In the final Hungarian epeeists defeated Switzerland - 45:32. The third place went to Italians.
The Italian team was also the third in women's sabre, and Ukraine and Russia fought for the "gold". Ukrainian sabre fencers, Olympic Champions-2008, were stronger - 45:31 - and celebrated their first-time victory in the history of the European Championships.
In total medal table the best team title went to Italians. They won 5 "gold" and 4 "bronze" awards. German finished with 6 medals (2 "gold", "silver" and 3 "bronze"). Ukrainian team won 2 "gold" and 2 "bronze" awards. Traditional favorites - Russia and France - looked weaker than usual. Russians have got only one "gold" medal, and Frenchmen remained without the highest awards at all.
MEDALS
|
|
Country
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Italy
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
|
2
|
Germany
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
|
3
|
Ukraine
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
4
|
Russia
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
6
|
|
5
|
Romania
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
6
|
Hungary
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
7
|
France
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
|
8-9
|
Switzerland
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
8-9
|
Great Britain
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
10
|
Poland
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
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