Fencing World Championships 1949
The 5th World Fencing Championships took place in Cairo in 1949 . Seven competitions were held, six for men and one for women.
In the epee singles, Dario Mangiarotti won , who was only able to step out of the shadow of his famous brother Edoardo here .
Men's
Foil, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 FRA
|
Christian d'Oriola |
| 2 |
 ITA
|
Renzo Nostini |
| 3 |
ITA
|
Giuliano Nostini |
| 4th |
ITA
|
Edoardo Mangiarotti |
Foil, team
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
Manlio Di Rosa , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Giuliano Nostini , Renzo Nostini , Giorgio Pellini |
| 2 |
France
|
René Bougnol , Jéhan Buhan , Christian d'Oriola , Jacques Lataste , Adrien Rommel |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Egypt
|
Osman Abdel Hafiz , Anwar Tawfik , Salah Dessouki , Hassan Tewfik , Mahmoud Younes , Mohamed Zulfica |
| 4th |
 Belgium
|
Rapier, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
|
Dario Mangiarotti |
| 2 |
FRA
|
René Bougnol |
| 3 |
 SWE
|
Per Carleson |
Sword, team
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
Roberto Battaglia , Luigi Cantone , Marco Antonio Mandruzzato , Dario Mangiarotti , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Antonio Spallino |
| 2 |
Sweden
|
Per Carleson , Hans Drakenberg , Carl Forssell , Rolf Julin |
| 3 |
Egypt
|
Salah Asfar J. Dessouki , Mohamed Abdel Rahman , Mahmoud Younes , Schmeil |
| 4th |
France
|
Saber, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
|
Gastone Darè |
| 2 |
ITA
|
Giorgio Pellini |
| 3 |
ITA
|
Vincenzo Pinton |
Saber, crew
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
Gastone Darè , Renzo Nostini , Vincenzo Pinton , Mauro Racca |
| 2 |
France
|
Jacques Lefèvre , Jean Levavasseur , Jean Parent , Jean-François Tournon |
| 3 |
Egypt
|
Ahmed Farid Abou-Chadi , Salah Dessouki , Mohamed Abdel Rahman , Mahmoud Khattab Younes , Mohamed Zulficar |
| 4th |
Belgium
|
Ladies
Foil, single
| space | country | sportswoman |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 AUT
|
Ellen Müller Prize |
| 2 |
 THE
|
Karen Lachmann |
| 3 |
FRA
|
Jacqueline Boisson |
| 4th |
FRA
|
Renée Garilhe |
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |
France
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 6th |
| 3 |
Austria
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 4th |
Sweden
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |
Denmark
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6th |
Egypt
|
- | - | 3 | 3 |