1978 World Fencing Championships

1978 World Championships in Fencing
Host city	Hamburg, West Germany
← 1977 Buenos Aires 1979 Melbourne →

The 1978 World Fencing Championships were held in Hamburg, West Germany. The event took place from July 12 to July 22, 1978, and was held at Alsterdorfer Sporthalle.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	1	8
2	Hungary (HUN)	2	0	0	2
3	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
4	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
5	West Germany (FRG)*	1	0	2	3
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
9	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	Didier Flament	Alexandr Romankov	Harald Hein
Team Foil	Poland	France	Soviet Union
Individual Sabre	Viktor Krovopuskov	Mikhail Burtsev	Michele Maffei
Team Sabre	Hungary	Soviet Union	Italy
Individual Épée	Alexander Pusch	Philippe Riboud	Hans Jacobson
Team Épée	Hungary	Soviet Union	Sweden

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	Valentina Sidorova	Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová	Cornelia Hanisch
Team Foil	Soviet Union	Poland	Romania

References

• FIE Results