# 2017 World Fencing Championships

The 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017.
During the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion Commission of IWAS and Pal Szekeres IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Chairman and Udo Ziegler IWAS Secretary General was also present at the Arena Leipzig Stadium.

## Schedule

| ● | Opening Ceremony | Q | Qualifying | ● | Finals | ● | Closing Ceremony |
| July | July | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Total |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | | | ● | | | | | ● | |
| Foil Individual | Foil Individual | Women | Men | Women | | Men | | | | 2 |
| Épée Individual | Épée Individual | Men | Women | | Men | Women | | | | 2 |
| Epee Individual | Epee Individual | Men | Women | Men | Women | | | | | 2 |
| fencing Team | fencing Team | | | | | | Men | | Women | 2 |
| Florete Team | Florete Team | | | | | | | Women | Women | 2 |
| Sabre Team | Sabre Team | | | | | | Men | Women | | 2 |
| Total Gold Medals | Total Gold Medals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany (GER)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Paolo Pizzo Italy | Nikolai Novosjolov Estonia | Richard Schmidt GermanyAndrás Rédli Hungary |
| Team épée details | France Yannick Borel Ronan Gustin Daniel Jérent Jean-Michel Lucenay | Switzerland Max Heinzer Georg Kuhn Michele Niggeler Benjamin Steffen | Russia Nikita Glazkov Anton Glebko Sergey Khodos Pavel Sukhov |
| Individual foil details | Dmitry Zherebchenko Russia | Toshiya Saito Japan | Daniele Garozzo ItalyTakahiro Shikine Japan |
| Team foil details | Italy Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo | United States Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt | France Jérémy Cadot Enzo Lefort Erwann Le Péchoux Julien Mertine |
| Individual sabre details | András Szatmári Hungary | Gu Bon-gil South Korea | Kamil Ibragimov RussiaVincent Anstett France |
| Team sabre details | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jun-ho Kim Jung-hwan Oh Sang-uk | Hungary Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi | Italy Enrico Berrè Dario Cavaliere Luca Curatoli Luigi Samele |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Tatyana Gudkova Russia | Ewa Nelip Poland | Olena Kryvytska UkraineJulia Beljajeva Estonia |
| Team épée details | Estonia Julia Beljajeva Irina Embrich Erika Kirpu Kristina Kuusk | China Sun Yiwen Sun Yujie Xu Chengzi Zhu Mingye | Poland Renata Knapik-Miazga Ewa Nelip Magdalena Piekarska Barbara Rutz |
| Individual foil details | Inna Deriglazova Russia | Alice Volpi Italy | Arianna Errigo ItalyYsaora Thibus France |
| Team foil details | Italy Martina Batini Arianna Errigo Camilla Mancini Alice Volpi | United States Lee Kiefer Margaret Lu Nzingha Prescod Nicole Ross | Russia Inna Deriglazova Anastasia Ivanova Svetlana Tripapina Adelina Zagidullina |
| Individual sabre details | Olha Kharlan Ukraine | Azza Besbes Tunisia | Irene Vecchi ItalyCécilia Berder France |
| Team sabre details | Italy Martina Criscio Rossella Gregorio Loreta Gulotta Irene Vecchi | South Korea Hwang Seon-a Kim Ji-yeon Seo Ji-yeon Yoon Ji-su | France Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach Caroline Queroli |