1981 World Fencing Championships

Host City	Clermont-Ferrand
Country	FRA
Held	2 – 13 July 1981
Competitors	54
Countries	8

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	URS	4	2	0	6
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	2	5
3	Germany	GER	1	1	2	4
4	Poland	POL	1	0	1	2
5	Italy	ITA	0	1	3	4
6	China	CHN	0	1	0	1
=	Romania	ROU	0	1	0	1
=	Switzerland	SUI	0	1	0	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
Épée individual, Men	Zoltán Székely	HUN	Aleksandr Mozhayev	URS	Elmar Borrmann	GER
Épée team, Men	Soviet Union	URS	Switzerland	SUI	Hungary	HUN
Foil individual, Men	Vladimir Smirnov	URS	Petru Kuki	ROU	Angelo Scuri	ITA
Foil team, Men	Soviet Union	URS	Italy	ITA	Germany	GER
Sabre individual, Men	Dariusz Wódke	POL	Imre Gedővári	HUN	Michele Maffei	ITA
Sabre team, Men	Hungary	HUN	Soviet Union	URS	Poland	POL
Foil individual, Women	Cornelia Hanisch	GER	Luan Jujie	CHN	Dorina Vaccaroni	ITA
Foil team, Women	Soviet Union	URS	Germany	GER	Hungary	HUN