1978 World Fencing Championships

1978 World Championships in Fencing
1978 World Championships in Fencing
Host city	Hamburg, West Germany
	← 1977 Buenos Aires 1979 Melbourne →

The 1978 World Fencing Championships were held in Hamburg, West Germany. The event took place from July 12 to July 22, 1978, and was held at Alsterdorfer Sporthalle.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	1	8
2	Hungary (HUN)	2	0	0	2
3	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
4	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
5	West Germany (FRG)*	1	0	2	3
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
9	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	Didier Flament	Alexandr Romankov	Harald Hein
Team Foil	Poland	France	Soviet Union
Individual Sabre	Viktor Krovopuskov	Mikhail Burtsev	Michele Maffei
Team Sabre	Hungary	Soviet Union	Italy
Individual Épée	Alexander Pusch	Philippe Riboud	Hans Jacobson
Team Épée	Hungary	Soviet Union	Sweden

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	Valentina Sidorova	Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová	Cornelia Hanisch
Team Foil	Soviet Union	Poland	Romania

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Unofficial	1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Official	1937 1938 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2025

Medal summary

1978 World Championships in Fencing
Host city	Hamburg, West Germany
← 1977 Buenos Aires 1979 Melbourne →