At the first summer Universiade in Turin ( Italy ), 8 sets of awards were played out (6 for men, 2 for women).
In total, the Soviet Union fencing team won 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). The national team of the USSR won the team championship among rapier.
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Medals
Total Score
( Bold allocated the largest number of medals in its category)
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one | Hungary | 2 | one | one | four |
| Italy | 2 | one | one | four | |
| 3 | France | 2 | 0 | 3 | five |
| four | Germany | one | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| five | the USSR | one | one | one | 3 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 2 | one | 3 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| eight | Sweden | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Total | eight | eight | eight | 24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sword | Istvan Kaus ( HUN ) | Michelle Steininger ( SUI ) | Goran Abrahamsson ( SWE ) |
| Command sword | Italy | Poland | Hungary |
| Rapier | Guy Barrabino ( FRA ) | Yuri Sisikin ( URS ) | |
| Command rapier | |||
| Saber | |||
| Command saber |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rapier | |||
| Command rapier |