1966 World Fencing Championships

International fencing competition

1966 World Championships in Fencing
Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
← 1965 Paris 1967 Montreal →

The 1966 World Fencing Championships were held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The event took place from July 6 to July 16, 1966. They were organized by the USSR Fencing Federation.

Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)*	5	3	2	10
2	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	1	5
3	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Poland (POL)	1	0	2	3
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	German Sveshnikov	Jean-Claude Magnan	Viktor Putyatin
Team Foil	Soviet Union	Hungary	Poland
Individual Sabre	Jerzy Pawłowski	Tibor Pézsa	Zoltán Horváth
Team Sabre	Hungary	Soviet Union	France
Individual Épée	Aleksey Nikanchikov	Claude Bourquard	Bohdan Gonsior
Team Épée	France	Soviet Union	Sweden

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Foil	Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko	Alexandra Zabelina	Galina Gorokhova
Team Foil	Soviet Union	Hungary	France

The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

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