World Fencing Championships

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the International Fencing Federation. Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events.

History

The FIE first organized an international fencing championship in Paris, France in 1921. The competition in its early years was named the European Championships (Championnats d'Europe), and the initial participants were members of the fencing federations of the FIE. In 1921, the only event was men's épée individual. In 1922 and 1923, men's sabre individual was also held. In 1925, only men's sabre individual was held. Since 1926, men's individual events have been held in all three weapons: épée, foil, and sabre. In 1929, women's foil was added to the program as well as a men's foil team event. Men's épée and sabre teams were added in 1930 and women's foil team in 1932. Women's épée individual and team events were added in 1988, and women's sabre individual and team in 1999.Template:Fact

After the 1936 Olympics, the government of Benito Mussolini in Italy offered national recognition and privileges to winners of Olympic or world titles, but not European titles. The Italian fencing federation requested that the FIE change the name of the European Championships to World Championships (Championnats du Monde). The FIE approved this request and gave retroactive World Championship status to the previous European Championships.Template:Fact

Since 1921, the FIE championships have occurred annually except for an interruption forced by World War II from 1939 to 1946, and in some of the years when the Summer Olympics are held. The fencing competitions at the Summer Olympics have served as the World Championships of the year for the relevant events.Template:Fact Since 1932, World Championships have been held during the Olympic years only for those events not being held during that year's Summer Olympics. For the years 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, and 1956, World Championships were held only in Women's Foil Team since that event was not on the Olympic program during those years. After this event was added to the Olympic program beginning with the 1960 Olympics, the FIE stopped holding World Championships during the Olympic years until 1988 when women's épée individual and women's épée team events were added to the World Championship program, but the IOC declined to add these events to the Olympic program. A World Championship in these two events was again held in 1992 for the same reason. Finally, in 1996 the IOC added these two events to the Olympic program, and the FIE again stopped holding a World Championship in an Olympic year.Template:Fact

When the FIE added women's sabre to the World Championships in 1999, the IOC refused to add these two events to the 2000 Olympic program and so the FIE held a World Championships in only women's sabre in 2000. For the 2004 Olympics, the IOC allowed women's sabre to be contested at the Olympics but only under the condition that the number of fencing events being contested (individual and team) remain at ten. The FIE reluctantly agreed to this condition, and has satisfied it by not contesting two of the team events at the Olympics but holding World Championships for them instead during those years. So World Championships have been held but Olympic events have not been held (2004–16) for the following events:

• 2004 – women's foil team, women's sabre team
• 2008 – men's foil team, women's épée team
• 2012 – men's épée team, women's sabre team
• 2016 – men's sabre team, women's foil teamTemplate:Fact

From 2020 Summer Olympics, all 12 fencing events were held, which means no World Championships are held on Olympic years.

Naming

These World Fencing Championships are usually referred to as Senior World Fencing Championships because the FIE also runs three other World Championships. Beginning in 1950, the FIE also sanctioned an annual competitions which it originally called the Junior World Criterium (Criterium Mondial des Jeunes). Entries were originally restricted to those 21 years of age or lower, but in 1960 the age limit was dropped to 20. In 1964, the name of the competition was officially changed to Junior World Championships, and world championship status was retroactively granted to the participants of the previous competitions.Template:Fact

Beginning in 1987, the FIE began sanctioning an annual competition called the Cadet World Championships. Entries were restricted to those 17 years of age or lower. Originally the Junior and Cadet World Championships were held in different cities on different dates, but beginning in 1993 they've been called the Junior/Cadet World Championships and have been held at the same venue with all of the cadet events held first followed by all of the junior events.Template:Fact

Beginning in 1997, the FIE began sanctioning an annual competition called the Veteran World Championships. Entries were restricted to those 40 years of age or older the first year, and 50 years or older in subsequent years.Template:Fact

Editions

Edition	Year	Host City	Country	Events
International Fencing Championships
1	1921	Paris		1
2	1922	Paris Ostend		1 1
3	1923	The Hague		2
4	1925	Ostend		1
5	1926	Budapest Ostend	Template:Flagcountry	2 1
6	1927	Vichy		3
7	1929	Naples	Template:Flagcountry	5
8	1930	Liège		7
9	1931	Vienna		7
10	1932	Copenhagen		1
11	1933	Budapest	Template:Flagcountry	8
12	1934	Warsaw	Template:Flagcountry	8
13	1935	Lausanne		8
14	1936	San Remo	Template:Flagcountry	1
World Fencing Championships
1	1937	Paris		8
2	1938	Piešťany		7
3	1947	Lisbon		8
4	1948	The Hague		1
5	1949	Cairo	Template:Flagcountry	7
6	1950	Monte Carlo		8
7	1951	Stockholm		8
8	1952	Copenhagen		1
9	1953	Brussels		8
10	1954	Luxembourg		8
11	1955	Rome		8
12	1956	London	Template:GBR2	1
13	1957	Paris		8
14	1958	Philadelphia	Template:Flagcountry	8
15	1959	Budapest		8
16	1961	Turin		8
17	1962	Buenos Aires		8
18	1963	Gdańsk	Template:Flagcountry	8
19	1965	Paris		8
20	1966	Moscow	Template:Flagcountry	8
21	1967	Montreal		8
22	1969	Havana		8
23	1970	Ankara		8
24	1971	Vienna		8
25	1973	Gothenburg		8
26	1974	Grenoble		8
27	1975	Budapest		8
28	1977	Buenos Aires		8
29	1978	Hamburg		8
30	1979	Melbourne		8
31	1981	Clermont-Ferrand		8
32	1982	Rome		8
33	1983	Vienna		8
34	1985	Barcelona		8
35	1986	Sofia	Template:Flagcountry	8
36	1987	Lausanne		8
37	1988	Orléans		2
38	1989	Denver		10
39	1990	Lyon		10
40	1991	Budapest		10
41	1992	Havana		2
42	1993	Essen		10
43	1994	Athens		10
44	1995	The Hague		10
45	1997	Cape Town		10
46	1998	La Chaux-de-Fonds		10
47	1999	Seoul		12
48	2000	Budapest		2
49	2001	Nîmes		12
50	2002	Lisbon		12
51	2003	Havana		12
52	2004	New York City		2
53	2005	Leipzig		12
54	2006	Turin		12
55	2007	Saint Petersburg		12
56	2008	Beijing		2
57	2009	Antalya		12
58	2010	Paris		12
59	2011	Catania		12
60	2012	Kyiv		2
61	2013	Budapest		12
62	2014	Kazan		12
63	2015	Moscow		12
64	2016	Rio de Janeiro		2
65	2017	Leipzig		12
66	2018	Wuxi		12
67	2019	Budapest		12
68	2022	Cairo		12
69	2023	Milan		12
70	2025	Tbilisi		12
71	2026	Hong Kong		12

Hosting tally

Hosting nations 1921–2023

Times hosted	Host country
12
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Medal table

This table has been last updated after the 2023 World Fencing Championships. This counts the medals from the World Championships since 1921, and does not include the results of the fencing competitions at the Summer Olympics.

World champions

Épée

Year	Men's individual	Women's individual	Men's team	Women's team
1921	Template:Flagicon Lucien Gaudin
1922	Template:Flagicon Raoul Heide
1923	Template:Flagicon Wouter Brouwer
1926	Template:Flagicon Georges Tainturier
1927	Template:Flagicon Georges Buchard
1929	Template:Flagicon Philippe Cattiau
1930	Template:Flagicon Philippe Cattiau
1931	Template:Flagicon Georges Buchard		Template:Flagcountry
1933	Template:Flagicon Georges Buchard		Template:Flagcountry
1934	Template:Flagicon Pál Dunay
1935	Template:Flagicon Hans Drakenberg
1937	Template:Flagicon Bernard Schmetz		Template:Flagcountry
1938	Template:Flagicon Michel Pécheux
1939–1946	did not take place due to World War II
1947	Template:Flagicon Édouard Artigas
1949	Template:Flagicon Dario Mangiarotti
1950	Template:Flagicon Mogens Lüchow
1951	Template:Flagicon Edoardo Mangiarotti
1953	Template:Flagicon József Sákovics
1954	Template:Flagicon Edoardo Mangiarotti
1955	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Anglesio
1957	Template:Flagicon Armand Mouyal
1958	Template:Flagicon Bill Hoskyns
1959	Template:Flagicon Bruno Habārovs
1961	Template:Flagicon Jack Guittet		Template:Flagcountry
1962	Template:Flagicon István Kausz
1963	Template:Flagicon Roland Losert		Template:Flagcountry
1965	Template:Flagicon Zoltán Nemere
1966	Template:Flagicon Aleksey Nikanchikov
1967	Template:Flagicon Aleksey Nikanchikov		Template:Flagcountry
1969	Template:Flagicon Bohdan Andrzejewski		Template:Flagcountry
1970	Template:Flagicon Aleksey Nikanchikov
1971	Template:Flagicon Grigory Kriss
1973	Template:Flagicon Rolf Edling
1974	Template:Flagicon Rolf Edling
1975	Template:Flagicon Alexander Pusch
1977	Template:Flagicon Johan Harmenberg
1978	Template:Flagicon Alexander Pusch
1979	Template:Flagicon Philippe Riboud		Template:Flagcountry
1981	Template:Flagicon Zoltán Székely
1982	Template:Flagicon Jenő Pap
1983	Template:Flagicon Elmar Borrmann
1985	Template:Flagicon Philippe Boisse
1986	Template:Flagicon Philippe Riboud
1987	Template:Flagicon Volker Fischer
1988	event not held	Template:Flagicon Brigitte Benon	event not held
1989	Template:Flagicon Manuel Pereira	Template:Flagicon Anja Straub
1990	Template:Flagicon Thomas Gerull	Template:Flagicon Taymi Chappé
1991	Template:Flagicon Andrey Shuvalov	Template:Flagicon Mariann Horváth
1992	event not held	Template:Flagicon Mariann Horváth	event not held
1993	Template:Flagicon Pavel Kolobkov	Template:Flagicon Oksana Jermakova
1994	Template:Flagicon Pavel Kolobkov	Template:Flagicon Laura Chiesa
1995	Template:Flagicon Éric Srecki	Template:Flagicon Joanna Jakimiuk
1997	Template:Flagicon Éric Srecki	Template:Flagicon Mirayda García
1998	Template:Flagicon Hugues Obry	Template:Flagicon Laura Flessel-Colovic
1999	Template:Flagicon Arnd Schmitt	Template:Flagicon Laura Flessel-Colovic
2001	Template:Flagicon Paolo Milanoli	Template:Flagicon Claudia Bokel
2002	Template:Flagicon Pavel Kolobkov	Template:Flagicon Hyun Hee
2003	Template:Flagicon Fabrice Jeannet	Template:Flagicon Natalia Konrad
2005	Template:Flagicon Pavel Kolobkov	Template:Flagicon Danuta Dmowska
2006	Template:Flagicon Wang Lei	Template:Flagicon Tímea Nagy
2007	Template:Flagicon Krisztián Kulcsár	Template:Flagicon Britta Heidemann
2008	events not held
2009	Template:Flagicon Anton Avdeyev	Template:Flagicon Lyubov Shutova
2010	Template:Flagicon Nikolai Novosjolov	Template:Flagicon Maureen Nisima
2011	Template:Flagicon Paolo Pizzo	Template:Flagicon Li Na
2012	events not held			event not held
2013	Template:Flagicon Nikolai Novosjolov	Template:Flagicon Julia Beljajeva
2014	Template:Flagicon Ulrich Robeiri	Template:Flagicon Rossella Fiamingo
2015	Template:Flagicon Géza Imre	Template:Flagicon Rossella Fiamingo
2017	Template:Flagicon Paolo Pizzo	Template:Flagicon Tatyana Gudkova
2018	Template:Flagicon Yannick Borel	Template:Flagicon Mara Navarria
2019	Template:Flagicon Gergely Siklósi	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Moellhausen
2022	Template:Flagicon Romain Cannone	Template:Flagicon Song Se-ra
2023	Template:Flagicon Máté Tamás Koch	Template:Flagicon Marie-Florence Candassamy

Foil

Year	Men's individual	Women's individual	Men's team	Women's team
1926	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Chiavacci
1927	Template:Flagicon Oreste Puliti
1929	Template:Flagicon Oreste Puliti	Template:Flagicon Helene Mayer	Template:Flagcountry
1930	Template:Flagicon Giulio Gaudini	Template:Flagicon Jenny Addams	Template:Flagcountry
1931	Template:Flagicon René Lemoine	Template:Flagicon Helene Mayer	Template:Flagcountry
1932	events not held
1933	Template:Flagicon Gioacchino Guaragna	Template:Flagicon Gwendoline Neligan	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1934	Template:Flagicon Giulio Gaudini	Template:Flagicon Ilona Elek	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1935	Template:Flagicon André Gardère	Template:Flagicon Ilona Elek	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1936	events not held			Template:Flagcountry
1937	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Marzi	Template:Flagicon Helene Mayer	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1938	Template:Flagicon Gioacchino Guaragna	Template:Flagicon Marie Šedivá	Template:Flagcountry	event not held
1939–1946	did not take place due to World War II
1947	Template:Flagicon Christian d'Oriola	Template:Flagicon Ellen Müller-Preis
1948	events not held
1949	Template:Flagicon Christian d'Oriola	Template:Flagicon Ellen Müller-Preis		event not held
1950	Template:Flagicon Renzo Nostini	Template:Flagicon Ellen Müller-Preis & Template:Flagicon Renée Garilhe
1951	Template:Flagicon Manlio Di Rosa	Template:Flagicon Ilona Elek
1952	events not held			Template:Flagcountry
1953	Template:Flagicon Christian d'Oriola	Template:Flagicon Irene Camber		Template:Flagcountry
1954	Template:Flagicon Christian d'Oriola	Template:Flagicon Karen Lachmann		Template:Flagcountry
1955	Template:Flagicon József Gyuricza	Template:Flagicon Lídia Dömölky		Template:Flagcountry
1956	events not held			Template:Flagcountry
1957	Template:Flagicon Mihály Fülöp	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Zabelina
1958	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Bergamini	Template:Flagicon Valentina Rastvorova		Template:Flagcountry
1959	Template:Flagicon Allan Jay	Template:Flagicon Emma Yefimova	Template:Flagcountry
1961	Template:Flagicon Ryszard Parulski	Template:Flagicon Heidi Schmid	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1962	Template:Flagicon German Sveshnikov	Template:Flagicon Olga Szabó-Orbán	Template:Flagcountry
1963	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Magnan	Template:Flagicon Ildikó Rejtő	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1965	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Magnan	Template:Flagicon Galina Gorokhova	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1966	Template:Flagicon German Sveshnikov	Template:Flagicon Tatyana Samusenko	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1967	Template:Flagicon Viktor Putyatin	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Zabelina	Template:Flagcountry
1969	Template:Flagicon Friedrich Wessel	Template:Flagicon Elena Belova	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1970	Template:Flagicon Friedrich Wessel	Template:Flagicon Galina Gorokhova	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1971	Template:Flagicon Vasyl Stankovych	Template:Flagicon Marie-Chantal Demaille		Template:Flagcountry
1973	Template:Flagicon Christian Noël	Template:Flagicon Valentina Nikonova	Template:Flagcountry
1974	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Ildikó Bóbis	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1975	Template:Flagicon Christian Noël	Template:Flagicon Ecaterina Stahl		Template:Flagcountry
1977	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Valentina Sidorova		Template:Flagcountry
1978	Template:Flagicon Didier Flament	Template:Flagicon Valentina Sidorova	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1979	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Cornelia Hanisch	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry
1981	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Smirnov	Template:Flagicon Cornelia Hanisch
1982	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Nailya Gilyazova
1983	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Romankov	Template:Flagicon Dorina Vaccaroni
1985	Template:Flagicon Mauro Numa	Template:Flagicon Cornelia Hanisch
1986	Template:Flagicon Andrea Borella	Template:Flagicon Anja Fichtel
1987	Template:Flagicon Mathias Gey	Template:Flagicon Elisabeta Tufan
1989	Template:Flagicon Alexander Koch	Template:Flagicon Olga Velichko
1990	Template:Flagicon Philippe Omnès	Template:Flagicon Anja Fichtel
1991	Template:Flagicon Ingo Weißenborn	Template:Flagicon Giovanna Trillini
1993	Template:Flagicon Alexander Koch	Template:Flagicon Francesca Bortolozzi
1994	Template:Flagicon Rolando Tucker	Template:Flagicon Réka Szabó-Lăzar
1995	Template:Flagicon Dmitriy Shevchenko	Template:Flagicon Laura Badea
1997	Template:Flagicon Sergei Golubitsky	Template:Flagicon Giovanna Trillini
1998	Template:Flagicon Sergei Golubitsky	Template:Flagicon Sabine Bau
1999	Template:Flagicon Sergei Golubitsky	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali
2001	Template:Flagicon Salvatore Sanzo	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali
2002	Template:Flagicon Simone Vanni	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Boyko
2003	Template:Flagicon Peter Joppich	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali	Template:Flagcountry
2004	events not held			Template:Flagcountry
2005	Template:Flagicon Salvatore Sanzo	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali
2006	Template:Flagicon Peter Joppich	Template:Flagicon Margherita Granbassi
2007	Template:Flagicon Peter Joppich	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali
2008	events not held			event not held
2009	Template:Flagicon Andrea Baldini	Template:Flagicon Aida Shanayeva
2010	Template:Flagicon Peter Joppich	Template:Flagicon Elisa Di Francisca
2011	Template:Flagicon Andrea Cassarà	Template:Flagicon Valentina Vezzali
2013	Template:Flagicon Miles Chamley-Watson	Template:Flagicon Arianna Errigo
2014	Template:Flagicon Aleksey Cheremisinov	Template:Flagicon Arianna Errigo
2015	Template:Flagicon Yūki Ōta	Template:Flagicon Inna Deriglazova
2016	events not held
2017	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Zherebchenko	Template:Flagicon Inna Deriglazova
2018	Template:Flagicon Alessio Foconi	Template:Flagicon Alice Volpi
2019	Template:Flagicon Enzo Lefort	Template:Flagicon Inna Deriglazova
2022	Template:Flagicon Enzo Lefort	Template:Flagicon Ysaora Thibus
2023	Template:Flagicon Tommaso Marini	Template:Flagicon Alice Volpi

Sabre

Year	Men's individual	Women's individual	Men's team	Women's team
1922	Template:Flagicon Adrianus de Jong
1923	Template:Flagicon Adrianus de Jong
1925	Template:Flagicon János Garay
1926	Template:Flagicon Sándor Gombos
1927	Template:Flagicon Sándor Gombos
1929	Template:Flagicon Gyula Glykais
1930	Template:Flagicon György Piller		Template:Flagcountry
1931	Template:Flagicon György Piller		Template:Flagcountry
1933	Template:Flagicon Endre Kabos		Template:Flagcountry
1934	Template:Flagicon Endre Kabos		Template:Flagcountry
1935	Template:Flagicon Aladár Gerevich		Template:Flagcountry
1937	Template:Flagicon Pál Kovács		Template:Flagcountry
1938	Template:Flagicon Aldo Montano		Template:Flagcountry
1939–1946	did not take place due to World War II
1947	Template:Flagicon Aldo Montano
1949	Template:Flagicon Gastone Darè
1950	Template:Flagicon Jean Levavasseur
1951	Template:Flagicon Aladár Gerevich		Template:Flagcountry
1953	Template:Flagicon Pál Kovács		Template:Flagcountry
1954	Template:Flagicon Rudolf Kárpáti		Template:Flagcountry
1955	Template:Flagicon Aladár Gerevich		Template:Flagcountry
1957	Template:Flagicon Jerzy Pawłowski
1958	Template:Flagicon Yakov Rylsky
1959	Template:Flagicon Rudolf Kárpáti		Template:Flagcountry
1961	Template:Flagicon Yakov Rylsky		Template:Flagcountry
1962	Template:Flagicon Zoltán Horváth		Template:Flagcountry
1963	Template:Flagicon Yakov Rylsky		Template:Flagcountry
1965	Template:Flagicon Jerzy Pawłowski		Template:Flagcountry
1966	Template:Flagicon Jerzy Pawłowski
1967	Template:Flagicon Mark Rakita		Template:Flagcountry
1969	Template:Flagicon Viktor Sidyak		Template:Flagcountry
1970	Template:Flagicon Tibor Pézsa		Template:Flagcountry
1971	Template:Flagicon Michele Maffei		Template:Flagcountry
1973	Template:Flagicon Mario Aldo Montano
1974	Template:Flagicon Mario Aldo Montano		Template:Flagcountry
1975	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nazlymov		Template:Flagcountry
1977	Template:Flagicon Pál Gerevich		Template:Flagcountry
1978	Template:Flagicon Viktor Krovopuskov
1979	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nazlymov		Template:Flagcountry
1981	Template:Flagicon Dariusz Wódke
1982	Template:Flagicon Viktor Krovopuskov
1983	Template:Flagicon Vasil Etropolski
1985	Template:Flagicon György Nébald
1986	Template:Flagicon Sergey Mindirgasov
1987	Template:Flagicon Jean-François Lamour
1989	Template:Flagicon Grigory Kiriyenko
1990	Template:Flagicon György Nébald
1991	Template:Flagicon Grigory Kiriyenko
1993	Template:Flagicon Grigory Kiriyenko
1994	Template:Flagicon Felix Becker
1995	Template:Flagicon Grigory Kiriyenko
1997	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pozdnyakov
1998	Template:Flagicon Luigi Tarantino
1999	Template:Flagicon Damien Touya	Template:Flagicon Yelena Jemayeva
2000	event not held	Template:Flagicon Yelena Jemayeva	event not held
2001	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pozdnyakov	Template:Flagicon Anne-Lise Touya
2002	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pozdnyakov	Template:Flagicon Tan Xue
2003	Template:Flagicon Volodymyr Lukashenko	Template:Flagicon Dorina Mihai		Template:Flagcountry
2004	events not held
2005	Template:Flagicon Mihai Covaliu	Template:Flagicon Anne-Lise Touya
2006	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pozdnyakov	Template:Flagicon Rebecca Ward
2007	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pozdnyakov	Template:Flagicon Yelena Nechayeva
2008	events not held
2009	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Limbach	Template:Flagicon Mariel Zagunis
2010	Template:Flagicon Won Woo-young	Template:Flagicon Mariel Zagunis
2011	Template:Flagicon Aldo Montano	Template:Flagicon Sofya Velikaya
2012	events not held
2013	Template:Flagicon Veniamin Reshetnikov	Template:Flagicon Olha Kharlan
2014	Template:Flagicon Nikolay Kovalev	Template:Flagicon Olha Kharlan
2015	Template:Flagicon Aleksey Yakimenko	Template:Flagicon Sofya Velikaya
2016	events not held			event not held
2017	Template:Flagicon András Szatmári	Template:Flagicon Olha Kharlan
2018	Template:Flagicon Kim Jung-hwan	Template:Flagicon Sofia Pozdniakova
2019	Template:Flagicon Oh Sang-uk	Template:Flagicon Olha Kharlan
2022	Template:Flagicon Áron Szilágyi	Template:Flagicon Misaki Emura
2023	Template:Flagicon Eli Dershwitz	Template:Flagicon Misaki Emura

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active fencers and highest medal count among all fencers (including these who not included in these tables) per type. The numbers in brackets denotes number of medals earned at the unofficial World Championships in 1921–1936 (known as European Championships back then) which are counted in overall statistics.

Men

All events

Rank	Fencer	Country	Weapon(s)	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Aladár Gerevich		Sabre & Foil	1931	1959	(5) 14 (5)	2	(1) 3 (1)	(6) 19 (6)
2	Edoardo Mangiarotti		Épée & Foil	1937	1958	13	8	5	26
3	Stanislav Pozdnyakov		Sabre	1994	2007	10	5	2	17
4	Vladimir Nazlymov		Sabre	1967	1979	10	3	2	15
5	Alexandr Romankov		Foil	1974	1989	10	2	3	15
6	Pál Kovács		Sabre	1933	1958	(1) 10 (1)	2	–	(1) 12 (1)
7	Gustavo Marzi	Template:Flagcountry	Foil & Sabre	1929	1938	(5) 9 (5)	(10) 11 (10)	(1) 1 (1)	(16) 21 (16)
8	German Sveshnikov		Foil	1958	1969	9	2	1	12
9	Giulio Gaudini	Template:Flagcountry	Foil & Sabre	1929	1938	(7) 8 (7)	(7) 7 (7)	(2) 2 (2)	(16) 17 (16)
10	Christian d'Oriola		Foil	1947	1958	8	5	–	13

Individual events

Rank	Fencer	Country	Weapon	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Stanislav Pozdnyakov		Sabre	1994	2007	5	3	–	8
2	Alexandr Romankov		Foil	1974	1983	5	1	–	6
3	Pavel Kolobkov		Épée	1989	2005	4	1	2	7
4	Christian d'Oriola		Foil	1947	1955	4	1	–	5
5	Peter Joppich		Foil	2003	2010	4	–	1	5
	Grigory Kiriyenko		Sabre	1989	1995	4	–	1	5
7	Jerzy Pawłowski		Sabre	1957	1971	3	4	1	8
8	Sergei Golubitsky		Foil	1993	1999	3	1	1	5
9	Aladár Gerevich	Template:Flagcountry	Sabre	1935	1955	(1) 3 (1)	1	–	(1) 4 (1)
	Aleksey Nikanchikov		Épée	1966	1970	3	1	–	4

Women

All events

Rank	Fencer	Country	Weapon	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Valentina Vezzali		Foil	1994	2016	16	6	4	26
2	Ilona Elek	Template:Flagcountry	Foil	1933	1956	(5) 11 (5)	(1) 5 (1)	2	(6) 18 (6)
3	Arianna Errigo		Foil	2009	2023	10	7	5	22
4	Galina Gorokhova		Foil	1958	1971	9	6	1	16
5	Alexandra Zabelina		Foil	1956	1971	9	6	–	15
6	Giovanna Trillini		Foil	1986	2007	9	5	6	20
7	Valentina Sidorova (Burochkina)		Foil	1973	1986	9	2	1	12
8	Sofya Velikaya		Sabre	2004	2019	8	5	3	16
9	Margit Elek	Template:Flagcountry	Foil	1933	1956	(3) 8 (3)	(2) 4 (2)	1	(5) 13 (5)
10	Elena Belova (Novikova)		Foil	1969	1979	8	4	–	12

Individual events

Rank	Fencer	Country	Weapon	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Valentina Vezzali		Foil	1994	2014	6	2	4	12
2	Olha Kharlan		Sabre	2009	2019	4	2	1	7
3	Ilona Elek	Template:Flagcountry	Foil	1934	1955	(2) 3 (2)	2	1	(2) 6 (2)
4	Ellen Müller-Preis		Foil	1931	1950	3	(1) 1 (1)	(1) 2 (1)	(2) 6 (2)
5	Inna Deriglazova		Foil	2013	2019	3	–	1	4
	Cornelia Hanisch		Foil	1978	1985	3	–	1	4
7	Helene Mayer	Template:Flagcountry	Foil	1929	1937	(2) 3 (2)	–	–	(2) 3 (2)
8	Arianna Errigo		Foil	2009	2023	2	3	5	10
9	Sofya Velikaya		Sabre	2005	2019	2	3	1	6
10	Mariel Zagunis		Sabre	2006	2014	2	3	–	5

See also

• Fencing at the Summer Olympics
• Junior World Fencing Championships
• Fencing World Cup

External links

• Official site of FIE