1979 World Fencing Championships Explained

The 1979 World Fencing Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

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		Mikhail Burtsev
Team Sabre	Soviet Union	Italy	Poland
Individual Épée	Philippe Riboud
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

Notes and References

1. Book: The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. 1987. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-492-5. registration.