1959 Summer Universiade / Fencing

Fencing at the Universiade 1959
information
venue	Turin Italy
date	August 26th to September 6th, 1959
decisions	8th
Sofia 1961 →

Athletics medal table (after 29 of 29 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Hungary	2	1	1	4th
0	Italy	2	1	1	4th
03	BR Germany	2	-	3	5
04th	BR Germany	1	2	-	3
05	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
06th	Poland	-	2	1	3
07th	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
08th	Sweden	-	-	1	1
Total		8th	8th	8th	24

At the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin , eight fencing competitions were held in the first edition of the student world championships, six of which were for men and two for women.

Results men

Foil single

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Guy Barrabino
2	URS	Yuri Sissikin
3	URS	Viktor Zhdanovich

Epee single

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	István Kausz
2	SUI	Michel Steininger
3	SWE	Göran Abrahamsson

Saber single

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Wladimiro Calarese
2	POLE	Emil Ochyra
3	FRA	Jean-Ernest Ramez
4th
5	HUN	Tamás Mendelényi
6th	HUN	József Szerencsés

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	URS	Yuri Osip'owi Yuri Sissikin Viktor Zhdanovich
2	FRA	Ferenc Czvikovszky Jenő Kamuti József Marosi Bertalan Szőcs
3	FRA	Guy Barrabino

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Alberto Pellegrino Gianluigi Saccaro
2	POLE	Wiesław Glos Bogdan Gonsior
3	HUN	István Kausz József Marosi Pál Rabár Tibor Szûcs

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Attila Kovács Tamás Mendelényi Tibor Pézsa József Szerencsés
2	ITA	Wladimiro Calarese Mario Ravagnan
3	POLE	Emil Ochyra Ryszard Parulski

Results women

Foil single

space	country	athlete
1	FRG	Romy White
2	FRG	Gudrun Vorbrich
3	FRA	Monique Leroux

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Monique Leroux
2	FRG	Gudrun Vorbrich Romy Weiss
3	ITA	Claudia Pasini
4th	HUN	Judit Ágoston Vera Kelemen Mariann Plazzarianov Katalin Szalontay

Web links

• Medalists according to hickoksports.com
• some medalists according to sport-reference.com
• Placement of Hungarian athletes in 1959