| 1969 World Championships in Fencing | |
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| Host city |  Havana, Cuba |
The 1969 World Fencing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba. The event took place from September 30 to October 12, 1969, at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum. [1]
| 1969 World Championships in Fencing | |
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| Host city | Havana, Cuba |
The 1969 World Fencing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba. The event took place from September 30 to October 12, 1969, at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum. [1]
The Havana World championships were the third straight major fencing event held in the Americas after the 1967 edition in Montreal and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. Cuba gave the competition political overtones, including it in the celebrations for the ten years of the Cuban Revolution. Fencing was also stopped on 8 October for a commemoration of the anniversary of Che Guevara's death. [2] The United States, who do not have formal diplomatic relations with Cuba, sent a restricted delegation of 25 fencers. The competition was also marred by numerous failures of the electrical apparatus to the heat and humidity. [3]
On sportive terms, the championships were dominated by countries of the Eastern Bloc, especially the Soviet Union, who claimed all three men's team titles. Romania earned their first women's world title.
| Event |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floretă la individual |  Elena Novikova (URS) |  Ileana Drîmbă (ROU) | Svetlana Tširkova (URS) |
| Floretă pe echipe | Romania Ileana Drîmbă Olga Szabo Maria Vicol Ana Ene Suzana Ardeleanu | Soviet Union Alexandra Zabelina Elena Novikova Svetlana Tširkova Tatyana Samusenko Galina Gorokhova |  Hungary Katalin Kollányi Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi Ágnes Simonffy Mária Szolnoki Ildikó Rejtő |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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