Fencing World Championships 1981

The 31st World Fencing Championships took place in Clermont-Ferrand in 1981 . Eight competitions were held, six for men and two for women.

Men's

Foil, single

space	country	athlete
1	URS	Vladimir Smirnov
2	ROU	Petru Kuki
3	ITA	Angelo Scuri

Foil, team

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Smirnov , Alexander Romankow , Yuri Lykow , Sabirdzhan Rusiev
2	Italy	Angelo Scuri , Andrea Borella , Mauro Numa , Carlo Montano
3	BR Germany	Matthias Behr , Harald Hein , Frank Beck , Mathias Gey

Rapier, single

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Zoltán Székely
2	URS	Alexander Moshayev
3	FRG	Elmar Borrmann

Sword, team

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Ashot Karagjan , Alexander Moshayev , Leonid Dunajew , Valeri Hondogo
2	Switzerland	François Suchanecki , Gabriel Nigon , Daniel Giger , Michel Poffet , Patrice Gaille
3	Hungary	Ernő Kolczonay , Balázs Dénes , Zoltán Székely , László Pethő

Saber, single

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Dariusz Wódke
2	HUN	Imre Gedővári
3	ITA	Michele Maffei

Saber, crew

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	György Nébald , Rudolf Nébald , Imre Gedővári , Pál Gerevich
2	Soviet Union	Mikalaj Aljochin , Andrei Alschan , Viktor Krowopuskow , Michail Burzew
3	Poland	Leszek Jabłonowski , Jacek Bierkowski , Tadeusz Piguła , Dariusz Wódke

Ladies

Foil, single

space	country	sportswoman
1	FRG	Cornelia Hanisch
2	CHN	Luan Jujie
3	ITA	Dorina Vaccaroni

Foil, team

space	country	Sportswomen
1	Soviet Union	Larissa Zagarajewa , Marina Sobolewa , Walentina Sidorowa , Nailja Giljasowa
2	BR Germany	Cornelia Hanisch , Ute Wessel , Ingrid Losert , Sabine Bischoff
3	Hungary	Ildikó Schwarczenberger , Edit Kovács , Zsuzsanna Szőcs , Gertrúd Stefanek

Web links

• History of the World Fencing Championships (men's foil) from sport-komplett.de
• History of the World Fencing Championships (men's sword) from sport-komplett.de
• History fencing world championships (men's saber) from sport-komplett.de
• History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de