Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 11 August 1984 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 |  West Germany |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  France |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  China |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Philippe Boisse
|
Bjorne Vaggo
|
Philippe Riboud
|
| Team épée | West Germany Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Gerhard Heer Rafael Nickel Alexander Pusch |
France Philippe Boisse Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Philippe Riboud Michel Salesse |
Italy Stefano Bellone Sandro Cuomo Cosimo Ferro Roberto Manzi Angelo Mazzoni |
| Individual foil | Mauro Numa
|
Matthias Behr
|
Stefano Cerioni
|
| Team foil | Italy Andrea Borella Stefano Cerioni Andrea Cipressa Mauro Numa Angelo Scuri |
West Germany Frank Beck Matthias Behr Mathias Gey Harald Hein Klaus Reichert |
France Marc Cerboni Patrick Groc Pascal Jolyot Philippe Omnes Frederick Pietruszka |
| Individual sabre | Jean-Francois Lamour
|
Marco Marin
|
Peter Westbrook
|
| Team sabre | Italy Angelo Arcidiacono Gianfranco Dalla Barba Marco Marin Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo |
France Philippe Delrieu Franck Ducheix Herve Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot Jean-Francois Lamour |
Romania Alexandru Chiculita Corneliu Marin Marin Mustata Ioan Pop |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Luan Jujie
|
Cornelia Hanisch
|
Dorina Vaccaroni
|
| Team foil | West Germany Sabine Bischoff Zita Funkenhauser Cornelia Hanisch Ute Wessel Christiane Weber |
Romania Aurora Dan Elisabeta Guzganu Rozalia Oros Monica Veber-Koszto Marcela Zsak |
France Veronique Brouqier Brigitte Gaudin Anne Meygret Laurence Modaine Pascale Trinquet-Hachin |
Statistics[]
- There were 262 athletes from 38 countries.
- Jamil Bubashit was the youngest participant with 17 years and 275 days.
- James Kerr was the oldest participant with 43 years and 357 days.
- Saul Mendoza of Bolivia was the only fencer chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France and Italy won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- China won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- United States won its first medal in the sport since Rome 1960.