Fencing World Championships 2007
The fencing world championship 2007 took place from September 28th to October 7th 2007 in the Russian city of St. Petersburg . The World Congress of the International Fencing Federation awarded the event during its meeting on November 12, 2005 in Doha . The candidacy from St. Petersburg prevailed against that of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv with 52:40 votes .
This was the second time that Russia hosted the World Fencing Championships . Before that, only Moscow in 1966 hosted the event.
Men's
Foil, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 GER
|
Peter Joppich |
| 2 |
 ITA
|
Andrea Baldini |
| 3 |
GER
|
Benjamin Kleibrink |
 CHN
|
Lei Sheng |
Sunday September 30, 2007
Foil, team
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 France
|
Nicolas Beaudan , Brice Guyart , Erwann Le Péchoux , Marcel Marcilloux |
| 2 |
Germany
|
Benjamin Kleibrink , Peter Joppich , Dominik Behr , Christian Schlechtweg |
| 3 |
 South Korea
|
Choi Byung-chul , Jung Chang-yong , Park Hee-kyung , Son Young-ki |
Friday October 5, 2007
Rapier, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 HUN
|
Krisztián Kulcsár |
| 2 |
FRA
|
Eric Boisse |
| 3 |
ITA
|
Diego Confalonieri |
|
FRA
|
Jérôme Jeannet |
Thursday October 4th 2007
Sword, team
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Éric Boisse , Fabrice Jeannet , Jérôme Jeannet , Ulrich Robeiri |
| 2 |
Italy
|
Stefano Carozzo , Diego Confalonieri , Alfredo Rota , Matteo Tagliariol |
| 3 |
Hungary
|
Gábor Boczkó , Géza Imre , Iván Kovács , Krisztián Kulcsár |
Sunday 7th October 2007
Saber, single
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 RUS
|
Stanislav Posdnyakov |
| 2 |
ITA
|
Aldo Montano |
| 3 |
GER
|
Nicolas Limbach |
|
COR
|
Oh Eun-seok |
Wednesday October 3, 2007
Saber, crew
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hungary
|
Tamás Decsi , Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik , Áron Szilágyi |
| 2 |
France
|
Vincent Anstett , Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet , Boris Sanson |
| 3 |
Italy
|
Aldo Montano , Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore , Luigi Tarantino |
Saturday 6th October 2007
Ladies
Foil, single
| space | country | sportswoman |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
|
Valentina Vezzali |
| 2 |
ITA
|
Margherita Granbassi |
| 3 |
HUN
|
Aida Mohamed |
|
ITA
|
Giovanna Trillini |
Foil, team
| space | country | Sportswomen |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Poland
|
Sylwia Gruchała , Katarzyna Kryczało Magdalena Mroczkiewicz , Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
| 2 |
Russia
|
Julija Chakimowa , Evgenija Lamonowa , Jana Rusavina , Aida Schanajewa |
| 3 |
 Japan
|
Kanae Ikehata , Maki Kawanishi , Yoko Makishita , Chieko Sugawara |
Sunday 7th October 2007
Rapier, single
| space | country | sportswoman |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GER
|
Britta Heidemann |
| 2 |
CHN
|
Li Na |
| 3 |
FRA
|
Maureen Nisima |
 EST
|
Irina Embrich |
Monday October 1, 2007
Sword, team
| space | country | Sportswomen |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Audrey Descouts , Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Király-Picot , Maureen Nisima |
| 2 |
Russia
|
Tatiana Logunowa , Ljubow Schutowa Anna Siwkowa , Jewgenija Stroganowa |
| 3 |
Germany
|
Claudia Bokel , Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann , Marijana Marković |
Saturday 6th October 2007
Saber, single
| space | country | sportswoman |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
RUS
|
Elena Nechayeva |
| 2 |
CHN
|
Tan Xue |
| 3 |
POLE
|
Bogna Jóźwiak |
|
ITA
|
Gioia Marzocca |
Saturday, September 29th
Saber, crew
| space | country | Sportswomen |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Cécile Argiolas , Léonore Perrus , Anne-Lise Touya , Carole Vergne |
| 2 |
 Ukraine
|
Olha Charlan , Olena Chomrowa , Nina Koslowa , Halyna Pundyk |
| 3 |
Russia
|
Ekaterina Fjodorkina , Swetlana Kormilizyna , Jelena Netschajewa , Sofja Velikaja |
Friday October 5, 2007
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 8th |
| 2 |
Russia
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |
Germany
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 4th |
Hungary
|
2 | - | 2 | 4th |
| 5 |
Italy
|
1 | 4th | 4th | 9 |
| 6th |
Poland
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 7th |
People's Republic of China
|
- | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8th |
Ukraine
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 9 |
South Korea
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 10 |
Estonia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
|
Japan
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Final score after 12 decisions.
In each of the 6 individual competitions, two bronze medals were awarded.
