the fencing medal table with four gold medals from the seven events.

Medal table

Medal winners Foil (m) Foil team (m) Allan JayRalph CoopermanRené Paul Brian McCowageDavid McKenzieIvan Lund Benedek SimoCarl SchwendeJohn Andru Épée (m) Épée team (m) John PellingMike HowardPeter Jacobs Ivan LundJohn HumphreysMike Diamond Carl SchwendePeter BakonyiRobert Foxcroft Sabre (m) Sabre team (m) Ralph CoopermanGeorge BirksMichael Amberg Benedek SimoCarl SchwendeJohn AndruRobert Foxcroft Brian PickworthMichael HendersonBob Binning Foil (w)

Results

Foil (men) Final pool Pos Athlete Wins/hits against1 Sandy Leckie 7 wins2 Allan Jay 63 Ralph Cooperman 54 René Paul 55 Brian Pickworth 46 Brian McCowage 37 Benedek Simo 28 Ivan Lund 29 John Andru 0

Foil (women) Final pool Pos Athlete Wins/hits against1 Dot Coleman 6 wins2 Johanna Winter 5 (14)3 Janet Hopner 5 (16)4 Rosemary Tomich 4 (17)5 Gillian Sheen 4 (18)6 Theresa Offredy 27 Vivienne Ellis 1 (24)8 Jackie Reynolds 1 (26)

Épée (men) Final pool Pos Athlete Wins, hits against1 Ivan Lund 7 wins2 John Pelling 5 (25)3 Peter Jacobs 5 (31)4 Michael Steven Diamond 4 (30)5 Robert Reynolds 4 (35)6 John Humphreys 3 (31)7 Keith Mann 3 (36)8 John King 2 (36)9 Carl Schwende 2 (38)

Sabre (men) Final pool Pos Athlete Wins1 Ralph Cooperman 7 wins2 Benedek Simo 5 (26)3 John Andru 5 (29)4 Mike Amberg 5 (30)5 Brian Pickworth 4 (21)5 Bob Binning 4 (21)7 George Birks 2 (35)8 Les Tornallyay 2 (36)8 John McCombe 2 (36)

Foil (team)

Round robin Team 1 Team 2 ScoreEngland New Zealand 6–3Australia Canada 5–4England Wales 8–1Australia New Zealand 6–3England Canada 6–3Wales New Zealand 6–3Canada New Zealand 6–2 Australia Wales5–4Canada Wales 5–4 England Australia5–3

Épée (team)

Round robin Team 1 Team 2 ScoreCanada New Zealand 7–2Australia Wales 5–4Wales New Zealand 5–4England Australia 6–3Australia Canada 6–2England Wales 6–2Canada Wales 6–3England New Zealand 9–0England Canada 5–3Australia New Zealand 5–4

Sabre (team)

Round robin Team 1 Team 2 ScoreNew Zealand Australia6–3 Canada Wales7–2England New Zealand 7–2Australia Canada 5–4Australia Wales 5–4England Canada5–4England Wales 7–2Canada New Zealand 5–4England Australia 8–1New Zealand Wales 7–2

References

See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing