Fencing at the 1983 Pan American Games

Fencing at the 1983 Pan American Games
«1979 1987»

Fencing at the 1983 Pan American Games was contested in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 14 to August 29, 1983, as part of the IX edition of the Games. Twelve events were held—six for men (individual and team competitions in épée, foil, and sabre) and two for women (individual and team foil). The competition saw dominant performances from Cuba, the United States, Canada, and Venezuela. In the men's individual events, Agapito Nussa (Cuba) won épée, Efigenio Favier (Cuba) took foil, and Peter Westbrook (USA) claimed sabre. Cuba also secured gold in both men’s team foil and sabre, while Canada won team épée. Among women, Margarita Rodríguez led Cuba to victory in the individual foil, and the Cuban squad won the team foil competition (). This edition continued fencing’s established presence at the Pan American Games since 1951.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Agapito Nussa  Cuba	Jean-Marc Chouinard  Canada	Timothy Glass  United States}
Team épée	Canada  Canada	United States of America  United States	Venezuela  Venezuela
Individual foil	Efigenio Favier Sando  Cuba	José Rafael Magallanes  Venezuela	Gregory Massialas  United States
Team foil	Cuba  Cuba	United States of America  United States	Venezuela  Venezuela
Individual sabre	Peter Westbrook  United States	Luis Manuel Ortíz  Cuba	Jean-Paul Banos  Canada
Team sabre	Cuba  Cuba	United States of America  United States	Canada  Canada

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual foil	Margarita Rodríguez  Cuba	Lourdes Lozano Rodríguez  Mexico	Clara Alfonso  Cuba
Team foil	Cuba  Cuba	United States of America  United States	Argentina  Argentina

Place	Nation				Total
1	Cuba	6	1	1	8
2	United States	1	4	2	7
3	Canada	1	1	2	4
4	Venezuela	0	1	2	3
5	Mexico	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24