Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 30 September 1988 at the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  France |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Italy |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hungary |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  East Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Arnd Schmitt
|
Philippe Riboud
|
Andrei Chouvalov
|
| Team épée | France Frederic Delpla Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Philippe Riboud Eric Srecki |
West Germany Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Geruli Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt |
Soviet Union Andrei Chouvalov Pavel Kolobkov Vladimir Reznitchenko Mikhail Tichko Igor Tikhomirov |
| Individual foil | Stefano Cerioni
|
Udo Wagner
|
Alexandre Romankov
|
| Team foil | Soviet Union Vladimir Aptsiaouri Anvar Ibraguimov Boris Koretskii Ilgar Mamedov Alexandre Romankov |
West Germany Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner |
Hungary Istvan Busa Zsolt Ersek Robert Gatai Pal Szekeres Istvan Szelei |
| Individual sabre | Jean-Francois Lamour
|
Janusz Olech
|
Giovanni Scalzo
|
| Team sabre | Hungary Imre Bujdoso Laszlo Csongradi Imre Gedoevari Gyorgy Nebald Bence Szabo |
Soviet Union Andrei Alchan Mikhail Bourtsev Serguei Koriajkine Serguei Mindirgassov Gueorgui Pogossov |
Italy Massimo Cavaliere Gianfranco Dalla Barba Marco Marin Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Anja Fichtel
|
Sabine Bau
|
Zita Funkenhauser
|
| Team foil | West Germany Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber |
Italy Francesca Bortolozzi Annapia Gandolfi Lucia Traversa Dorina Vaccaroni Margherita Zalaffi |
Hungary Zsuzsanna Janosi Edit Kovacs Gertrud Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szocs Katalin Tuschak |
Statistics[]
- There were 317 athletes from 42 countries.
- Saqer Alsurayei was the youngest participant with 16 years and 240 days.
- Alfredo Bogarin Arzamendia was the oldest participant with 52 years and 55 days.
- Vassil Etropolski of Bulgaria and Philippe Riboud of France were the only fencers chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- West Germany won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
