1989 World Fencing Championships
1989 World Championships in Fencing | |
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Host city | Denver, United States |
Date(s) | July 5–15 |
The 1989 World Fencing Championships were held in Denver, Colorado, United States from July 5 to July 15.[citation needed]
Overview
The United States applied to organise World Fencing Championships as soon as the 1986 congress of the
The competition was marred by several incidents involving the directoire technique. For instance, Bulgaria's men sabre team unknowingly arrived late at their quarter-final match against West Germany, as the official timetable had been changed along the way; the West Germans protested, and the Bulgarians were disqualified.[1]
The USSR and West Germany dominated the championships, especially in foil and sabre. Épée saw several surprises, notably the victory of Spain's Manuel Pereira, who had never placed in the Top 8 of an international tournament before, and who never reached that level again.[1] Women's épée was still a young weapon, allowed by the FIE at the 1988 World Criterium as a demonstration event. It made its first official apparition in Denver. An outsider, Switzerland's Anja Straub, prevailed over Germany's Ute Schäper and Italy's Annalisa Coltorti, while the women's team event saw the beginning of the Hungarian domination.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Épée | Manuel Pereira (ESP) | Sandro Cuomo (ITA) | Pavel Kolobkov (URS) |
Individual Foil | Alexander Koch (FRG) | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | Mauro Numa (ITA) |
Individual Sabre | Grigory Kiriyenko (URS) | Jarosław Koniusz (POL) | Felix Becker (FRG) |
Team Épée | Italy Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Stefano Pantano Sandro Resegotti |
Günter Jauch
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Cuba Wilfredo Loyola-Torriente Nelson Loyola-Torriente Pedro Merencio Carlos Pedroso Lazaro Castro |
Team Foil | Dmitriy Shevchenko
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West Germany Thorsten Weidner Matthias Gey Thomas Endres Alexander Koch |
Patrice Lhôtellier
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Team Sabre | Sergey Koryashkin
Sergey Mindirgasov |
West Germany Frank Bleckmann Felix Becker Jürgen Nolte Ulrich Eifler Jörg Kempenich |
France Jean-François Lamour Philippe Delrieu Franck Ducheix Pierre Guichot Jean-Philippe Daurelle |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual Épée | Anja Straub (SUI) | Ute Schäper (FRG) | Annalisa Coltorti (ITA) |
Individual Foil | Olga Velichko (URS) | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | Zita Funkenhauser (FRG)
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Team Épée | Italy Annalisa Coltorti Laura Chiesa Elisa Uga Alessandra Anglesio Laura Chiesa |
Gianna Bürki
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Team Foil | Anette Klug
Christiane Weber |
Soviet Union Olga Velichko Tatyana Sadovskaya Olga Votshakina Yelena Grishina Yelena Glikina |
Italy Francesca Bartolozzi Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Margherita Zalaffi |
References
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