The 1953 World Fencing Championships were held in Brussels, Belgium.[1]
1953 World Championships in Fencing | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Christian d'Oriola | Edoardo Mangiarotti | Manlio Di Rosa |
Team Foil | France | Italy | Hungary |
Individual Sabre | Pál Kovács | Aladár Gerevich | Rudolf Kárpáti |
Team Sabre | Hungary | Italy | Poland |
Individual Épée | József Sákovics | Barnabás Berzsenyi | Renzo Marini |
Team Épée | Italy | France | Switzerland |
Women's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Irene Camber | Renée Garilhe | Ilse Keydel |
Team Foil | Hungary | France | Italy |
References
edit- ^ The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.