Fencing at the 1979 Summer Universiade

Fencing events were contested at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Medal overview

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual foil  |  Pascale Trinquet (FRA) |  Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) |  Mandy Niklaus (GDR)
Team foil  |  East Germany (GDR) |  Soviet Union (URS) |  West Germany (FRG)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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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* Universiade fencing medalists on HickokSports

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