At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 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. They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow).
Medal summary Men's events Individual épée team épéePhilippe RiboudPatrick PicotHubert GardasPhilippe BoisseMichel SalessePiotr JabłkowskiAndrzej LisLeszek SwornowskiLudomir ChronowskiMariusz StrzałkaAshot KaragianBoris LukomskyAleksander AbushackmetovAleksander MozhaevVladimir Smirnov Individual foil team foilDidier FlamentPascal JolyotBruno BoscheriePhilippe BonninFrederic PietruszkaAleksander RomankovVladimir SmirnovSabirzhan RuzievAshot KaragianVladimir LapitskyAdam RobakBogusław ZychLech KoziejowskiMarian Sypniewski Individual sabre team sabrehttp://www.dinomeglio.com/page/dino/img/f_Mosca_80.jpg Picture of team sabre from medal ceremony.Mikhail BurtsevViktor KrovopuskovViktor SidjakVladimir Nazlymov Nikolay AlyokhinOlympedia pageMichele MaffeiMario Aldo MontanoMarco RomanoFerdinando MeglioGiovanni ScalzoImre GedőváriRudolf NébaldPál GerevichFerenc HammangGyörgy Nébald
Women's events individual foil team foilBrigitte Latrille-GaudinPascale TrinquetIsabelle BegardVeronique BrouquierChristine MuzioValentina SidorovaNailia GiliazovaElena BelovaIrina UshakovaLarisa TsagaraevaIldikó SchwarczenbergerMagda MarosGertrúd StefanekZsuzsanna SzőcsEdit Kovács
Medal table
Participating nations A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games:
References
External links Official Olympic Report