Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, seven fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

events were contested, six for men and one for women.

Medal summary

Men's individual épée
Men's team épée

Giulio Basletta
Giulio Basletta
Giulio Basletta was an Italian fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a gold at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Marcello Bertinetti
Marcello Bertinetti
Marcello Bertinetti was an Italian fencer. He won two gold medals, a silver and a bronze.-References:...


Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli
Renzo Minoli
Renzo Minoli was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Franco Riccardi
Franco Riccardi
Franco Riccardi was an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He received a gold medal in épée individual at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....


Géo Buchard
Gaston Amson
Émile Cornic
Émile Cornic
Émile Cornic was a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Bernard Schmetz
Bernard Schmetz
Bernard Schmetz was a French fencer. He won a gold, silver and bronze medal at three different Olympic Games in the team épée.-References:...


René Barbier
René Barbier
René Barbier was a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Paulo Leal
Mário de Noronha
Mário de Noronha
Mário de Noronha was a Portuguese fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Jorge de Paiva
Jorge de Paiva
Jorge de Paiva was a Portuguese fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Frederico Paredes
Frederico Paredes
Frederico Paredes was a Portuguese fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


João Sassetti
João Sassetti
João Sassetti was a Portuguese fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Henrique da Silveira
Henrique da Silveira
Henrique da Silveira was a Portuguese Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Men's individual foil
Men's team foil

Ugo Pignotti
Giulio Gaudini
Giulio Gaudini
Giulio Gaudini was an Italian foil and sabre fencer.-Olympic fencing career:He made his Olympic debut as a foil fencer at the 1924 Games...


Giorgio Pessina
Giorgio Pessina
Giorgio Pessina was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1932 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Gioachino Guaragna
Oreste Puliti
Giorgio Chiavacci
Giorgio Chiavacci
Giorgio Chiavacci was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Philippe Cattiau
Philippe Cattiau
Philippe Cattiau was a French fencer who won a total of eight Olympic medals between 1920 and 1936.He was born in Saint-Malo in Brittany....


Roger Ducret
Roger Ducret
Roger Ducret was a French fencer and olympic champion.He received three gold medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, in foil individual, in foil team, and in épée team.-See also:...


André Labattut
Lucien Gaudin
Lucien Gaudin
Lucien Gaudin was a French fencer and olympic champion both in foil and in épée competition....


Raymond Flacher
Raymond Flacher
Raymond Flacher was a French Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


André Gaboriaud

Roberto Larraz
Roberto Larraz
Roberto Larraz was an Argentine fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Raul Anganuzzi
Luis Lucchetti
Luis Lucchetti
Luis Lucchetti was an Argentine fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Hector Lucchetti
Héctor Lucchetti
Héctor Lucchetti was an Argentine fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Carmelo Camet
Carmelo Camet
Carmelo Félix Camet was an Argentine fencer who competed in the Olympic games in 1928. He was the son of Francisco Carmelo Camet, a fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics who is sometimes considered to be Argentina's first participant at the Olympics...

Men's individual sabre
Men's team sabre

Ödön von Tersztyánszky
János Garay
János Garay (fencer)
János Garay was a Hungarian fencer, and one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1920s....


Attila Petschauer
Attila Petschauer
Attila Petschauer was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic fencer.-Fencing career:Born in Budapest, Petschauer was a member of the Hungarian fencing team in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics...


József Rády
József Rády
József Rády was an Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Sándor Gombos
Sándor Gombos
Dr. Sándor Gombos was a Hungarian fencer.-World Championships:...


Gyula Glykais
Gyula Glykais
Gyula Glykais was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Bino Bini
Bino Bini
Bino Bini was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a silver and bronze at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Oreste Puliti
Giulio Sarrocchi
Giulio Sarrocchi
Giulio Sarrocchi was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1928 Games in the team sabre competitions.-References:...


Renato Anselmi
Renato Anselmi
Renato Anselmi was an Italian fencer. He won a gold and two silver medals at three Olympic Games in the team sabre competitions.-References:...


Emilio Salafia
Emilio Salafia
Emilio Salafia was an Italian Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Gustavo Marzi
Gustavo Marzi
Gustavo Marzi was an Italian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition.He received a gold medal in foil individual at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....


Adam Papée
Adam Papée
Adam Stanisław Papée was a Polish fencing champion, one of pioneers of fencing in Poland....


Tadeusz Friedrich
Tadeusz Friedrich
Tadeusz Friedrich was a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics....


Kazimierz Laskowski
Kazimierz Laskowski
Kazimierz Laskowski was a Polish fencer and military officer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 Summer Olympics....


Władysław Segda
Władysław Segda
Władysław Hipolit Segda was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics....


Aleksander Małecki
Aleksander Małecki
Aleksander Antoni Włodzimierz Małecki was a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1928 Summer Olympics....


Jerzy Zabielski
Jerzy Zabielski
Jerzy Zabielski was a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics....

Women's individual foil

Participating nations

A total of 259 fencers (232 men, 27 women) from 27 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Medal table

1 2 3 0 5
2 2 1 2 5
3 2 1 0 3
4 1 1 1 3
5 0 1 0 1
6 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
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