The 1986 World Fencing Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event took place from July 25 to August 3, 1986.[1]
1986 World Championships in Fencing | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Bulgaria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Bulgaria (BUL)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Andrea Borella | Tulio Díaz | Mauro Numa |
Team Foil | Italy | West Germany | East Germany |
Individual Sabre | Sergey Mindirgasov | Imre Bujdosó | Vasil Etropolski |
Team Sabre | Soviet Union | Poland | Bulgaria |
Individual Épée | Philippe Riboud | Mikloş-Gabor Bodoczi | Olivier Lenglet |
Team Épée | West Germany | Soviet Union | Italy |
Women's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Anja Fichtel | Sabine Bau | Olga Voshchakina |
Team Foil | Soviet Union | Italy | 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.