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| 2005 World Championships in Fencing | |
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| Host city |  Leipzig, Germany |
| Date(s) | October 9–15 |
The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany. The event took place from October 9 to October 15, 2005.
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| 2005 World Championships in Fencing | |
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| Host city | Leipzig, Germany |
| Date(s) | October 9–15 |
The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany. The event took place from October 9 to October 15, 2005.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |  Pavel Kolobkov (RUS) |  Fabrice Jeannet (FRA) |  Bas Verwijlen (NED) Claus Mørch (NOR) |
| Foil |  Salvatore Sanzo (ITA) |  Zhang Liangliang (CHN) | Andrei Deev (RUS) Nicolas Beaudan (FRA) |
| Sabre |  Mihai Covaliu (ROU) | Stanislav Pozdnyakov (RUS) |  Oleh Shturbabin (UKR) Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) |
| Team Épée | France Érik Boisse Ulrich Robeiri Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet | Germany Daniel Strigel Martin Schmitt Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler | Ukraine Dmytro Chumak Dmitriy Karuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Osharov |
| Team Foil | France Victor Sintès Nicolas Beaudan Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart | Italy Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni | Germany Dominik Behr Ralf Bissdorf Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink |
| Team Sabre | Russia Aleksey Dyachenko Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko | Italy Andrea Aquili Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino | France Vincent Anstett Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |  Danuta Dmowska (POL) |  Maarika Võsu (EST) | Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) Sherraine Mackay (CAN) |
| Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Anja Müller (GER) | Adeline Wuillème (FRA) Edina Knapek (HUN) |
| Sabre | Anne-Lise Touya (FRA) | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Alessandra Lucchino (ITA) Ilaria Bianco (ITA) |
| Team Épée | France Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima | Hungary Julianna Révész Emese Szász Hajnalka Toth Adrienn Hormay | Germany Monika Sozanska Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Claudia Bokel |
| Team Foil |  South Korea Lee Hyun-sun Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Seo Mi-jung | Romania Andreea Andrei Cristina Ghiță Roxana Scarlat Cristina Stahl | France Corinne Maîtrejean Astrid Guyart Céline Seigneur Adeline Wuillème |
| Team Sabre |  United StatesSada Jacobson Caitlin Thompson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis | Russia Sofiya Velikaya Ekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Svetlana Kormilitsyna | Hungary Edina Csaba Orsolya Nagy Dora Varga Gabriella Sznopek |
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Germany (GER)* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
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