Fencing World Championships
The fencing world championships are an annual sporting event in which the world champions in the three fencing genres of foil , epee and saber are determined. The organizer is the World Fencing Federation (FIE). The World Fencing Championships are the most important fencing championship after the Olympic Games .
The first World Fencing Championships took place in Paris in 1937 . Since then, with the exception of a few Olympic years and an interruption enforced by the Second World War , at least one championship has taken place between 1938 and 1947. The international fencing championships were held from 1921 to 1936. These competitions are not officially run as world championships.
The three types of fencing were introduced successively. The men's sword tournament has been held since 1921, the saber tournament since 1922 and the foil tournament since 1926. Since 1929, women's foil competitions have also been held. The women's sword tournament supplemented the program from 1988, the saber tournament from 1999.
Team competitions were also introduced in 1929. For men in foil, in 1930 in saber and in 1931 in sword. For women, the first team competition in foil took place in 1933. In 1988 and 1999 team competitions in the epee and with the saber were also brought into being.
Venues for international championships
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1921 : Paris ( France )
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1922 : Paris ( France ) and Ostend ( Belgium )
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1923 : The Hague ( Netherlands )
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1925 : Ostend ( Belgium )
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1926 : Budapest ( Hungary ) and Ostend ( Belgium )
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1927 : Vichy ( France )
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1929 : Naples ( Italy )
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1930 : Liège ( Belgium )
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1931 : Vienna ( Austria )
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1932 : Copenhagen ( Denmark )
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1933 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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1934 : Warsaw ( Poland )
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1935 : Lausanne ( Switzerland )
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1936 : Sanremo ( Italy )
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World championships hosted
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1937 : Paris ( France )
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1938 : Piešťany ( Czechoslovakia )
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1947 : Lisbon ( Portugal )
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1948 : The Hague ( Netherlands )
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1949 : Cairo ( Egypt )
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1950 : Monte Carlo ( Monaco )
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1951 : Stockholm ( Sweden )
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1952 : Copenhagen ( Denmark )
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1953 : Brussels ( Belgium )
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1954 : Luxembourg City ( Luxembourg )
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1955 : Rome ( Italy )
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1956 : London ( United Kingdom )
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1957 : Paris ( France )
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1958 : Philadelphia ( United States )
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1959 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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1961 : Turin ( Italy )
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1962 : Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
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1963 : Danzig ( Poland )
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1965 : Paris ( France )
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1966 : Moscow ( Soviet Union )
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1967 : Montreal ( Canada )
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1969 : Havana ( Cuba )
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1970 : Ankara ( Turkey )
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1971 : Vienna ( Austria )
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1973 : Gothenburg ( Sweden )
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1974 : Grenoble ( France )
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1975 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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1977 : Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
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1978 : Hamburg ( Federal Republic of Germany )
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1979 : Melbourne ( Australia )
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1981 : Clermont-Ferrand ( France )
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1982 : Rome ( Italy )
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1983 : Vienna ( Austria )
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1985 : Barcelona ( Spain )
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1986 : Sofia ( Bulgaria )
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1987 : Lausanne ( Switzerland )
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1988 : Orléans ( France )
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1989 : Denver ( United States )
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1990 : Lyon ( France )
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1991 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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1993 : Essen ( Germany )
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1994 : Athens ( Greece )
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1995 : The Hague ( Netherlands )
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1997 : Cape Town ( South Africa )
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1998 : La Chaux-de-Fonds ( Switzerland )
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1999 : Seoul ( South Korea )
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2000 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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2001 : Nîmes ( France )
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2002 : Lisbon ( Portugal )
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2003 : Havana ( Cuba )
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2004 : New York ( United States )
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2005 : Leipzig ( Germany )
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2006 : Turin ( Italy )
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2007 : St. Petersburg ( Russia )
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2008 : Beijing ( People's Republic of China )
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2009 : Antalya ( Turkey )
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2010 : Paris ( France )
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2011 : Catania ( Italy )
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2012 : Kiev ( Ukraine )
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2013 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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2014 : Kazan ( Russia )
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2015 : Moscow ( Russia )
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2016 : Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )
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2017 : Leipzig ( Germany )
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2018 : Wuxi ( People's Republic of China )
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2019 : Budapest ( Hungary )
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2022 : Cairo ( Egypt )
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World champion foil
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World champion sword
World champion saber
Medal table
This includes the official FIE World Championships from 1937 and the international championships from 1921 to 1936. Status: after the 2019 World Championships.
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
116 | 105 | 131 | 352 |
| 2 |
 Soviet Union
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92 | 53 | 47 | 192 |
| 3 |
France
|
91 | 93 | 95 | 279 |
| 4th |
Hungary
|
91 | 86 | 93 | 270 |
| 5 |
Russia
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56 | 32 | 57 | 145 |
| 6th |
Germany with GDR and FRG  
|
47 | 62 | 64 | 173 |
| 7th |
 Poland
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17th | 29 | 41 | 87 |
| 8th |
 Romania
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13 | 22nd | 30th | 65 |
| 9 |
Ukraine
|
12 | 12 | 19th | 43 |
| 10 |
United States
|
11 | 13 | 14th | 38 |
| 11 |
People's Republic of China
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8th | 19th | 16 | 43 |
| 12 |
South Korea
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8th | 11 | 25th | 44 |
| 13 |
Sweden
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7th | 15th | 21st | 43 |
| 14th |
 Cuba
|
6th | 5 | 9 | 20th |
| 15th |
 Estonia
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5 | 6th | 6th | 17th |
| 16 |
Denmark
|
5 | 3 | 4th | 12 |
| 17th |
Austria
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4th | 4th | 9 | 17th |
| 18th |
United Kingdom
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3 | 7th | 8th | 18th |
| 19th |
Netherlands
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3 | 3 | 6th | 12 |
| 20th |
Switzerland
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2 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
| 21st |
Belgium
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2 | 4th | 10 | 16 |
| 22nd |
Spain
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2 | 2 | 6th | 10 |
| 23 |
 Azerbaijan
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2 | 1 | 4th | 7th |
| 24 |
 Bulgaria
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1 | 3 | 3 | 7th |
| 25th |
 Czechoslovakia
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1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 26th |
 Japan
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1 | 1 | 4th | 6th |
| 27 |
 Norway
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 28 |
Brazil
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 29 |
 Venezuela
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 30th |
 Tunisia
|
- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 31 |
Canada
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 |
 Belarus
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 |
Portugal
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 34 |
Egypt
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- | - | 7th | 7th |
| 35 |
 Finland
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 35 |
Greece
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 35 |
 Hong Kong
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 35 |
 Iran
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 35 |
 Colombia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Web links
- History of the World Fencing Championships (men's foil) from sport-komplett.de
- History of the World Fencing Championships (men's sword) from sport-komplett.de
- History fencing world championships (men's saber) from sport-komplett.de
- History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de