2018 World Fencing Championships
# 2018 World Fencing Championships

The 2018 World Fencing Championships was held from 19 to 27 July at 2018 in Wuxi, China.

## Host selection

On 23 November 2015, Wuxi beat the Japanese city of Fukuoka with 69 votes to 47.

## Schedule

Twelve events were held.

All times are local (UTC+8).

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 19 July 2018 | 09:00 | Women's épée qualification |
| 19 July 2018 | 11:00 | Men's sabre qualification |
| 20 July 2018 | 08:30 | Women's foil qualification |
| 20 July 2018 | 10:40 | Men's épée qualification |
| 21 July 2018 | 08:30 | Men's foil qualification |
| 21 July 2018 | 10:40 | Women's sabre qualification |
| 22 July 2018 | 09:30 | Women's épée |
| 22 July 2018 | 10:40 | Men's sabre |
| 23 July 2018 | 08:30 | Men's épée |
| 23 July 2018 | 09:40 | Women's foil |
| 24 July 2018 | 08:30 | Women's sabre |
| 24 July 2018 | 10:10 | Men's foil |
| 24 July 2018 | 08:30 | Women's épée team |
| 24 July 2018 | 10:30 | Men's sabre team |
| 25 July 2018 | 08:30 | Women's foil team |
| 25 July 2018 | 09:20 | Men's épée team |
| 25 July 2018 | 12:20 | Women's épée team |
| 25 July 2018 | 13:10 | Men's sabre team |
| 26 July 2018 | 08:30 | Men's foil team |
| 26 July 2018 | 09:10 | Women's sabre team |
| 26 July 2018 | 11:30 | Women's foil team |
| 26 July 2018 | 12:30 | Men's épée team |
| 27 July 2018 | 11:00 | Women's sabre team |
| 27 July 2018 | 12:00 | Men's foil team |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual épée details | Yannick Borel France | Rubén Limardo Venezuela | Bohdan Nikishyn Ukraine |
| Individual épée details | Yannick Borel France | Rubén Limardo Venezuela | Roman Svichkar Ukraine |
| Team épée details | Switzerland Max Heinzer Lucas Malcotti Michele Niggeler Benjamin Steffen | South Korea Jung Jin-sun Kweon Young-jun Park Kyoung-doo Park Sang-young | Russia Sergey Bida Nikita Glazkov Sergey Khodos Pavel Sukhov |
| Individual foil details | Alessio Foconi Italy | Richard Kruse Great Britain | Heo Jun South Korea |
| Individual foil details | Alessio Foconi Italy | Richard Kruse Great Britain | Carlos Llavador Spain |
| Team foil details | Italy Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo | United States Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt | Russia Timur Arslanov Aleksey Cheremisinov Timur Safin Dmitry Zherebchenko |
| Individual sabre details | Kim Jung-hwan South Korea | Eli Dershwitz United States | Kamil Ibragimov Russia |
| Individual sabre details | Kim Jung-hwan South Korea | Eli Dershwitz United States | Kim Jun-ho South Korea |
| Team sabre details | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Kim Jun-ho Oh Sang-uk | Italy Enrico Berrè Luca Curatoli Aldo Montano Luigi Samele | Hungary Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual épée details | Mara Navarria Italy | Ana Maria Brânză Romania | Laura Staehli Switzerland |
| Individual épée details | Mara Navarria Italy | Ana Maria Brânză Romania | Courtney Hurley United States |
| Team épée details | United States Katharine Holmes Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Amanda Sirico | South Korea Choi In-jeong Kang Young-mi Lee Hye-in Shin A-lam | China Lin Sheng Sun Yiwen Xu Chengzi Zhu Mingye |
| Individual foil details | Alice Volpi Italy | Ysaora Thibus France | Arianna Errigo Italy |
| Individual foil details | Alice Volpi Italy | Ysaora Thibus France | Inès Boubakri Tunisia |
| Team foil details | United States Lee Kiefer Margaret Lu Nzingha Prescod Nicole Ross | Italy Chiara Cini Arianna Errigo Camilla Mancini Alice Volpi | France Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus |
| Individual sabre details | Sofia Pozdniakova Russia | Sofya Velikaya Russia | Anne-Elizabeth Stone United States |
| Individual sabre details | Sofia Pozdniakova Russia | Sofya Velikaya Russia | Yana Egorian Russia |
| Team sabre details | France Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach Caroline Quéroli | Russia Yana Egorian Sofia Pozdniakova Svetlana Sheveleva Sofya Velikaya | South Korea Choi Soo-yeon Hwang Seo-na Kim Ji-yeon Yoon Ji-su |
