Competitors for 1979 World Fencing Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Abushakhmetov |  URS |
FEN | 21 July 1954 |
| Nikolay Alyokhin | URS |
FEN | 26 October 1954 |
| Thomas Bach |  GER |
FEN | 29 December 1953 |
| Matthias Behr | GER |
FEN | 1 April 1955 |
| Jacek Bierkowski |  POL |
FEN | 17 April 1948 |
| Sabine Bischoff | GER |
FEN | 21 May 1958 |
| Andrea Borella |  ITA |
FEN | 23 June 1961 |
| Elmar Borrmann | GER |
FEN | 18 January 1957 |
| Mikhail Burtsev | URS |
FEN | 21 June 1956 |
| Federico Cervi | ITA |
FEN | 9 July 1961 |
| Fabio Dal Zotto | ITA |
FEN | 17 July 1957 |
| Gianfranco Dalla Barba | ITA |
FEN | 11 June 1957 |
| Olga Dmitrenko | URS |
FEN | |
| Leonid Dunayev | URS |
FEN | 24 February 1954 |
| Patrice Gaille |  SUI |
FEN | 14 April 1956 |
| Adrian Germanus | GER |
FEN | 22 September 1955 |
| Mathias Gey | GER |
FEN | 7 July 1960 |
| Daniel Giger | SUI |
FEN | 13 October 1949 |
| Nailya Gilyazova | URS |
FEN | 2 January 1953 |
| Cornelia Hanisch | GER |
FEN | 12 June 1952 |
| Harald Hein | GER |
FEN | 19 April 1950 |
| Jutta Höhne | GER |
FEN | 26 March 1951 |
| Hanns Jana | GER |
FEN | 18 July 1952 |
| Pascal Jolyot |  FRA |
FEN | 26 July 1958 |
| Ashot Karagyan | URS |
FEN | 23 January 1951 |
| Christian Kauter | SUI |
FEN | 6 May 1947 |
| Ute Kircheis-Wessel | GER |
FEN | 18 March 1953 |
| Ernő Kolczonay |  HUN |
FEN | 15 May 1953 |
| Janusz Kondrat | POL |
FEN | 3 June 1954 |
| Sergey Kosenko | URS |
FEN | 6 May 1956 |
| Andrzej Kostrzewa | POL |
FEN | 31 July 1958 |
| Edit Kovács | HUN |
FEN | 9 June 1954 |
| Viktor Krovopuskov | URS |
FEN | 29 September 1948 |
| Vladimir Lapitsky | URS |
FEN | 18 February 1959 |
| Ingrid Losert | GER |
FEN | 30 December 1958 |
| Boris Lukomsky | URS |
FEN | 6 June 1951 |
| Michele Maffei | ITA |
FEN | 11 November 1946 |
| Magda Maros | HUN |
FEN | 4 October 1951 |
| Ferdinando Meglio | ITA |
FEN | 27 June 1959 |
| Carlo Montano | ITA |
FEN | 25 September 1952 |
| Mario Aldo Montano | ITA |
FEN | 1 May 1948 |
| Vladimir Nazlymov | URS |
FEN | 1 November 1945 |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | URS |
FEN | 28 July 1947 |
| Mauro Numa | ITA |
FEN | 8 November 1961 |
| Tadeusz Piguła | POL |
FEN | 10 August 1952 |
| Michel Poffet | SUI |
FEN | 24 August 1957 |
| Alexander Pusch | GER |
FEN | 15 May 1955 |
| Klaus Reichert | GER |
FEN | 3 June 1947 |
| Philippe Riboud | FRA |
FEN | 9 April 1957 |
| Aleksandr Romankov | URS |
FEN | 7 November 1953 |
| Marco Romano | ITA |
FEN | 6 May 1953 |
| Sabirzhan Ruziyev | URS |
FEN | 15 June 1953 |
| Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi | HUN |
FEN | 9 September 1951 |
| Valentina Sidorova | URS |
FEN | 4 May 1954 |
| Viktor Sidyak | URS |
FEN | 24 November 1943 |
| Vladimir Smirnov | URS |
FEN | 20 May 1954 |
| Gertrúd Stefanek | HUN |
FEN | 5 July 1959 |
| François Suchanecki | SUI |
FEN | 23 December 1949 |
| Leszek Swornowski | POL |
FEN | 28 March 1955 |
| Zsuzsa Szőcs | HUN |
FEN | 10 April 1962 |
| Irina Ushakova | URS |
FEN | 29 September 1954 |
| Dariusz Wódke | POL |
FEN | 26 February 1957 |