# 2007 World Fencing Championships

The 2007 World Fencing Championships were held at the SCC Peterburgsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The event took place from September 28 to October 7, 2007.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée | Krisztián Kulcsár | Érik Boisse | Diego Confalonieri Jérôme Jeannet |
| Foil | Peter Joppich | Andrea Baldini | Benjamin Kleibrink Lei Sheng |
| Sabre | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Aldo Montano | Nicolas Limbach Oh Eun-seok |
| Team Épée | France | Italy | Hungary |
| Team Foil | France | Germany | South Korea |
| Team Sabre | Hungary | France | Italy |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée | Britta Heidemann | Li Na | Maureen Nisima Irina Embrich |
| Foil details | Valentina Vezzali | Margherita Granbassi | Giovanna Trillini Aida Mohamed |
| Sabre | Yelena Nechayeva | Tan Xue | Bogna Jóźwiak Gioia Marzocca |
| Team Épée | France | Russia | Germany |
| Team Foil | Poland | Russia | Japan |
| Team Sabre | France | Ukraine | Russia |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS)* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### Epée individual

3 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Krisztián Kulcsár | Hungary |
| 2. | Érik Boisse | France |
| 3. | Diego Confalonieri | Italy |
| 3. | Jérôme Jeannet | France |
| 5. | Silvio Fernández | Venezuela |
| 6. | Ulrich Robeiri | France |
| 7. | Maksym Khvorost | Ukraine |
| 8. | Dmytro Chumak | Ukraine |
| 14. | Anton Avdeev | Russia |
| 20. | Igor Turchin | Russia |
| 24. | Aleksey Tikhomirov | Russia |
| 65. | Pavel Kolobkov | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Maksym Khvorost | 8 | | |
| Krisztián Kulcsár | 9 | | |
| Krisztián Kulcsár | 9 | Krisztián Kulcsár | 15 |
| | | Diego Confalonieri | 14 |
| Diego Confalonieri | 15 | Diego Confalonieri | 14 |
| Ulrich Robeiri | 13 | | | | |
| Ulrich Robeiri | 13 | | | Krisztián Kulcsár | 15 |
| | | | | Érik Boisse | 12 |
| Érik Boisse | 15 | | | Érik Boisse | 12 |
| Silvio Fernández | 13 | | | | |
| Silvio Fernández | 13 | Érik Boisse | 15 | | |
| | | Jérôme Jeannet | 10 |
| Jérôme Jeannet | 15 | Jérôme Jeannet | 10 |
| Dmytro Chumak | 12 | | |

#### Epee team

7 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | France | Érik Boisse Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri |
| 2. | Italy | Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| 3. | Hungary | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár |
| 4. | Spain | José Luis Abajo Ignacio Canto Marc Font Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto |
| 5. | Ukraine | Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Medvedev Bohdan Nikishyn |
| 6. | Russia | Anton Avdeev Pavel Kolobkov Aleksey Tikhomirov Igor Turchin |
| 7. | Poland | Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak |
| 8. | Venezuela | Silvio Fernández Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Wolfgang Mejías |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Russia | 33 | | |
| Russia | 33 | France | 45 |
| | | Spain | 40 |
| Poland | 39 | Spain | 40 |
| Spain | 45 | | | | |
| Spain | 45 | | | France | 45 |
| | | | | Italy | 38 |
| Ukraine | 30 | | | Italy | 38 |
| Italy | 31 | | | | |
| Italy | 31 | Italy | 32 | | |
| | | Hungary | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| Venezuela | 17 | Hungary | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 32 | | | | |
| Hungary | 32 | | | Spain | 40 |
| | | | | Hungary | 45 |

#### Foil individual

30 September - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Peter Joppich | Germany |
| 2. | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| 3. | Benjamin Kleibrink | Germany |
| 3. | Lei Sheng | China |
| 5. | Erwann Le Péchoux | France |
| 6. | Salvatore Sanzo | Italy |
| 7. | Zhang Liangliang | China |
| 8. | Simone Vanni | Italy |
| 20. | Renal Ganeyev | Russia |
| 26. | Andrey Deyev | Russia |
| 35. | Aleksey Cheremisinov | Russia |
| 55. | Youri Moltchan | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Benjamin Kleibrink | 15 | | |
| Zhang Liangliang | 13 | | |
| Zhang Liangliang | 13 | Benjamin Kleibrink | 4 |
| | | Peter Joppich | 15 |
| Simone Vanni | 9 | Peter Joppich | 15 |
| Peter Joppich | 15 | | | | |
| Peter Joppich | 15 | | | Peter Joppich | 15 |
| | | | | Andrea Baldini | 9 |
| Erwann Le Péchoux | 14 | | | Andrea Baldini | 9 |
| Lei Sheng | 15 | | | | |
| Lei Sheng | 15 | Lei Sheng | 10 | | |
| | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Salvatore Sanzo | 12 | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | | |

#### Foil team

5 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | France | Nicolas Beaudan Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Marcel Marcilloux |
| 2. | Germany | Dominik Behr Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Christian Schlechtweg |
| 3. | South Korea | Choi Byung-chul Jung Chang-yong Park Hee-kyung Son Young-ki |
| 4. | China | Huang Liangcai Lei Sheng Zhang Liangliang Zhu Jun |
| 5. | Italy | Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni |
| 6. | Poland | Radosław Glonek Sławomir Mocek Wojciech Szuchnicki Marcin Zawada |
| 7. | Spain | Luis Caplliure Gianmarco Cherubino Gabriel Menendez Javier Menendez |
| 8. | Israel | Oren Bassal Maor Hatoel Tomer Or |
| 9. | Russia | Aleksey Cheremisinov Andrey Deyev Renal Ganeyev Aleksey Khovanskiy |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Germany | 45 | | |
| Spain | 29 | | |
| Spain | 29 | Germany | 45 |
| | | China | 31 |
| China | 45 | China | 31 |
| Italy | 39 | | | | |
| Italy | 39 | | | Germany | 32 |
| | | | | France | 45 |
| South Korea | 39 | | | France | 45 |
| Israel | 38 | | | | |
| Israel | 38 | South Korea | 32 | | |
| | | France | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 29 | France | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| France | 45 | | | | |
| France | 45 | | | China | 42 |
| | | | | South Korea | 43 |

#### Sabre individual

2 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia |
| 2. | Aldo Montano | Italy |
| 3. | Oh Eun-seok | South Korea |
| 3. | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 5. | Mihai Covaliu | Romania |
| 6. | Boris Sanson | France |
| 7. | Vladimir Lukashenko | Ukraine |
| 8. | Jaime Martí | Spain |
| 17 | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
| 46 | Aleksey Frosin | Russia |
| 55 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Stanislav Pozdnyakov | 15 | | |
| Boris Sanson | 14 | | |
| Boris Sanson | 14 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | 15 |
| | | Oh Eun-seok | 12 |
| Oh Eun-seok | 15 | Oh Eun-seok | 12 |
| Mihai Covaliu | 9 | | | | |
| Mihai Covaliu | 9 | | | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | 15 |
| | | | | Aldo Montano | 11 |
| Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | | Aldo Montano | 11 |
| Jaime Martí | 5 | | | | |
| Jaime Martí | 5 | Nicolas Limbach | 11 | | |
| | | Aldo Montano | 15 |
| Aldo Montano | 15 | Aldo Montano | 15 |
| Vladimir Lukashenko | 10 | | |

#### Sabre team

6 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Hungary | Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi |
| 2. | France | Vincent Anstett Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson |
| 3. | Italy | Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
| 4. | Ukraine | Dmytro Boiko Vladimir Lukashenko Oleg Shturbabin Vladislav Tretiak |
| 5. | Russia | Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko |
| 6. | Belarus | Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aleksei Romanovitch |
| 7. | China | Jiang Kelü Wang Jingzhi Zhong Man Zhou Hanming |
| 8. | Germany | Benedikt Beisheim Max Hartung Bjoern Huebner Nicolas Limbach |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| China | 37 | | |
| China | 37 | France | 45 |
| | | Italy | 29 |
| Italy | 45 | Italy | 29 |
| Belarus | 39 | | | | |
| Belarus | 39 | | | France | 43 |
| | | | | Hungary | 45 |
| Russia | 44 | | | Hungary | 45 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | | |
| Hungary | 45 | Hungary | 45 | | |
| | | Ukraine | 39 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 39 | Ukraine | 39 | Third place | Third place |
| Ukraine | 45 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Ukraine | 44 |

### Women
#### Epée individual

1 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Britta Heidemann | Germany |
| 2. | Li Na | China |
| 3. | Maureen Nisima | France |
| 3. | Irina Embrich | Estonia |
| 5. | Eugenia Stroganova | Russia |
| 6. | Francesca Boscarelli | Italy |
| 7. | Loredana Iordăchioiu | Romania |
| 8. | Lyubov Shutova | Russia |
| 9. | Tatiana Logunova | Russia |
| 12. | Anna Sivkova | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Loredana Iordăchioiu | 5 | | |
| Britta Heidemann | 15 | | |
| Britta Heidemann | 15 | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| | | Irina Embrich | 9 |
| Irina Embrich | 15 | Irina Embrich | 9 |
| Eugenia Stroganova | 9 | | | | |
| Eugenia Stroganova | 9 | | | Britta Heidemann | 14 |
| | | | | Li Na | 10 |
| Li Na | 15 | | | Li Na | 10 |
| Francesca Boscarelli | 12 | | | | |
| Francesca Boscarelli | 12 | Li Na | 8 | | |
| | | Maureen Nisima | 7 |
| Lyubov Shutova | 10 | Maureen Nisima | 7 |
| Maureen Nisima | 11 | | |

#### Epée team

6 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | France | Audrey Descouts Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima |
| 2. | Russia | Tatiana Logunova Lyubov Shutova Anna Sivkova Eugenia Stroganova |
| 3. | Germany | Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic |
| 4. | Estonia | Olga Aleksejeva Irina Embrich Kristina Kuusk Maarika Vosu |
| 5. | Hungary | Adrienn Hormay Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Tímea Nagy Emese Szász |
| 6. | Italy | Francesca Boscarelli Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Nathalie Moellhausen |
| 7. | China | Li Na Luo Xiaojuan Zhang Li Zhong Weiping |
| 8. | Poland | Malgorzata Bereza Olga Cygan Danuta Dmowska Magdalena Grabowska |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| China | 19 | | |
| Russia | 30 | | |
| Russia | 30 | Russia | 30 |
| | | Germany | 29 |
| Germany | 24 | Germany | 29 |
| Hungary | 23 | | | | |
| Hungary | 23 | | | Russia | 37 |
| | | | | France | 45 |
| Estonia | 28 | | | France | 45 |
| Italy | 27 | | | | |
| Italy | 27 | Estonia | 24 | | |
| | | France | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 29 | France | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| France | 45 | | | | |
| France | 45 | | | Germany | 42 |
| | | | | Estonia | 40 |

#### Foil individual

4 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| 2. | Margherita Granbassi | Italy |
| 3. | Giovanna Trillini | Italy |
| 3. | Aida Mohamed | Hungary |
| 5. | Nam Hyun-Hee | South Korea |
| 6. | Ilaria Salvatori | Italy |
| 7. | Edina Knapek | Hungary |
| 8. | Virginie Ujlaki | Hungary |
| 10. | Ianna Rouzavina | Russia |
| 11. | Eugyenia Lamonova | Russia |
| 30. | Olga Lobyntseva | Russia |
| 46. | Aida Chanaeva | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Margherita Granbassi | 15 | | |
| Virginie Ujlaki | 10 | | |
| Virginie Ujlaki | 10 | Margherita Granbassi | 14 |
| | | Aida Mohamed | 13 |
| Edina Knapek | 9 | Aida Mohamed | 13 |
| Aida Mohamed | 10 | | | | |
| Aida Mohamed | 10 | | | Margherita Granbassi | 8 |
| | | | | Valentina Vezzali | 11 |
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | | | Valentina Vezzali | 11 |
| Ilaria Salvatori | 7 | | | | |
| Ilaria Salvatori | 7 | Valentina Vezzali | 15 | | |
| | | Giovanna Trillini | 6 |
| Giovanna Trillini | 15 | Giovanna Trillini | 6 |
| Nam Hyun-Hee | 4 | | |

#### Foil team

7 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Poland | Sylwia Gruchała Katarzyna Kryczalo Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
| 2. | Russia | Aida Chanaeva Julia Khakimova Eugyenia Lamonova Ianna Rouzavina |
| 3. | Japan | Kanae Ikehata Maki Kawanishi Yoko Makishita Chieko Sugawara |
| 4. | Hungary | Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virginie Ujlaki Gabriella Varga |
| 5. | Italy | Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
| 6. | Romania | Roxana Scarlat Cristina Ghiță Cristina Stahl Daniela Tanase |
| 7. | Germany | Sandra Bingenheimer Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Waechter |
| 8. | China | Huang Jialing Su Wan Wen Sun Chao Zhang Lei |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 16 | | |
| Japan | 17 | | |
| Japan | 17 | Japan | 21 |
| | | Poland | 25 |
| China | 42 | Poland | 25 |
| Poland | 45 | | | | |
| Poland | 45 | | | Poland | 26 |
| | | | | Russia | 25 |
| Hungary | 31 | | | Russia | 25 |
| Germany | 30 | | | | |
| Germany | 30 | Hungary | 23 | | |
| | | Russia | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| Romania | 16 | Russia | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 39 | | | | |
| Russia | 39 | | | Japan | 33 |
| | | | | Hungary | 31 |

#### Sabre individual

29 September - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Yelena Nechayeva | Russia |
| 2. | Tan Xue | China |
| 3. | Bogna Jóźwiak | Poland |
| 3. | Gioia Marzocca | Italy |
| 5. | Mariel Zagunis | United States |
| 6. | Sada Jacobson | United States |
| 7. | Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| 8. | Aleksandra Socha | Poland |
| 9. | Yekaterina Fedorkina | Russia |
| 27. | Svetlana Kormilitsyna | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tan Xue | 15 | | |
| Sofiya Velikaya | 9 | | |
| Sofiya Velikaya | 9 | Tan Xue | 15 |
| | | Gioia Marzocca | 9 |
| Gioia Marzocca | 15 | Gioia Marzocca | 9 |
| Sada Jacobson | 10 | | | | |
| Sada Jacobson | 10 | | | Tan Xue | 12 |
| | | | | Yelena Nechayeva | 15 |
| Mariel Zagunis | 14 | | | Yelena Nechayeva | 15 |
| Bogna Jóźwiak | 15 | | | | |
| Bogna Jóźwiak | 15 | Bogna Jóźwiak | 12 | | |
| | | Yelena Nechayeva | 15 |
| Yelena Nechayeva | 15 | Yelena Nechayeva | 15 |
| Aleksandra Socha | 13 | | |

#### Sabre team

5 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | France | Cécile Argiolas Léonore Perrus Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne |
| 2. | Ukraine | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Nina Kozlova Halyna Pundyk |
| 3. | Russia | Yekaterina Fedorkina Svetlana Kormilitsyna Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya |
| 4. | Italy | Ilaria Bianco Alessandra Lucchino Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi |
| 5. | China | Bao Yingying Haiyang Huang Tan Xue Zhao Yuanyuan |
| 6. | Poland | Bogna Jóźwiak Małgorzata Kozaczuk Aleksandra Socha Irena Więckowska |
| 7. | United States | Sada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
| 8. | South Korea | An Mi-ae Kim Hye-lim Kim Keum-hwa Lee Shin-mi |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| United States | 42 | | |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Italy | 45 | Italy | 38 |
| | | Ukraine | 45 |
| Ukraine | 45 | Ukraine | 45 |
| China | 39 | | | | |
| China | 39 | | | Ukraine | 32 |
| | | | | France | 45 |
| Russia | 45 | | | France | 45 |
| Poland | 33 | | | | |
| Poland | 33 | Russia | 40 | | |
| | | France | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| South Korea | 40 | France | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| France | 45 | | | | |
| France | 45 | | | Italy | 35 |
| | | | | Russia | 45 |