title: 1998 European Fencing Championships
text: # 1998 European Fencing Championships
  
  The 1998 European Fencing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Foil | Ralf Bißdorf (GER) | Wolfgang Wienand (GER) | Michael Ludwig (AUT) Márk Marsi (HUN) |
  | Épée | Hugues Obry (FRA) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | Vitaly Zakharov (BLR) Vladimir Pzhenikin (BLR) |
  | Sabre | Marcin Sobala (POL) | Luigi Tarantino (ITA) | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) József Navarrete (HUN) |
  | Team Foil | Germany | Poland | Austria |
  | Team Épée | Hungary | France | Russia |
  | Team Sabre | Poland | Italy | Russia |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Sabine Bau (GER) | Olga Velichko (RUS) Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) |
  | Épée | Elisa Uga (ITA) | Barbara Ciszewska (POL) | Monika Maciejewska (POL) Claudia Bokel (GER) |
  | Team Foil | Russia | Germany | Italy |
  | Team Épée | Germany | Ukraine | Poland |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
  | 2 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 3 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 6 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 7 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 8 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 10 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
  