1979 World Fencing Championships

{{short description|International fencing competition}} {{World Championships in Fencing |Name = 1979 World Championships in Fencing |Logo = |Size = |Host city = {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne, Australia |Optional caption = |Nations participating = |Athletes participating = |Events = |dates = |Stadium = |previous = 1978 Hamburg |next = 1981 Clermont-Ferrand }}

The '''1979 World Fencing Championships''' were held in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite book|last=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results|title=Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}</ref>

==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = | event = | team = | gold_URS = 6 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 1 | gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 2 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 1 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 1 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2 | name_POL = {{flagteam|POL|1928}} | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1 }}

==Medal summary== ===Men's events=== {| class="wikitable" ! width="100" |Event ! style="background-color:gold;" width="200" |File:Med 1.png Gold ! style="background-color:silver;" width="200" |File:Med 2.png Silver ! style="background-color:#CC9966;" width="200" |File:Med 3.png Bronze |- ||Individual Foil |{{flagicon|URS}} Alexandr Romankov |{{flagicon|FRA}} Pascal Jolyot |{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Dal Zotto |- ||Team Foil |{{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union |{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy |{{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany |- ||Individual Sabre |{{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Nazlymov |{{flagicon|URS}} Viktor Krovopuskov |{{flagicon|URS}} Mikhail Burtsev |- ||Team Sabre |{{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union |{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy |{{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} Poland |- ||Individual Épée |{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Riboud |{{flagicon|Hungarian People's Republic}} Ernő Kolczonay |{{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} Leszek Swornowski |- ||Team Épée |{{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union |{{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany |{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland |}

===Women's events=== {| class="wikitable" ! width="100" |Event ! style="background-color:gold;" width="200" |File:Med 1.png Gold ! style="background-color:silver;" width="200" |File:Med 2.png Silver ! style="background-color:#CC9966;" width="200" |File:Med 3.png Bronze |- ||Individual Foil |{{flagicon|FRG}} Cornelia Hanisch |{{flagicon|URS}} Valentina Sidorova |{{flagicon|Hungarian People's Republic}} Ildikó Schwarczenberger |- ||Team Foil |{{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union |{{flagicon|Hungarian People's Republic}} Hungary |{{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany |}

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