Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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At the 1932 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée, Individual details	Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici  Italy	Georges Buchard  France	Carlo Agostoni  Italy
Épée, Team details	France (FRA) Fernand Jourdant Bernard Schmetz Georges Tainturier Georges Buchard Jean Piot Philippe Cattiau	Italy (ITA) Saverio Ragno Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Franco Riccardi Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli	United States (USA) George Charles Calnan Gustave Marinius Heiss Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer Tracy Jaeckel Curtis Charles Shears Miguel Angel De Capriles
Foil, Individual details	Gustavo Marzi  Italy	Joseph Levis  United States	Giulio Gaudini  Italy
Foil, Team details	France (FRA) Edward Gardère René Bondoux René Bougnol René Lemoine Philippe Cattiau Jean Piot	Italy (ITA) Giulio Gaudini Gustavo Marzi Ugo Pignotti Gioachino Guaragna Rodolfo Terlizzi Giorgio Pessina	United States (USA) George Charles Calnan Richard Clarke Steere Joseph Levis Dernell Every Hugh Vincent Alessandroni Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer
Sabre, Individual details	György Piller  Hungary	Giulio Gaudini  Italy	Endre Kabos  Hungary
Sabre, Team details	Hungary (HUN) Endre Kabos Attila Petschauer Ernő Nagy Gyula Glykais György Piller Aladár Gerevich	Italy (ITA) Gustavo Marzi Giulio Gaudini Renato Anselmi Emilio Salafia Arturo De Vecchi Ugo Pignotti	Poland (POL) Tadeusz Friedrich Marian Suski Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Segda Leszek Lubicz Adam Papée

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil, Individual details	Ellen Preis  Austria	Judy Guinness  Great Britain	Erna Bogen  Hungary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	4	2	8
2	France (FRA)	2	1	0	3
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	0	2	4
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
5	United States (USA)	0	1	2	3
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

A total of 108 fencers (91 men, 17 women) from 16 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: Cuba had fencers entered, but none competed.

•  Argentina (5)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (7)
•  Canada (5)
•  Denmark (7)
•  France (11)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Hungary (10)
•  Italy (14)
•  Mexico (10)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Poland (6)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Sweden (3)
•  United States (21)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
2. ^ Official Report, p. 492