As in 1956, the two-day stroke play qualifying segment (36 holes) was eliminated; 128 players were entered in the single-elimination bracket.

The foil competition consisted of a five-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers.

This year, 128 players were entered in the single-elimination bracket.

Gold and silver medals in each weight class were determined by a single-elimination bracket.

The current championship format is an 11-team, single-elimination bracket.

The top two teams in each pool advanced to an four-team single-elimination bracket.

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.

The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers.

They are then ranked by score to determine their seeding for the single-elimination bracket.

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination bracket.