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), but women competed only in foil events.
Medal table.
West Germany finished top of the fencing medal table at the 1988 Summer Olympics, which included a clean-sweap in the Women's foil events.
Participating nations.
A total of 317 fencers (248 men and 69 women) from 42 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
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