The 1979 World Fencing Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia.[1]
1979 World Championships in Fencing | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Alexandr Romankov | Pascal Jolyot | Fabio Dal Zotto |
Team Foil | Soviet Union | Italy | West Germany |
Individual Sabre | Vladimir Nazlymov | Viktor Krovopuskov | Mikhail Burtsev |
Team Sabre | Soviet Union | Italy | Poland |
Individual Épée | Philippe Riboud | Ernő Kolczonay | Leszek Swornowski |
Team Épée | Soviet Union | West Germany | Switzerland |
Women's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Cornelia Hanisch | Valentina Sidorova | Ildikó Schwarczenberger |
Team Foil | Soviet Union | Hungary | West Germany |
References
edit- ^ The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.