Competitors for 1978 World Fencing Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Abushakhmetov |  URS |
FEN | 21 July 1954 |
| Angelo Arcidiacono |  ITA |
FEN | 25 September 1955 |
| Suzana Ardeleanu |  ROU |
FEN | 8 March 1946 |
| Magdalena Bartoș | ROU |
FEN | 23 July 1954 |
| Viktor Bazhenov | URS |
FEN | 6 August 1946 |
| Philippe Bonnin |  FRA |
FEN | 30 April 1955 |
| Bruno Boscherie | FRA |
FEN | 22 February 1951 |
| Mikhail Burtsev | URS |
FEN | 21 June 1956 |
| Gianfranco Dalla Barba | ITA |
FEN | 11 June 1957 |
| Vladimir Denisov | URS |
FEN | 22 May 1947 |
| Agnieszka Dubrawska |  POL |
FEN | 12 December 1958 |
| Leonid Dunayev | URS |
FEN | 24 February 1954 |
| Rolf Edling |  SWE |
FEN | 30 November 1943 |
| Carl von Essen | SWE |
FEN | 18 October 1940 |
| Csaba Fenyvesi |  HUN |
FEN | 14 April 1943 |
| Didier Flament | FRA |
FEN | 4 January 1951 |
| Imre Gedővári | HUN |
FEN | 1 July 1951 |
| Pál Gerevich | HUN |
FEN | 10 August 1948 |
| Nailya Gilyazova | URS |
FEN | 2 January 1953 |
| Arkadiusz Godel | POL |
FEN | 4 February 1952 |
| Ferenc Hammang | HUN |
FEN | 20 May 1944 |
| Cornelia Hanisch |  GER |
FEN | 12 June 1952 |
| Johan Harmenberg | SWE |
FEN | 8 September 1954 |
| Harald Hein | GER |
FEN | 19 April 1950 |
| Hans Jacobson | SWE |
FEN/MOP | 17 March 1947 |
| Pascal Jolyot | FRA |
FEN | 26 July 1958 |
| Ashot Karagyan | URS |
FEN | 23 January 1951 |
| Valery Khondogo | URS |
FEN | 1957 |
| Olga Knyazeva | URS |
FEN | 9 August 1954 |
| Ernő Kolczonay | HUN |
FEN | 15 May 1953 |
| Jolanta Królikowska | POL |
FEN | 21 May 1960 |
| Viktor Krovopuskov | URS |
FEN | 29 September 1948 |
| Győző Kulcsár | HUN |
FEN | 18 October 1940 |
| Vladimir Lapitsky | URS |
FEN | 18 February 1959 |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová |  TCH |
FEN | 3 October 1950 |
| Boris Lukomsky | URS |
FEN | 6 June 1951 |
| Michele Maffei | ITA |
FEN | 11 November 1946 |
| Göran Malkar | SWE |
FEN | 7 April 1954 |
| Leszek Martewicz | POL |
FEN | 4 January 1955 |
| Marcela Moldovan-Zsak | ROU |
FEN | 3 June 1956 |
| Mario Aldo Montano | ITA |
FEN | 1 May 1948 |
| Zoltán Nagyházi | HUN |
FEN | 1949 |
| Vladimir Nazlymov | URS |
FEN | 1 November 1945 |
| György Nébald | HUN |
FEN | 9 March 1956 |
| Aleksandr Nikishin | URS |
FEN | 16 November 1955 |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | URS |
FEN | 28 July 1947 |
| István Osztrics | HUN |
FEN | 25 December 1949 |
| Jenő Pap | HUN |
FEN | 15 December 1951 |
| Frédéric Pietruszka | FRA |
FEN | 13 May 1954 |
| Alexander Pusch | GER |
FEN | 15 May 1955 |
| Philippe Riboud | FRA |
FEN | 9 April 1957 |
| Adam Robak | POL |
FEN | 16 July 1957 |
| Aleksandr Romankov | URS |
FEN | 7 November 1953 |
| Valentina Sidorova | URS |
FEN | 4 May 1954 |
| Delfina Skąpska | POL |
FEN | 22 November 1950 |
| Vladimir Smirnov | URS |
FEN | 20 May 1954 |
| Marian Sypniewski | POL |
FEN | 30 April 1955 |
| Viorica Țurcanu | ROU |
FEN | 26 April 1954 |
| Barbara Wysoczańska | POL |
FEN | 12 August 1949 |
| Bogusław Zych | POL |
FEN | 10 December 1951 |