Fencing at the 1959 Summer Universiade

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Fencing events were contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.[1][2][3]

## Medal overview

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The medals were as follows:[4]

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual foil  |  Guy Barrabino (FRA) |  Yury Sisikin (URS) |  Viktor Zhdanovich (URS)
Team foil  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Yury Sisikin
Iuri Osip'ovi
Viktor Zhdanovich
Yevgeny Ryumin |  Hungary (HUN)
Ferenc Czvikovszky
Jenő Kamuti
József Marosi
Bertalan Szőcs |  France (FRA)
Pierre Rodocanachi
Guy Barrabino
Ceretti
Vincent
Individual épée  |  István Kausz (HUN) |  Michel Steininger (SUI) |  Göran Abrahamsson (SWE)
Team épée  |  Italy (ITA)
Guido Cipriani
Alberto Pellegrino
Gianluigi Saccaro
Pietro Tassinari |  Poland (POL)
Wiesław Glos
Bogdan Gonsior
Włodzimierz Strzyżewski
Jerzy Wojciechowski |  Hungary (HUN)
István Kausz
József Marosi
Pál Rabár
Tibor Szûcs
Individual sabre  |  Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) |  Emil Ochyra (POL) |  Jean-Ernest Ramez (FRA)
Team sabre  |  Hungary (HUN)
Attila Kovács
Tamás Mendelényi
Tibor Pézsa
József Szerencsés |  Italy (ITA)
Wladimiro Calarese
Mario Ravagnan
Guido Benvenuti
Michele Reese |  Poland (POL)
Bronisław Borowski
Ryszard Parulski
Emil Ochyra
Eugeniusz Kaźmierski

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual foil  |  Rosemarie Weiß (FRG) |  Gudrun Vorbrich (FRG) |  Monique Leroux (FRA)
Team foil  |  France (FRA)
Monique Leroux
Florence Roussy
Cuvelier
Mireille Schamanech |  West Germany (FRG)
Gudrun Vorbrich
Rosemarie Weiß
Ursula Michels
Dörner  |  Italy (ITA)
Claudia Pasini
Cristiana Bortolotti
Leopolda Predaroli
Vera Mantovani

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 1| 1| 4
Italy (ITA)| 2| 1| 1| 4
3|  France (FRA)| 2| 0| 3| 5
4|  West Germany (FRG)| 1| 2| 0| 3
5|  Soviet Union (URS)| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Poland (POL)| 0| 2| 1| 3
7|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
8|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## References

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1. ^ Practical Oral English for International Games. 重庆大学电子音像出版社有限公司. 2021-09-01. p. 61\. ISBN 978-7-5689-2690-4.
2. ^ "Spotlight: Take a look back to the Torino 1959 Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
3. ^ "FISU Fencing". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
4. ^ "HickokSports.com - History - World University Games Fencing Medalists". Hickok Sports. 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

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*[FRA]: France
*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[HUN]: Hungary
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*[SWE]: Sweden
*[ITA]: Italy
*[POL]: Poland
*[FRG]: West Germany
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