1979 World Fencing Championships From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia International fencing competition 1979 World Championships in FencingHost city Melbourne, Australia← 1978 Hamburg 1981 Clermont-Ferrand → The 1979 World Fencing Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia.[1] RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Soviet Union (URS)62192 West Germany (FRG)11243 France (FRA)11024 Hungary (HUN)0213 Italy (ITA)02136 Poland (POL)00227 Switzerland (SUI)0011Totals (7 entries)88824 Medal summary Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze 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 Event Gold Silver Bronze Individual Foil Cornelia Hanisch Valentina Sidorova Ildikó Schwarczenberger Team Foil Soviet Union Hungary West Germany References ↑ The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5. vteWorld Fencing ChampionshipsUnofficial 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 Related Articles
