| Host city |  Seoul, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–8 August 1995 |
The 1995 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea from 2 August to 8 August 1995. [1]
| Host city | Seoul, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–8 August 1995 |
The 1995 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea from 2 August to 8 August 1995. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Dmitriy Dimov  Kazakhstan | Hasan Malallah  Kuwait | Yang Roy-sung South Korea |
| Cho Hee-jae South Korea | |||
| Team épée | Kazakhstan |  Japan | South Korea |
| Individual foil | Hiroki Ichigatani Japan | Dong Zhaozhi  China | Chung Soo-ki South Korea |
| Kim Hyung-sup South Korea | |||
| Team foil | China | South Korea | Kazakhstan |
| Individual sabre | You Sang-joo South Korea | Youn Bum-duk South Korea | Hidenori Munakata Japan |
| Seo Seong-jun South Korea | |||
| Team sabre | South Korea | Kazakhstan | Japan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Ko Jung-sun South Korea | Kim Youn-a South Korea | Noriko Kubo Japan |
| Lee Myung-hee South Korea | |||
| Team épée | South Korea | Japan |  Hong Kong |
| Individual foil | Lim Mi-kyung South Korea | Kim Dong-im South Korea | Miki Yoshimatsu Japan |
| Nellya Sevostyanova Kazakhstan | |||
| Team foil | South Korea | Kazakhstan | Japan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |
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