At the 1996 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Women's épée events made a debut at these Games.
Medal summary
Men's events
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| Individual épée<br>
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| team épée<br>
|<br>Sandro Cuomo<br>Angelo Mazzoni<br>Maurizio Randazzo
|<br>Aleksandr Beketov<br>Pavel Kolobkov<br>Valery Zakharevich
|<br>Jean-Michel Henry<br>Robert Leroux<br>Éric Srecki
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| Individual foil<br>
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| team foil<br>
| <br>Dmitriy Shevchenko<br>Ilgar Mamedov<br>Vladislav Pavlovich
| <br>Piotr Kiełpikowski<br>Adam Krzesiński<br>Ryszard Sobczak<br>Jarosław Rodzewicz
| <br>Elvis Gregory<br>Rolando Leon<br>Oscar García Perez
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| Individual sabre<br>
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| team sabre<br>
| <br>Stanislav Pozdnyakov<br>Grigoriy Kirienko<br>Sergey Sharikov
| <br>Csaba Köves<br>József Navarrete<br>Bence Szabó
| <br>Raffaello Caserta<br>Luigi Tarantino<br>Toni Terenzi
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Women's events
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| Individual épée<br>
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| team épée<br>
|<br>Laura Flessel<br>Sophie Moressée-Pichot<br>Valérie Barlois
|<br>Laura Chiesa<br>Elisa Uga<br>Margherita Zalaffi
|<br>Maria Mazina<br>Yuliya Garayeva<br>Karina Aznavourian
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| Individual foil<br>
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| team foil<br>
| <br>Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella<br>Giovanna Trillini<br>Valentina Vezzali
| <br>Laura Badea<br>Reka Szabo<br>Roxana Scarlat
| <br>Anja Fichtel Mauritz<br>Sabine Bau<br>Monika Weber-Koszto
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Medal table
Russia finished atop of the fencing medal table at the 1996 Summer Olympics.