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{{short description|International fencing competition}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2023}}
{{World Championships in Fencing
|Name = 1997 World Championships in Fencing
|Logo = 
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|Host city ={{flagicon|RSA}} [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
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|Nations participating = 
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|Events =
|dates = 13–19 July
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|previous = [[1995 World Fencing Championships|1995 The Hague]]
|next = [[1998 World Fencing Championships|1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds]]
}}

The '''1997 [[FIE World Championships in Fencing|World Fencing Championships]]''' were held from 13 July to 19 July 1997 in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]] at the newly constructed Foreshore Exhibition Centre.

==Medal summary==
===Men's events===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="100" |Event
! style="background-color:gold;" width="200" |[[File:Med 1.png]] Gold
! style="background-color:silver;" width="200" |[[File:Med 2.png]] Silver
! style="background-color:#CC9966;" width="200" |[[File:Med 3.png]] Bronze
|-
||Individual épée
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Éric Srecki]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Kolobkov]]
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Andrzejuk]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Robert Leroux (fencer)|Robert Leroux]]
|-
||Individual foil
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Sergei Golubitsky]]
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Young-ho (fencer)|Kim Young-ho]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Haibin]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lionel Plumenail]]
|-
||Individual sabre
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Stanislav Pozdnyakov]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luigi Tarantino]]
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rafal Sznajder]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Damien Touya]]
|-
||Team épée
|{{CUB}} <br> [[Nelson Loyola|Nelson Loyola Torriente]] <br> [[Iván Trevejo|Iván Trevejo Perez]] <br> [[Carlos Pedroso]]
|{{flagu|Germany}} <br> [[Arnd Schmitt]] <br> [[Michael Flegler]] <br> [[Mark Steifensand]] <br> [[Elmar Borrmann]]
|{{flagu|Italy}} <br> [[Angelo Mazzoni]] <br> [[Sandro Cuomo]] <br> [[Alfredo Rota]] <br> [[Maurizio Randazzo]]
|-
||Team foil
|{{flagu|France}} <br> [[Lionel Plumenail]] <br> [[Olivier Lambert]] <br> [[Franck Boidin]] <br> [[Laurent Bel]]
|{{CUB}} <br> [[Rolando Tucker|Rolando Tuckers Leon]] <br> [[Oscar García (fencer)|Oscar García Pérez]] <br> [[Elvis Gregory Gil]] <br> [[Ignacio González (fencer)|Ignacio González]]
|{{flagu|Italy}} <br> [[Daniele Crosta]] <br> [[Alessandro Puccini]] <br> [[Stefano Cerioni]] <br> [[Salvatore Sanzo]]
|-
||Team sabre
|{{flagu|France}} <br> [[Damien Touya]]<br> [[Jean-Philippe Daurelle]] <br> [[Gaël Touya]] <br> [[Matthieu Gourdain]]
|{{flagu|Russia}} <br> [[Stanislav Pozdnyakov]] <br> [[Sergey Sharikov]] <br> [[Grigory Kiriyenko]] <br> [[Aleksandr Shirshov]]
|{{HUN}} <br> [[Domonkos Ferjancsik]] <br> [[József Navarrete]] <br> [[György Boros]] <br> [[Csaba Köves]]
|-
|}

===Women's events===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="100" |Event
! style="background-color:gold;" width="200" |[[File:Med 1.png]] Gold
! style="background-color:silver;" width="200" |[[File:Med 2.png]] Silver
! style="background-color:#CC9966;" width="200" |[[File:Med 3.png]] Bronze
|-
||Individual épée
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Mirayda García|Mirayda García Soto]]
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Zuleydis Ortiz]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Taymi Chappé]] <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyöngyi Szalay]]
|-
||Individual foil
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanna Trillini]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sabine Bau]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Diana Bianchedi]] <br> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Monika Weber]]
|-
||Team épée
|{{HUN}} <br> [[Gyöngyi Szalay]] <br> [[Adrienn Hormay]] <br> [[Tímea Nagy]] <br> [[Hajnalka Király]]
|{{flagu|Germany}} <br> [[Imke Duplitzer]] <br> [[Claudia Bokel]] <br> [[Katja Nass]] <br> [[Eva-Maria Ittner]]
|{{flagu|France}} <br> [[Laura Flessel-Colovic]] <br> [[Sophie Moressée-Pichot]] <br> [[Valérie Barlois]] <br> [[Elsa Girardot]]
|-
||Team foil
|{{flagu|Italy}} <br> [[Giovanna Trillini]] <br> [[Diana Bianchedi]] <br> [[Valentina Vezzali]] <br> [[Annamaria Giacometti]]
|{{ROU}} <br> [[Laura Badea]] <br> [[Reka Szabo-Lazar]] <br> [[Roxana Scarlat]] <br> [[Mioara David]]
|{{flagu|Germany}} <br> [[Sabine Bau]] <br> [[Monika Weber]] <br> [[Rita Koenig]] <br> [[Gesine Schiel]]
|-
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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 | gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 4
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 3
 | gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 2
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 0
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0 | name_KOR = {{flagteam|KOR|1997}}
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
}}

==References==
*[http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/Calendar.aspx?results=true FIE Results]
{{World Fencing Championships}}

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