1998 World Fencing Championships
| 1998 World Championships in Fencing | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
| Date(s) | October 6 – 11 |
The 1998 World Fencing Championships were held in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée |  Hugues Obry
|
Peter Vanky
|
 Carlos Pedroso  Attila Fekete
|
| Individual Foil |  Sergei Golubitsky
|
Elvis Gregory Gil
|
Piotr Kielpikowski
|
| Individual Sabre |  Luigi Tarantino
|
Raffaello Caserta
|
 Fernando Medina  Sergey Sharikov
|
| Team Épée | Hungary Attila Fekete Géza Imre Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács |
France Hugues Obry Frantz Philippe Rémy Delhomme Éric Srecki |
Russia Pavel Kolobkov Valery Zakharevich Andrey Kolotilin Aleksandr Eletskikh |
| Team Foil |  Adam Krzesinski
|
France Patrice Lhotellier Laurent Bel Lionel Plumenail |
 Kim Seung-Pyo
|
| Team Sabre | Hungary Domonkos Ferjancsik György Boros Zsolt Nemcsik József Navarrete |
Gael Touya
|
Poland Norbert Jaskot Marcin Sobala Rafał Sznajder Dariusz Gilman |
Women's events
| Event | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Laura Flessel-Colovic
|
 Denise Holzkamp
|
Gyöngyi Szalay
|
| Individual Foil | Sabine Bau
|
Svetlana Boyko
|
Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini
|
| Team Épée | France Laura Flessel-Colovic Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux Sophie Moressée-Pichot Sangita Tripathi |
Cuba Tamara Estery Almeida Miraida Garcia Soto Zuleid Ortiz Puente Mila Palma Gonzalez |
Ukraine Eva Vybornova Viktoria Titova Alla Mironuk Anna Garina |
| Team Foil | Italy Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Annamaria Giacometti Diana Bianchedi |
 Romania Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo Roxana Scarlat Laura Badea Claudia Vanță |
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |
References
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