fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
events on the
fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre
A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade a ...
programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 26 to 27 September 1988. 76 fencers from 16 nations competed.
Benoît Giasson
Benoît Giasson (born 4 December 1964) is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barce ...
*
Danek Nowosielski
Danek Nowosielski (born 16 November 1966) is a Canadian fencer. He competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame in 2009.Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association ...
*
Luc Rocheleau
Luc Rocheleau (born 4 March 1965) is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He appeared in ''Tous pour un, un pour tous'' (''All For One, and One For All'') a 1993 National Film Board ...
;China
*
Lao Shaopei
Lao Shaopei (born 19 April 1962) is a Chinese fencer. He competed in the foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '9 ...
*
Liu Yunhong
Liu Yunhong (born 13 January 1959) is a Chinese foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), we ...
*
Ye Chong
Ye Chong (; born November 29, 1969, in Jiangsu) is a male Chinese foil fencer who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially b ...
*
Zhang Zhicheng
Zhang Zhicheng (born 1 July 1963) is a Chinese fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seou ...
;East Germany
*
Aris Enkelmann
Aris Enkelmann (born 29 April 1964) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and official ...
*
Adrian Germanus
Adrian Germanus (born 22 September 1955) is a German fencer. He competed in the team foil events for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and official ...
*
Jens Gusek
Jens Gusek (born 8 July 1965) is a German former fencer. He competed in the team foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as ...
Youssef Hocine
Youssef Hocine (born 7 August 1965) is a French fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barc ...
*
Patrice Lhotellier
Patrice Lhotellier (born 8 August 1966) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Jean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart and Lionel Plumenail
Lionel Plumenail (bor ...
*
Philippe Omnès
Philippe Omnès (born 6 August 1960) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition.
He won a gold medal in individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Tony Bartlett
*
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn, which is considered a pioneering act of the nu metal genre. Davis's ...
*
Bill Gosbee
William David Gosbee (born 20 May 1961) better known as Bill Gosbee is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was a five-time British fencing champion, winning five fo ...
Zsolt Érsek
Zsolt Érsek (born 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 19 ...
István Szelei
István Szelei (born 7 December 1960) is a Hungarian former fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded ...
*
István Busa
István Busa (born 31 May 1961) is a Hungarian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 ...
Andrea Borella
Andrea Borella (born 23 June 1961) is an Italian fencer. His team won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual foil event at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
The XI Mediterranean Ga ...
*
Stefano Cerioni
Stefano Cerioni (born 24 January 1964) is an Italian foil fencer, Olympic team champion in 1984, Olympic champion in 1988 and World team champion in 1985 and 1994. He became a fencing master, then a director of foil, first for Italy, then for Ru ...
Andrea Cipressa
Andrea Cipressa (born 14 December 1963) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is now director of foil for the Italian Fencing Federation
The Italian Fencing Federation (, FIS) is the ...
*
Mauro Numa
Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow ...
Khaled Al-Awadhi
Khaled Al-Awadhi (born 13 September 1964) is a Kuwaiti former fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () ...
Piotr Kiełpikowski
Piotr Andrzej Kiełpikowski (born 27 November 1962) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officia ...
*
Marian Sypniewski
Marian Sypniewski (born 30 April 1955) is a Polish fencing, fencer. He won bronze medals in the team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
References
1955 births
Living people
Polish mal ...
*
Bogusław Zych
Bogusław Zych (10 December 1951 – 3 April 1995) was a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He died in a car crash
A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or c ...
;South Korea
*
Hong Yeong-Seung
Hong Young-seung (born 9 December 1962) is a South Korean fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 19 ...
*
Kim Seung-Pyo
Kim Seung-pyo (born 1 October 1965) is a South Korean fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He married fellow fencer Shin Seong-ja in 1993 ...
Go Nak-Chun
Ko Nak-choon (高樂春, born 10 April 1963) is a South Korean fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officiall ...
Ilgar Mammadov
Ilgar Mammadov (; born June 14, 1970) is an opposition politician in Azerbaijan, and one of the leaders of the Republican Alternative Party. Mammadov was considered a likely candidate for the Presidential elections in October 2013, but was arres ...
*
Vladimer Aptsiauri
Vladimer Aptsiauri (4 February 1962 – 14 May 2012) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially ...
Peter Lewison
Peter Lewison (born December 7, 1961) is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially ...
Greg Massialas
Gregory David Massialas (born May 20, 1956) is an American foil fencer and fencing coach.
Career
Massilais fenced for San Jose State University. A reserve for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was set to make his Olympic début at the ...
Matthias Gey
Matthias Gey (born 7 July 1960) is a German fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seou ...
*
Thorsten Weidner
Thorsten Weidner (born 29 December 1967) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the ...
*
Matthias Behr
Matthias Behr (born 1 April 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a former German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games.
Biography
Matthias Behr attended the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofs ...
In the first set of matches, East Germany beat Kuwait 9–0 and China defeated Great Britain 9–7. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as East Germany prevailed over Great Britain 9–2 and China won against Kuwait 9–3. Finally, East Germany took the top spot in the group by beating China 9–5 while Kuwait finished last after losing to Great Britain 9–5.
Round 1 Pool B
In the first set of matches, the Soviet Union beat Hong Kong 9–0 and Poland defeated Canada 9–2. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as the Soviet Union prevailed over Canada 9–1 and Poland won against Hong Kong 9–0. Finally, the Soviet Union took the top spot in the group by beating Poland 9–3 while Hong Kong finished last after losing to Canada 9–1.
Round 1 Pool C
In the first set of matches, France beat the United States 9–3 and West Germany defeated Sweden 9–0. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as France prevailed over Sweden 9–3 and West Germany won against the United States 9–4. Finally, France took the top spot in the group by beating West Germany 8–8 (64–63 on touches) while the United States finished last after losing to Sweden 9–2.
Round 1 Pool D
In the first set of matches, Italy beat Japan 9–2 and Hungary defeated South Korea 9–6. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as Italy prevailed over South Korea 9–5 and Hungary won against Japan 9–5. Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group by beating Hungary 9–6 while Japan finished last after losing to South Korea 9–4.