The 1996 European Fencing Championships were held in Limoges, France. The competition consisted of individual events only.
Medal summary
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil |  Lionel Plumenail (FRA)
|
 Uwe Römer (GER)
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Franck Boidin (FRA) João Gomes (POR)
|
| Épée |  Pavel Kolobkov (RUS)
|
Elmar Borrmann (GER)
|
Jean-François Di Martino (FRA) Viktor Zuikov (EST)
|
| Sabre | Damien Touya (FRA)
|
Matthieu Gourdain (FRA)
|
 Luigi Tarantino (ITA) Marcin Sobala (POL)
|
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil |  Laura Badea (ROU)
|
 Gabriella Lantos (HUN)
|
Anja Fichtel (GER) Frida Scarpa (ITA)
|
| Épée | Magdalena Jeziorowska (POL)
|
 Gianna Bürki (SUI)
|
Sangita Tripathi (FRA) Hajnalka Kiraly (HUN)
|
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |