1979 World Fencing Championships

The 1979 World Fencing Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	File:Med 1.png Gold	File:Med 2.png Silver	File:Med 3.png Bronze
Individual Foil	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Pascal Jolyot	Template:Flagicon Fabio Dal Zotto
Team Foil	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Italy	Template:Flagicon West Germany
Individual Sabre	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nazlymov	Template:Flagicon Viktor Krovopuskov	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Burtsev
Team Sabre	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Italy	Template:Flagicon Poland
Individual Épée	Template:Flagicon Philippe Riboud	Template:Flagicon Ernő Kolczonay	Template:Flagicon Leszek Swornowski
Team Épée	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon West Germany	Template:Flagicon Switzerland

Women's events

Event	File:Med 1.png Gold	File:Med 2.png Silver	File:Med 3.png Bronze
Individual Foil	Template:Flagicon Cornelia Hanisch	Template:Flagicon Valentina Sidorova	Template:Flagicon Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Team Foil	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Hungary	Template:Flagicon West Germany