Fencing at the 1979 Summer Universiade
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Fencing events were contested at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico. The top nations qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Medal overview
[edit]Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual Foil | Alexandr Romankov (URS) | Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov (URS) | Klaus Haertter (GDR) |
Team Foil | Soviet Union (URS) | Italy (ITA) | East Germany (GDR) |
Individual Épée | Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) | Leonid Dunayev (URS) | Hanns Jana (FRG) |
Team Épée | Hungary (HUN) | Soviet Union (URS) | Romania (ROM) |
Individual Sabre | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Mikhail Burtsev (URS) | Marin Mustata (ROM) |
Team Sabre | Soviet Union (URS) | Hungary (HUN) | Poland (POL) |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual Foil | Pascale Trinquet (FRA) | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | Mandy Niklaus (GDR) |
Team Foil | East Germany (GDR) | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
References
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