Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	St Kilda Town Hall
Dates	26 November
Competitors	32 from 14 nations
Medalists
Christian d'Oriola   France   Giancarlo Bergamini   Italy   Antonio Spallino   Italy

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 26 November 1956. 32 fencers from 14 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Fencer	Country
Christian d'Oriola	France
Giancarlo Bergamini	Italy
Antonio Spallino	Italy
Allan Jay	Great Britain
József Gyuricza	Hungary
Claude Netter	France
Mark Midler	Soviet Union
Raymond Paul	Great Britain
André Verhalle	Belgium
Günter Stratmann	Germany
Yury Rudov	Soviet Union
Brian McCowage	Australia
Albie Axelrod	United States
Iuri Osip'ovi	Soviet Union
Michael Sichel	Australia
René Paul	Great Britain
Hal Goldsmith	United States
Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy
Ghislain Delaunois	Belgium
Mihály Fülöp	Hungary
Benito Ramos	Mexico
François Dehez	Belgium
Lajos Somodi, Sr.	Hungary
David McKenzie	Australia
Pablo Uribe	Colombia
Jacques Lataste	France
Santiago Massini	Argentina
Roland Asselin	Canada
Masayuki Sano	Japan
Gabriel Blando	Colombia
Byron Krieger	United States
Emilio Echeverry	Colombia

References

1. "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-11.