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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Fencing
|games = 1980 Summer
|image = Fencing pictogram.svg
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|prev = [[Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]
|next = [[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
}}

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At the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], eight events in [[fencing (sport)|fencing]] were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types ([[Épée (fencing)|épée]], [[Foil (fencing)|foil]] and [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]]), but women competed only in foil events.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/FEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/FEN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results |access-date=2011-04-17 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the [[CSKA Sports Complex|Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army]] (north-western part of [[Moscow]]).
[[File:RIAN archive 556150 Fencer Johan Harmenberg.jpg|thumb|right|Johan Harmenberg during the victory ceremony. [[RIAN]] photo.]]

==Medal summary==
===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
| Individual épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's épée}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Johan Harmenberg]]|SWE|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ernõ Kolczonay]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Philippe Riboud]]|FRA|1980 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| team épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée}}
|{{FlagIOCteam|FRA|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Philippe Riboud]]<br>[[Patrick Picot]]<br>[[Hubert Gardas]]<br>[[Philippe Boisse]]<br>[[Michel Salesse]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|POL|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Piotr Jabłkowski]]<br>[[Andrzej Lis]]<br>[[Leszek Swornowski]]<br>[[Ludomir Chronowski]]<br>[[Mariusz Strzałka]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Ashot Karagian]]<br>[[Boris Lukomsky]]<br>[[Aleksander Abushackmetov]]<br>[[Aleksander Mozhaev]]<br>[[Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov|Vladimir Smirnov]]
|-
| Individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's foil}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Smirnov (fencer)|Vladimir Smirnov]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pascal Jolyot]]|FRA|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksander Romankov]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil}}
|{{FlagIOCteam|FRA|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Didier Flament]]<br>[[Pascal Jolyot]]<br>[[Bruno Boscherie]]<br>[[Philippe Bonnin]]<br>[[Frederic Pietruszka]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Aleksander Romankov]]<br>[[Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov|Vladimir Smirnov]]<br>[[Sabirzhan Ruziev]]<br>[[Ashot Karagian]]<br>[[Vladimir Lapitsky]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|POL|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Adam Robak]]<br>[[Bogusław Zych]]<br>[[Lech Koziejowski]]<br>[[Marian Sypniewski]]
|-
| Individual sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Krovopuskov]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mikhail Burtsev]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Imre Gedővári]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| team sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre}}<ref>http://www.dinomeglio.com/page/dino/img/f_Mosca_80.jpg{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Picture of team sabre from medal ceremony.</ref>
|{{FlagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Mikhail Burtsev]]<br>[[Viktor Krovopuskov]]<br>[[Viktor Sidjak]]<br>[[Vladimir Nazlymov]]<br> [[Nikolay Alyokhin]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/results/104717 Olympedia page]</ref>
|{{FlagIOCteam|ITA|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Michele Maffei]]<br>[[Mario Aldo Montano]]<br>[[Marco Romano (fencer)|Marco Romano]]<br>[[Ferdinando Meglio]]<br>[[Giovanni Scalzo]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|HUN|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Imre Gedővári]]<br>[[Rudolf Nébald]]<br>[[Pál Gerevich]]<br>[[Ferenc Hammang]]<br>[[György Nébald]]
|-
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's foil}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pascale Trinquet]]|FRA|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Magda Maros]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Barbara Wysoczańska]]|POL|1980 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil}}
|{{FlagIOCteam|FRA|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin]]<br>[[Pascale Trinquet]]<br>[[Isabelle Begard]]<br>[[Veronique Brouquier]]<br>[[Christine Muzio]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Valentina Sidorova]]<br>[[Nailia Giliazova]]<br>[[Elena Belova]]<br>[[Irina Ushakova]]<br>[[Larisa Tsagaraeva]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|HUN|1980 Summer}}<br>[[Ildikó Schwarczenberger]]<br>[[Magda Maros]]<br>[[Gertrúd Stefanek]]<br>[[Zsuzsanna Szőcs]]<br>[[Edit Kovács (fencer)|Edit Kovács]]
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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 | flag_template  = FlagIOCteam
 | event          = 1980 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 2
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 3
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
}}

==Participating nations==
A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games:<ref name="sports-reference" />

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagIOC|ALG|1980 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1980 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1980 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1980 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|CUB|1980 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1980 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1980 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GDR|1980 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1980 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1980 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1980 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1980 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1980 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|KUW|1980 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1980 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1980 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1980 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|URS|1980 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1980 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1980 Summer|6}}
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

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