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fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 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. Medal summary ...

programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 18 to 19 October 1968. 79 fencers from 17 nations competed.

Rosters

;Argentina * Orlando Nannini * Guillermo Saucedo *

Omar Vergara Omar Vergara (6 April 1943 – 29 June 2018) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as ...

Evaristo Prendes Evaristo Prendes (born 23 May 1934) is an Argentine fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially bra ...

;Canada * Magdy Conyd * Peter Bakonyi *

Gerry Wiedel Gerard Wiedel (13 May 1933 – 1 November 2023) was a German-born Canadian épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Gerry died in Bracebridge, Ontario Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the District Municip ...

* John Andru ;Cuba *

Eduardo Jhons Eduardo Jhons (born 4 December 1950) is a Cuban foil fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 ...

* Orlando Ruíz *

Jesús Gil Gregorio Jesús Gil y Gil (12 March 1933 – 14 May 2004) was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Marbella between 1991 and 2002, and presided for a 16-year tenure as president of the football club Atlético de Madrid ...

* Dagoberto Borges ;Egypt * Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini * Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi * Moustafa Soheim *

Ahmed Zein El-Abidin Ahmed Zein El-Abidin (; born 17 June 1943) is an Egyptian former épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1968 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Games, he represented the United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic (UAR; ) was a so ...

;France * Jean-Claude Magnan * Daniel Revenu *

Christian Noël Christian Noël (born 13 March 1945) is a retired French Foil (fencing), foil fencing, fencer, and medalists in four consecutive Olympics, from 1964 to 1976. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in Fencing at the 1967 Mediterranean Games, ...

* Gilles Berolatti * Jacques Dimont ;Great Britain * Allan Jay * Graham Paul * Nick Halsted *

Mike Breckin John Michael Breckin (born 16 May 1946) better known as Mike Breckin is a retired British international fencer. Fencing career He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1969, he won the foil t ...

* Bill Hoskyns ;Hungary * Sándor Szabó * Jenő Kamuti * László Kamuti * Gábor Füredi * Attila May ;Ireland * Fionbarr Farrell *

John Bouchier-Hayes John Bouchier-Hayes (born 17 December 1944) is an Irish épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially ...

* Michael Ryan * Colm O'Brien ;Italy * Pasquale La Ragione * Alfredo Del Francia * Nicola Granieri * Arcangelo Pinelli * Michele Maffei ;Japan * Masaya Fukuda * Heizaburo Okawa * Fujio Shimizu *

Kazuhiko Wakasugi is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sp ...

* Kazuo Mano ;Mexico * Vicente Calderón * Román Gómez * Carlos Calderón * Gustavo Chapela * Héctor Abaunza ;Poland * Zbigniew Skrudlik * Witold Woyda * Egon Franke * Ryszard Parulski * Adam Lisewski ;Romania *

Ion Drîmbă Ionel Alexandru "Ion" Drîmbă (also Drâmbă, March 18, 1942 – February 20, 2006) was a Romanian fencer. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won the first ever Olympic gold medal in fencing for Romania in 1968. Biography Dr ...

Mihai Țiu Mihai Țiu (born 25 January 1946) is a Romanian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () ...

Ștefan Haukler Ștefan Haukler (9 March 1942 – 23 November 2006) was a Romanian fencer and coach. Career Haukler took up fencing at the age of ten under the coaching of Alexandru Csipler at local clubs Unio, then Olimpia Satu Mare. He won three titles of n ...

Tănase Mureșanu Tănase Mureșanu (22 May 1940 – 6 March 2007) is a Romanian foil fencer. Career Mureșanu took up fencing when he was 11 years old under coach Angelo Pellegrini at CS Progresul in Bucharest. He won the junior national championship in 195 ...

Iuliu Falb Iuliu Falb (14 December 1942 – 2009) was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Career Falb took up fencing under the coaching of Andrei Altman at the local club "Flacăra Ro� ...

;Soviet Union *

Yury Sisikin Yury Sisikin (; born 15 May 1937) is a Soviet fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games. References 1937 births Living people Russian male fencers Soviet male fencers Olympic fencers for the Sov ...

Viktor Putyatin Viktor Pavlovych Putyatin (; 12 September 1941 – 2 November 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...

German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international mu ...

* Yury Sharov * Vasyl Stankovych ;United States * Herbert Cohen * Albie Axelrod * Uriah Jones * Larry Anastasi * Jeffrey Checkes ;Venezuela * Silvio Fernández * Félix Piñero * Freddy Salazar * Luis García ;West Germany * Jürgen Theuerkauff * Friedrich Wessel * Tim Gerresheim * Jürgen Brecht * Dieter Wellmann

Results

Round 1

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Elimination rounds

; Main bracket ; Consolation

Final ranking

References

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