1962 World Fencing Championships

Host City Buenos Aires
Country ARG
Held 16 – 28 July 1962
Competitors 69
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Epée individual Men Medal 3 2
Epée team Men Medal 15 3
Foil individual Men Medal 3 3
Foil team Men Medal 18 3
Sabre individual Men Medal 3 3
Sabre team Men Medal 17 3
Foil individual Women Medal 3 3
Foil team Women Medal 16 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Hungary HUN 3 3 1 7
2 Soviet Union URS 2 2 2 6
3 Poland POL 1 2 1 4
4 France FRA 1 0 2 3
5 Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
6 Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
7 Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Epée individual, Men István Kausz HUN Tamás Gábor HUN Yves Dreyfus FRA
Epée team, Men France FRA Sweden SWE Soviet Union URS
Foil individual, Men German Sveshnikov URS Witold Woyda POL Jürgen Brecht GER
Foil team, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Poland POL
Sabre individual, Men Zoltán Horváth HUN Jerzy Pawłowski POL Claude Arabo FRA
Sabre team, Men Poland POL Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS
Foil individual, Women Olga Orban-Szabo ROU Galina Gorokhova URS Katalin Juhász-Nagy HUN
Foil team, Women Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Italy ITA