# 2023 World Fencing Championships

The 2023 World Fencing Championships were held from 22 to 30 July 2023 in Milan, Italy.
After the Olga Kharlan handshaking incident at the championships, in which she tapped blades as an alternative to shaking the hand of a defeated Russian opponent and was subsequently disqualified, the International Fencing Federation changed its rules so that the previously required handshakes between fencers at the end of a bout would become optional, with a distance greeting permitted instead.

## Schedule

Twelve events were held.
All times are local (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 22 July | 09:00 | Women's épée qualification |
| 22 July | 09:00 | Men's sabre qualification |
| 23 July | 09:00 | Women's foil qualification |
| 23 July | 09:00 | Men's épée qualification |
| 24 July | 09:00 | Women's sabre qualification |
| 24 July | 09:00 | Men's foil qualification |
| 25 July | 08:30 | Women's épée |
| 25 July | 08:30 | Men's sabre |
| 26 July | 08:30 | Women's foil |
| 26 July | 08:30 | Men's épée |
| 27 July | 10:00 | Women's épée team |
| 27 July | 10:00 | Men's sabre team |
| 27 July | 10:00 | Women's sabre |
| 27 July | 10:00 | Men's foil |
| 28 July | 09:00 | Men's épée team |
| 28 July | 09:00 | Women's foil team |
| 28 July | 10:00 | Women's épée team |
| 28 July | 10:00 | Men's sabre team |
| 29 July | 09:00 | Men's foil team |
| 29 July | 09:00 | Women's sabre team |
| 29 July | 10:00 | Women's foil team |
| 29 July | 10:00 | Men's épée team |
| 30 July | 10:30 | Women's sabre team |
| 30 July | 10:30 | Men's foil team |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy* | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Máté Tamás Koch Hungary | Davide Di Veroli Italy | Romain Cannone France |
| Individual épée details | Máté Tamás Koch Hungary | Davide Di Veroli Italy | Ruslan Kurbanov Kazakhstan |
| Team épée details | Italy Gabriele Cimini Davide Di Veroli Andrea Santarelli Federico Vismara | France Alexandre Bardenet Gaétan Billa Yannick Borel Romain Cannone | Venezuela Francisco Limardo Jesús Limardo Rubén Limardo Grabiel Lugo |
| Individual foil details | Tommaso Marini Italy | Nick Itkin United States | Kyosuke Matsuyama Japan |
| Individual foil details | Tommaso Marini Italy | Nick Itkin United States | Enzo Lefort France |
| Team foil details | Japan Kazuki Iimura Kyosuke Matsuyama Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura | China Chen Haiwei Mo Ziwei Wu Bin Xu Jie | Hong Kong Cheung Ka Long Ryan Choi Leung Chin Yu Yeung Chi Ka |
| Individual sabre details | Eli Dershwitz United States | Sandro Bazadze Georgia | Ziad El-Sissy Egypt |
| Individual sabre details | Eli Dershwitz United States | Sandro Bazadze Georgia | Áron Szilágyi Hungary |
| Team sabre details | Hungary Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Ha Han-sol Kim Jun-ho Oh Sang-uk | United States Eli Dershwitz Andrew Doddo Colin Heathcock Mitchell Saron |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Marie-Florence Candassamy France | Alberta Santuccio Italy | Mara Navarria Italy |
| Individual épée details | Marie-Florence Candassamy France | Alberta Santuccio Italy | Sun Yiwen China |
| Team épée details | Poland Renata Knapik-Miazga Magdalena Pawłowska Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk Ewa Trzebińska | Italy Rossella Fiamingo Federica Isola Mara Navarria Alberta Santuccio | South Korea Choi In-jeong Kang Young-mi Lee Hye-in Song Se-ra |
| Individual foil details | Alice Volpi Italy | Arianna Errigo Italy | Martina Favaretto Italy |
| Individual foil details | Alice Volpi Italy | Arianna Errigo Italy | Lee Kiefer United States |
| Team foil details | Italy Arianna Errigo Martina Favaretto Francesca Palumbo Alice Volpi | France Solène Butruille Morgane Patru Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus | Japan Sera Azuma Komaki Kikuchi Karin Miyawaki Yuka Ueno |
| Individual sabre details | Misaki Emura Japan | Despina Georgiadou Greece | Theodora Gkountoura Greece |
| Individual sabre details | Misaki Emura Japan | Despina Georgiadou Greece | Yoana Ilieva Bulgaria |
| Team sabre details | Hungary Sugár Katinka Battai Anna Márton Liza Pusztai Luca Szűcs | France Sara Balzer Manon Brunet Caroline Queroli Margaux Rifkiss | South Korea Choi Se-bin Jeon Eun-hye Jeon Ha-young Yoon Ji-su |