The 1959 World Fencing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]
1959 World Championships in Fencing | |
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Host city | Budapest, Hungary |
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Hungary)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Hungary (HUN)* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Allan Jay | Claude Netter | Mark Midler |
Team Foil | Soviet Union | West Germany | Hungary |
Individual Sabre | Rudolf Kárpáti | Tamás Mendelényi | Jerzy Pawłowski |
Team Sabre | Poland | Hungary | Soviet Union |
Individual Épée | Bruno Kharbarov | Allan Jay | Giuseppe Delfino |
Team Épée | Hungary | Soviet Union | France |
Women's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Foil | Emma Yefimova | Galina Gorokhova | Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko |
Team Foil | Hungary | Soviet Union | West Germany |
References
edit- ^ The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.