| Fencing at the 1997 West Asian Games | |
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| Venue | 13th Rajab Sport Hall |
Fencing at the 1997 West Asian Games was held at the 13th Rajab Sport Hall, Tehran, Iran. It had a men's only programm in all three fencing weapons.
| Fencing at the 1997 West Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | 13th Rajab Sport Hall |
Fencing at the 1997 West Asian Games was held at the 13th Rajab Sport Hall, Tehran, Iran. It had a men's only programm in all three fencing weapons.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Aleksandr Poddubny  Kyrgyzstan | Farhad Rezaei  Iran | Mohammad Hossein Abedi Iran |
Hasan Malallah  Kuwait | |||
| Team épée |  Kyrgyzstan |  Kuwait |  Iran |
| Individual foil | Abdelmohsen Shahrayen Kuwait | Mohammad Mirmohammadi Iran | Hamid Reza Veisi Iran |
| H. Shahrayen Kuwait | |||
| Team foil | Kuwait | Iran |  Turkmenistan |
| Individual sabre | Peyman Fakhri Iran | Pasha Pashapour Iran | Abbas Sheikholeslami Iran |
| Abdulkarim Al-Shamlan Kuwait | |||
| Team sabre | Iran | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |
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