# Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Alexander Pusch West Germany | Hans-Jürgen Hehn West Germany | Gyözö Kulcsar Hungary |
| team épée details | Sweden (SWE) Carl von Essen Hans Jacobson Rolf Edling Leif Högström Göran Flodström | West Germany (FRG) Alexander Pusch Hans-Jürgen Hehn Reinhold Behr Volker Fischer Hanns Jana | Switzerland (SUI) François Suchanecki Michel Poffet Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Jean-Blaise Evequoz |
| Individual foil details | Fabio dal Zotto Italy | Aleksander Romankov Soviet Union | Bernard Talvard France |
| team foil details | West Germany (FRG) Matthias Behr Thomas Bach Harald Hein Klaus Reichert Erik Sens-Gorius | Italy (ITA) Fabio dal Zotto Carlo Montano Stefano Simoncelli Giovanni Battista Coletti Attilio Calatroni | France (FRA) Christian Noël Bernard Talvard Didier Flament Frederic Pietruszka Daniel Revenu |
| Individual sabre details | Viktor Krovopuskov Soviet Union | Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union | Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union |
| team sabre details | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Krovopuskov Eduard Vinokurov Viktor Sidyak Vladimir Nazlymov Mikhail Burtsev | Italy (ITA) Mario Aldo Montano Michele Maffei Angelo Arcidiacono Tommaso Montano Mario Tullio Montano | Romania (ROU) Daniel Irimiciuc Ioan Pop Marin Mustata Corneliu Marin Alexandru Nilca |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Ildikó Schwarczenberger Hungary | Maria Consolata Collino Italy | Elena Belova Soviet Union |
| team foil details | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Belova Olga Knyazeva Valentina Sidorova Nailia Gilizova Valentina Nikonova | France (FRA) Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Christine Muzio Veronique Trinquet Claudette Herbster-Josland | Hungary (HUN) Ildikó Schwarczenberger Edit Kovács Magda Maros Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Ildikó Bóbis |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

## Participating nations

A total of 281 fencers (211 men and 70 women) from 34 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
* Argentina (7)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (1)
* Cuba (13)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (18)
* Great Britain (18)
* Hong Kong (4)
* Hungary (18)
* Iran (13)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (18)
* Japan (8)
* Kuwait (4)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Norway (5)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (18)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Romania (18)
* Soviet Union (18)
* Sweden (7)
* Switzerland (6)
* Thailand (5)
* United States (18)
* West Germany (16)