Fencing at the 1981 Summer Universiade
# Fencing at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The Fencing competition in the 1981 Summer Universiade were held in Bucharest, Romania.

## Medal overview

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Vladimir Smirnov (URS) | Petru Kuki (ROM) | Federico Cervi (ITA) |
| Team Foil | Italy (ITA) | Soviet Union (URS) | Cuba (CUB) |
| Individual Épée | Björne Väggö (SWE) | Olivier Lenglet (FRA) | Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) |
| Team Épée | Romania (ROM) | Switzerland (SUI) | France (FRA) |
| Individual Sabre | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | Andrey Alshan (URS) | Vasil Etropolski (BUL) |
| Team Sabre | Italy (ITA) | Soviet Union (URS) | Romania (ROM) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Ana Dimitrenko (URS) | Aurora Dan (ROM) | Flora Chaldaeyeva (URS) |
| Team Foil | Romania (ROM) | Soviet Union (URS) | Hungary (HUN) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
