At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, eight events in fencing 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.
Participating nations
A total of 344 fencers (266 men and 78 women) from 42 nations competed at the Rome Games:
References
Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA