# 2009 World Fencing Championships

2009 World Fencing Championships was held at the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 30 to October 8, 2009.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Foil | Andrea Baldini (ITA) | Zhu Jun (CHN) | Peter Joppich (GER) Artem Sedov (RUS) |
| Épée | Anton Avdeev (RUS) | Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) | José Luis Abajo (ESP) Jérôme Jeannet (FRA) |
| Sabre | Nicolas Limbach (GER) | Rareș Dumitrescu (ROU) | Tamás Decsi (HUN) Luigi Tarantino (ITA) |
| Team Foil | Italy | Germany | Russia |
| Team Épée | France | Hungary | Poland |
| Team Sabre | Romania | Italy | Hungary |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sabre | Mariel Zagunis (USA) | Olha Kharlan (UKR) | Carole Vergne (FRA) Orsolya Nagy (HUN) |
| Foil details | Aida Shanayeva (RUS) | Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) | Arianna Errigo (ITA) Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) |
| Épée | Lyubov Shutova (RUS) | Sherraine Schalm (CAN) | Sonja Tol (NED) Anfisa Pochkalova (UKR) |
| Team Sabre | Ukraine | France | China |
| Team Foil | Italy | Russia | Germany |
| Team Épée | Italy | Poland | Germany |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### Foil individual

3 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| 2. | Zhu Jun | China |
| 3. | Peter Joppich | Germany |
| 3. | Artem Sedov | Russia |
| 5. | Andrea Cassarà | Italy |
| 6. | Radosław Glonek | Poland |
| 7. | Kurt Getz | United States |
| 8. | Shi Jialuo | China |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Peter Joppich | 15 | | |
| Radosław Glonek | 14 | | |
| Radosław Glonek | 14 | Peter Joppich | 11 |
| | | Zhu Jun | 15 |
| Zhu Jun | 15 | Zhu Jun | 15 |
| Kurt Getz | 5 | | | | |
| Kurt Getz | 5 | | | Zhu Jun | 11 |
| | | | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Andrea Cassarà | 14 | | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | | | | |
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | Andrea Baldini | 15 | | |
| | | Artem Sedov | 6 |
| Shi Jialuo | 7 | Artem Sedov | 6 |
| Artem Sedov | 15 | | |

#### Épée individual

4 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Anton Avdeev | Russia |
| 2. | Matteo Tagliariol | Italy |
| 3. | José Luis Abajo | Spain |
| 3. | Jérôme Jeannet | France |
| 5. | Joaquim Videira | Portugal |
| 6. | Guillermo Madrigal Sardinas | Cuba |
| 7. | Krzysztof Mikołajczak | Poland |
| 8. | Seung Hwa-jung | South Korea |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Guillermo Madrigal Sardinas | 14 | | |
| José Luis Abajo | 15 | | |
| José Luis Abajo | 15 | José Luis Abajo | 6 |
| | | Anton Avdeev | 15 |
| Seung Hwa-jung | 10 | Anton Avdeev | 15 |
| Anton Avdeev | 15 | | | | |
| Anton Avdeev | 15 | | | Anton Avdeev | 15 |
| | | | | Matteo Tagliariol | 14 |
| Joaquim Videira | 13 | | | Matteo Tagliariol | 14 |
| Matteo Tagliariol | 15 | | | | |
| Matteo Tagliariol | 15 | Matteo Tagliariol | 15 | | |
| | | Jérôme Jeannet | 11 |
| Krzysztof Mikołajczak | 10 | Jérôme Jeannet | 11 |
| Jérôme Jeannet | 15 | | |

#### Sabre individual

5 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 2. | Rareș Dumitrescu | Romania |
| 3. | Luigi Tarantino | Italy |
| 3. | Tamás Decsi | Hungary |
| 5. | Aldo Montano | Italy |
| 6. | Florin Zalomir | Romania |
| 7. | Oh Eun-seok | South Korea |
| 8. | Vladimir Lukashenko | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | |
| Oh Eun-seok | 10 | | |
| Oh Eun-seok | 10 | Nicolas Limbach | 15 |
| | | Luigi Tarantino | 9 |
| Luigi Tarantino | 15 | Luigi Tarantino | 9 |
| Vladimir Lukashenko | 12 | | | | |
| Vladimir Lukashenko | 12 | | | Nicolas Limbach | 15 |
| | | | | Rareș Dumitrescu | 11 |
| Aldo Montano | 14 | | | Rareș Dumitrescu | 11 |
| Rareș Dumitrescu | 15 | | | | |
| Rareș Dumitrescu | 15 | Rareș Dumitrescu | 15 | | |
| | | Tamás Decsi | 10 |
| Tamás Decsi | 15 | Tamás Decsi | 10 |
| Florin Zalomir | 13 | | |

#### Foil team

6 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Italy | Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Stefano Barrera Simone Vanni |
| 2. | Germany | Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels Sebastian Bachmann |
| 3. | Russia | Aleksandr Stukalin Artem Sedov Renal Ganeev Aleksey Khovanskiy |
| 4. | China | Zhu Jun Jialuo Shi Liangcai Huang Sheng Lei |
| 5. | Japan | Yuki Ota Yusuke Fukuda Kyoya Ichikawa Kenta Chiwa |
| 6. | United Kingdom | Richard Kruse Jamie Kenber Laurence Halsted Edward Jefferies |
| 7. | France | Gregory Koenig Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Térence Joubert |
| 8. | Poland | Radosław Glonek Sławomir Mocek Tomasz Ciepły Marcin Zawada |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Japan | 35 | | |
| Japan | 35 | Italy | 35 |
| | | China | 34 |
| France | 33 | China | 34 |
| China | 34 | | | | |
| China | 34 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Germany | 41 |
| Germany | 45 | | | Germany | 41 |
| Poland | 37 | | | | |
| Poland | 37 | Germany | 42 | | |
| | | Russia | 40 | Third place | Third place |
| United Kingdom | 33 | Russia | 40 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 34 | | | | |
| Russia | 34 | | | China | 31 |
| | | | | Russia | 40 |

#### Epée team

7 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | France | Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri Jean-Michel Lucenay Gauthier Grumier |
| 2. | Hungary | Péter Somfai András Rédli Géza Imre Gábor Boczkó |
| 3. | Poland | Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak Adam Wiercioch |
| 4. | Germany | Jörg Fiedler Christoph Kneip Martin Schmitt Sven Schmid |
| 5. | Switzerland | Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Michael Kauter Benjamin Steffen |
| 6. | South Korea | Jung Jin-sun Jung Seung-hwa Kim Won-jin Park Kyoung-doo |
| 7. | Italy | Diego Confalonieri Francesco Martinelli Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| 8. | Ukraine | Igor Reyzlin Bohdan Nikishyn Vitaly Medvedev Maksym Khvorost |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Switzerland | 41 | | |
| Switzerland | 41 | France | 45 |
| | | Poland | 30 |
| Ukraine | 21 | Poland | 30 |
| Poland | 22 | | | | |
| Poland | 22 | | | France | 45 |
| | | | | Hungary | 41 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | Hungary | 41 |
| South Korea | 33 | | | | |
| South Korea | 33 | Hungary | 45 | | |
| | | Germany | 38 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 45 | Germany | 38 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 39 | | | | |
| Italy | 39 | | | Poland | 23 |
| | | | | Germany | 22 |

#### Sabre team

8 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Romania | Rareș Dumitrescu Florin Zalomir Tiberiu Dolniceanu Cosmin Hănceanu |
| 2. | Italy | Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore |
| 3. | Hungary | Tamás Decsi Nikolász Iliász Balázs Lontay Áron Szilágyi |
| 4. | Russia | Vardan Kosikov Nikolay Kovalev Ilia Mokretsov Veniamin Reshetnikov |
| 5. | China | He Wei Ke Lu Jiang Liu Xiao Zhong Man |
| 6. | Belarus | Dmitri Lapkes Aliaksei Likhacheuski Aliaksandr Buikevich Valery Pryiemka |
| 7. | United States | Daryl Homer Benjamin Igoe Timothy Morehouse James Williams |
| 8. | France | Boris Sanson Julien Pillet Nicolas Lopez Vincent Anstett |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 41 | | |
| Romania | 45 | | |
| Romania | 45 | Romania | 45 |
| | | Hungary | 29 |
| Belarus | 44 | Hungary | 29 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | | |
| Hungary | 45 | | | Romania | 45 |
| | | | | Italy | 44 |
| United States | 32 | | | Italy | 44 |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | Russia | 43 | | |
| | | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| China | 44 | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | | | Hungary | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 44 |

### Women
#### Sabre individual

3 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Mariel Zagunis | United States |
| 2. | Olha Kharlan | Ukraine |
| 3. | Carole Vergne | France |
| 3. | Orsolya Nagy | Hungary |
| 5. | Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| 6. | Yekaterina Dyachenko | Russia |
| 7. | Olena Khomrova | Ukraine |
| 8. | Bogna Jóźwiak | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Mariel Zagunis | 15 | | |
| Olena Khomrova | 8 | | |
| Olena Khomrova | 8 | Mariel Zagunis | 15 |
| | | Carole Vergne | 12 |
| Carole Vergne | 15 | Carole Vergne | 12 |
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 6 | | | | |
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 6 | | | Mariel Zagunis | 15 |
| | | | | Olha Kharlan | 6 |
| Sophia Velikaia | 9 | | | Olha Kharlan | 6 |
| Orsolya Nagy | 15 | | | | |
| Orsolya Nagy | 15 | Orsolya Nagy | 7 | | |
| | | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Bogna Jóźwiak | 7 | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | | |

#### Foil individual

4 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia |
| 2. | Jeon Hee-sook | South Korea |
| 3. | Arianna Errigo | Italy |
| 3. | Elisa Di Francisca | Italy |
| 5. | Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| 6. | Yuliya Biryukova | Russia |
| 7. | Larisa Korobeynikova | Russia |
| 8. | Astrid Guyart | France |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Larisa Korobeynikova | 4 | | |
| Jeon Hee-sook | 15 | | |
| Jeon Hee-sook | 15 | Jeon Hee-sook | 15 |
| | | Arianna Errigo | 11 |
| Astrid Guyart | 10 | Arianna Errigo | 11 |
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | | | | |
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | | | Jeon Hee-sook | 11 |
| | | | | Aida Shanayeva | 12 |
| Aida Shanayeva | 15 | | | Aida Shanayeva | 12 |
| Yuliya Biryukova | 4 | | | | |
| Yuliya Biryukova | 4 | Aida Shanayeva | 15 | | |
| | | Elisa Di Francisca | 6 |
| Elisa Di Francisca | 15 | Elisa Di Francisca | 6 |
| Valentina Vezzali | 10 | | |

#### Epée individual

5 October - Final
| Position | Name | Country |
| 1. | Lyubov Shutova | Russia |
| 2. | Sherraine Schalm | Canada |
| 3. | Anfisa Pochkalova | Ukraine |
| 3. | Sonja Tol | Netherlands |
| 5. | Britta Heidemann | Germany |
| 6. | Laura Flessel-Colovic | France |
| 7. | Anqi Xu | China |
| 8. | Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Britta Heidemann | 12 | | |
| Anfisa Pochkalova | 15 | | |
| Anfisa Pochkalova | 15 | Anfisa Pochkalova | 3 |
| | | Lubov Shutova | 15 |
| Lyubov Shutova | 8 | Lubov Shutova | 15 |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 7 | | | | |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 7 | | | Lyubov Shutova | 9 |
| | | | | Sherraine Schalm | 8 |
| Anqi Xu | 12 | | | Sherraine Schalm | 8 |
| Sonja Tol | 15 | | | | |
| Sonja Tol | 15 | Sonja Tol | 11 | | |
| | | Sherraine Schalm | 15 |
| Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk | 10 | Sherraine Schalm | 15 |
| Sherraine Schalm | 11 | | |

#### Sabre team

6 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Ukraine | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Olha Zhovnir Halyna Pundyk |
| 2. | France | Cécilia Berder Léonore Perrus Carole Vergne Mary Solenne |
| 3. | China | Bao Yingying Li Fei Ni Hong Chen Xiaodong |
| 4. | Russia | Svetlana Kormilitsyna Sofiya Velikaya Yekaterina Dyachenko Yuliya Gavrilova |
| 5. | Italy | Ilaria Bianco Livia Stagni Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi |
| 6. | United States | Daria Schneider Monica Aksamit Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
| 7. | Poland | Bogna Jóźwiak Katarzyna Kędziora Aleksandra Socha Irena Więckowska |
| 8. | Germany | Anna Limbach Stefanie Kubissa Alexandra Bujdoso Sibylle Klemm |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ukraine | 45 | | |
| Italy | 39 | | |
| Italy | 39 | Ukraine | 45 |
| | | China | 34 |
| Poland | 30 | China | 34 |
| China | 45 | | | | |
| China | 45 | | | Ukraine | 45 |
| | | | | France | 38 |
| United States | 34 | | | France | 38 |
| France | 45 | | | | |
| France | 45 | France | 45 | | |
| | | Russia | 43 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 36 | Russia | 43 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | | | China | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 41 |

#### Foil team

7 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Italy | Valentina Vezzali Margherita Granbassi Arianna Errigo Elisa Di Francisca |
| 2. | Russia | Aida Shanayeva Larisa Korobeynikova Yuliya Biryukova Kamilla Gafurzianova |
| 3. | Germany | Maria Bartkowski Katja Waechter Anja Schache Carolin Golubytskyi |
| 4. | Romania | Andreea Andrei Cristina Stahl Cristina Ghiță Maria Udrea |
| 5. | China | Jinyan Chen Huili Dai Yun Shi Wan Wen Su |
| 6. | South Korea | Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Seo Mi-jung |
| 7. | United States | Ambika Singh Doris Willette Lee Kiefer Nzingha Prescod |
| 8. | Ukraine | Kateryna Chentsova Olena Khismatulina Olga Leleyko Anastasiya Moskovska |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| South Korea | 35 | | |
| South Korea | 35 | Italy | 45 |
| | | Romania | 37 |
| Romania | 35 | Romania | 37 |
| United States | 23 | | | | |
| United States | 23 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 33 |
| Germany | 35 | | | Russia | 33 |
| Ukraine | 23 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 23 | Germany | 35 | | |
| | | Russia | 36 | Third place | Third place |
| China | 39 | Russia | 36 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | | | Romania | 30 |
| | | | | Germany | 42 |

#### Épée team

8 October - Final
| Position | Country | Name |
| 1. | Italy | Francesca Quondamcarlo Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Nathalie Moellhausen |
| 2. | Poland | Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Małgorzata Bereza Magdalena Piekarska Ewa Nelip |
| 3. | Germany | Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic Monika Sozanska |
| 4. | France | Laura Flessel-Colovic Maureen Nisima Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Vanessa Galantine |
| 5. | Russia | Lyubov Shutova Tatiana Logunova Yana Zvereva Olga Kochneva |
| 6. | Romania | Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Anca Măroiu Iuliana Măceșeanu |
| 7. | Hungary | Emese Szász Emese Takács Hajnalka Tóth Katalin Izsó |
| 8. | China | Cao Yulian Luo Xiaojuan Sun Yujie Xu Anqi |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 38 | | |
| Hungary | 33 | | |
| Hungary | 33 | France | 28 |
| | | Italy | 29 |
| Italy | 32 | Italy | 29 |
| Romania | 31 | | | | |
| Romania | 31 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Poland | 31 |
| Poland | 18 | | | Poland | 31 |
| China | 17 | | | | |
| China | 17 | Poland | 29 | | |
| | | Germany | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 21 | Germany | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 22 | | | | |
| Germany | 22 | | | Germany | 45 |
| | | | | France | 35 |