Fencing at the 1979 Summer Universiade
# Fencing at the 1979 Summer Universiade

Fencing events were contested at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Medal overview

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Alexandr Romankov (URS) | Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov (URS) | Klaus Haertter (GDR) |
| Team Foil | Soviet Union (URS) | Italy (ITA) | East Germany (GDR) |
| Individual Épée | Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) | Leonid Dunayev (URS) | Hanns Jana (FRG) |
| Team Épée | Hungary (HUN) | Soviet Union (URS) | Romania (ROM) |
| Individual Sabre | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Mikhail Burtsev (URS) | Marin Mustata (ROM) |
| Team Sabre | Soviet Union (URS) | Hungary (HUN) | Poland (POL) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Pascale Trinquet (FRA) | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | Mandy Niklaus (GDR) |
| Team Foil | East Germany (GDR) | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
