Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing at the X Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair fencing
Competitors	70 from 13 nations

Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 15 events, 9 for men and 6 for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	7	3	5	15
2	Hong Kong (HKG)	4	1	2	7
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	0	3
4	Italy (ITA)	1	7	1	9
5	Germany (GER)	1	2	5	8
6	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
7	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		15	15	15	45

Participating nations

•  Argentina (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  France (13)
•  Germany (10)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Hong Kong (7)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (11)
•  Kuwait (3)
•  Poland (2)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (4)
•  United States (8)

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée individual A	Wai Leung Cheung  Hong Kong	Alberto Pellegrini  Italy	Wilfried Lipinski  Germany
Épée individual B	Jean Rosier  France	Soriano Ceccanti  Italy	Tae Hoon Park  South Korea
Épée team	Hong Kong (HKG) Wai Leung Cheung Wai Ip Kwong Yan Yun Tai Man Fai Chui	Italy (ITA) Gerardo Mari Soriano Ceccanti Alberto Pellegrini Ernesto Lerre	France (FRA) Arthur Bellance Robert Citerne Christian Lachaud Jean Rosier
Foil individual A	Wai Leung Cheung  Hong Kong	Alberto Pellegrini  Italy	Kam Loi Chan  Hong Kong
Foil individual B	Pál Szekeres  Hungary	Jean Rosier  France	Pascal Durand  France
Foil team	Hong Kong (HKG) Kam Loi Chan Wai Leung Cheung Wai Ip Kwong Sze Kit Chan	France (FRA) Jean Rosier Pascal Durand Yvon Pacault Robert Citerne	Italy (ITA) Alberto Pellegrini Alberto Serafini Giuseppe Alfieri Soriano Ceccanti
Sabre individual A	Yvon Pacault  France	Wilfried Lipinski  Germany	Yan Yun Tai  Hong Kong
Sabre individual B	Pál Szekeres  Hungary	Gerardo Mari  Italy	Pascal Durand  France
Sabre team	France (FRA) Christian Lachaud Cyril More Yvon Pacault Pascal Durand	Hong Kong (HKG) Man Fai Chan Sze Kit Chan Yan Yun Tai Kam Loi Chan	Germany (GER) Maximilian Miller Uwe Bartmann Wilfried Lipinski Wolfgang Kempf

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée individual A	Silke Schwarz  Germany	Jadwiga Polasik  Poland	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici  France
Épée individual B	Mariella Bertini  Italy	Rosalba Vettraino  Italy	Esther Weber-Kranz  Germany
Épée team	France (FRA) Josette Bourgain Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici Patricia Picot Murielle van de Cappelle	Germany (GER) Esther Weber-Kranz Jutta Jacob Silke Schwarz Monika Hertrich	Spain (ESP) Francisca Bazalo Cristina Perez Gema Victoria Hassen Bey
Foil individual A	Josette Bourgain  France	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici  France	Patricia Picot  France
Foil individual B	Murielle van de Cappelle  France	Judit Palfi  Hungary	Esther Weber-Kranz  Germany
Foil team	France (FRA) Josette Bourgain Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici Patricia Picot Murielle van de Cappelle	Italy (ITA) Laura Presutto Mariella Bertini Rosalba Vettraino	Germany (GER) Esther Weber-Kranz Jutta Jacob Silke Schwarz Monika Hertrich

See also

• Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

• Wheelchair Fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)