1981 World Fencing Championships

The 1981 World Fencing Championships were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The event was held between July 2-13, 1981.

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 Vladimir Smirnov	Template:Flagicon Petru Kuki	Template:Flagicon Angelo Scuri
Team Foil	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Italy	Template:Flagicon West Germany
Individual Sabre	Template:Flagicon Dariusz Wódke	Template:Flagicon Imre Gedővári	Template:Flagicon Michele Maffei
Team Sabre	Template:Flagicon Hungary	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Poland
Individual Épée	Template:Flagicon Zoltán Székely	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Mozhayev	Template:Flagicon Elmar Borrmann
Team Épée	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Hungary

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 Jujie Luan	Template:Flagicon Dorina Vaccaroni
Team Foil	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon West Germany	Template:Flagicon Hungary