At the 1972 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée details |
Hungary (HUN) |
France (FRA) |
Hungary (HUN) |
| Team épée details |
Sándor Erdös Csaba Fenyvesi Gyözö Kulcsar Pal Schmitt Istvan Osztrics |
Guy Evequoz Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Peter Lötscher François Suchanecki |
Viktor Modzalevsky Sergei Paramonov Igor Valetov Georgi Zažitski Grigori Kriss |
| Individual Foil details |
Poland (POL) |
Hungary (HUN) |
France (FRA) |
| Team Foil details |
Marek Dąbrowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Lech Koziejowski Witold Woyda Arkadiusz Godel |
Vladimir Denisov Anatoli Kotetsev Leonid Romanov Vasili Stankovich Victor Putyatin |
Jean-Claude Magnan Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Bernard Talvard Gilles Berolatti |
| Individual Sabre details |
Soviet Union (URS) |
Hungary (HUN) |
Soviet Union (URS) |
| Team Sabre details |
Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Mario Tullio Montano Rolando Rigoli Cesare Salvadori |
Viktor Bashenov Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Sidyak Eduard Vinokurov Mark Rakita |
Pal Gerevich Tamas Kovacs Peter Maroth Tibor Pezsa Peter Bakonyi |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Foil details |
Italy (ITA) |
Hungary (HUN) |
Soviet Union (URS) |
| Team Foil details |
Elena Novikova-Belova Galina Gorokhova Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Aleksandra Zabelina Svetlana Tširkova |
Ildiko Bobis-Ferkasinszky Ildiko Rejtö-Ujlaki Ildiko Schwarczenberger Maria Gulacsi-Szolnoki Ildiko Matuscak-Ronay |
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu Ecaterina Clara Iencic-Stahl Olga Orban-Szabo |
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