Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.^[1]

Medal summary[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual épée details	Luigi Cantone Italy (ITA)	Oswald Zappelli Switzerland (SUI)	Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy (ITA)
Men's team épée details	France (FRA) Maurice Huet Michel Pécheux Marcel Desprets Edouard Artigas Henri Guerin Henri Lepage	Italy (ITA) Luigi Cantone Marc Antonio Mandruzzato Carlo Agostoni Edoardo Mangiarotti Fiorenzo Marini Dario Mangiarotti	Sweden (SWE) Frank Cervell Carl Forssell Bengt Ljungquist Sven Thofelt Per Hjalmar Carleson Arne Tollbom
Men's individual foil details	Jehan Buhan France (FRA)	Christian d'Oriola France (FRA)	Lajos Maszlay Hungary (HUN)
Men's team foil details	France (FRA) Adrien Rommel Christian d'Oriola Andre Bonin Jacques Lataste Jehan Buhan René Bougnol	Italy (ITA) Saverio Ragno Renzo Nostini Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio Pellini Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuliano Nostini	Belgium (BEL) André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer Paul Louis Jean Valcke Raymond Bru Georges Camille De Bourgignon Henri Paternoster Edouard Yves
Men's individual sabre details	Aladár Gerevich Hungary (HUN)	Vincenzo Pinton Italy (ITA)	Pál Kovács Hungary (HUN)
Men's team sabre details	Hungary (HUN) László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács	Italy (ITA) Carlo Turcato Gastone Darè Vincenzo Pinton Mauro Racca Renzo Nostini Aldo Montano	United States (USA) Miguel Angel De Capriles Norman Cohn-Armitage George Vitez Worth Dean Victor Cetrulo James Hummitzsch Flynn Tibor Andrew Nyilas
Women's individual foil details	Ilona Elek Hungary (HUN)	Karen Lachmann Denmark (DEN)	Ellen Mueller Austria (AUT)

Medal table[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	3	1	0	4
2	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	2	5
3	Italy (ITA)	1	4	1	6
4	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
4	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
6	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1