Fencing at the 1959 Summer Universiade

Fencing events were contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.^[1][2][3]

Medal overview

The medals were as follows:^[4]

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual foil	Guy Barrabino (FRA)	Yury Sisikin (URS)	Viktor Zhdanovich (URS)
Team foil	Soviet Union (URS) Yury Sisikin Iuri Osip'ovi Viktor Zhdanovich Yevgeny Ryumin	Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Czvikovszky Jenő Kamuti József Marosi Bertalan Szőcs	France (FRA) Pierre Rodocanachi Guy Barrabino Ceretti Vincent
Individual épée	István Kausz (HUN)	Michel Steininger (SUI)	Göran Abrahamsson (SWE)
Team épée	Italy (ITA) Guido Cipriani Alberto Pellegrino Gianluigi Saccaro Pietro Tassinari	Poland (POL) Wiesław Glos Bogdan Gonsior Włodzimierz Strzyżewski Jerzy Wojciechowski	Hungary (HUN) István Kausz József Marosi Pál Rabár Tibor Szûcs
Individual sabre	Wladimiro Calarese (ITA)	Emil Ochyra (POL)	Jean-Ernest Ramez (FRA)
Team sabre	Hungary (HUN) Attila Kovács Tamás Mendelényi Tibor Pézsa József Szerencsés	Italy (ITA) Wladimiro Calarese Mario Ravagnan Guido Benvenuti Michele Reese	Poland (POL) Bronisław Borowski Ryszard Parulski Emil Ochyra Eugeniusz Kaźmierski

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual foil	Rosemarie Weiß (FRG)	Gudrun Vorbrich (FRG)	Monique Leroux (FRA)
Team foil	France (FRA) Monique Leroux Florence Roussy Cuvelier Mireille Schamanech	West Germany (FRG) Gudrun Vorbrich Rosemarie Weiß Ursula Michels Dörner	Italy (ITA) Claudia Pasini Cristiana Bortolotti Leopolda Predaroli Vera Mantovani

Medal table

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

References

1. Practical Oral English for International Games. 重庆大学电子音像出版社有限公司. 2021-09-01. p. 61. ISBN 978-7-5689-2690-4.
2. "Spotlight: Take a look back to the Torino 1959 Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
3. "FISU Fencing". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
4. "HickokSports.com - History - World University Games Fencing Medalists". Hickok Sports. 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2023-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)