Russia topped the unofficial fencing medal table with four gold, one silver and two bronze medals, the country’s best haul in two decades.

Hungary clinched second place with two golds, one silver and one bronze, while Italy was third with one gold and three silvers.

A total of ten sets of medals were won over the course of nine days of competition. It was an event that FIE Sport Director Krisztian Kulcsar spent much of the last three years helping to organise.

“This has been the greatest project of my life,” said Kulcsar, the 2007 world epee champion. “And I’m very proud to say the competition went very smoothly.

“Our No.1 goal was to provide the athletes with the ideal conditions in which to compete while putting on a real show for the spectators in the venue and the millions watching around the world. We arrived in Rio knowing London had set the bar high for Olympic fencing, and we leave feeling that we have truly done our sport justice.”