Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Argentinian foil team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A foil is a type of Weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 They won the bronze medal.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual épée	Lucien Gaudin France (FRA)	Georges Buchard France (FRA)	George Calnan United States (USA)
Men's team épée	Italy (ITA)	France (FRA)	Portugal (POR)
Men's individual foil	Lucien Gaudin France (FRA)	Erwin Casmir Germany (GER)	Giulio Gaudini Italy (ITA)
Men's team foil	Italy (ITA) Ugo Pignotti Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Pessina Gioachino Guaragna Oreste Puliti Giorgio Chiavacci	France (FRA) Philippe Cattiau Roger Ducret André Labattut Lucien Gaudin Raymond Flacher André Gaboriaud	Argentina (ARG) Roberto Larraz Raul Anganuzzi Luis Lucchetti Hector Lucchetti Carmelo Camet
Men's individual sabre	Odön Tersztyánszky Hungary (HUN)	Attila Petschauer Hungary (HUN)	Bino Bini Italy (ITA)
Men's team sabre	Hungary (HUN)	Italy (ITA)	Poland (POL)
Women's individual foil	Helene Mayer Germany (GER)	Muriel Freeman Great Britain (GBR)	Olga Oelkers Germany (GER)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	3	0	5
2	Italy (ITA)	2	1	2	5
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	0	3
4	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1

France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. George Charles Calnan ( January 18, 1900 - April 4, 1933) was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States The United States competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Giulio Gaudini ( October 28, 1904 &ndash January 6, 1948) was an Italian foil and sabre fencer. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Giulio Gaudini ( October 28, 1904 &ndash January 6, 1948) was an Italian foil and sabre fencer. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Carmelo Félix Camet (October 29 1904 &ndash July 22 2007 was an Argentine fencer who competed in the Olympic games in 1928 Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Attila Petschauer ( December 14, 1904 &ndash January 20, 1943) was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic fencer Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Poland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Helene Mayer ( December 20, 1910 &ndash October 15, 1953) was a World champion Olympic fencer who competed for Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Poland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The United States competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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