| 2011 World Championships in Fencing | |
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| Host city |  Catania, Italy |
| Date(s) | 8 October – 16 October |
| Events | 12 |
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| 2011 World Fencing Championships | ||
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| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | women |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | men | women |
The 2011 World Fencing Championships was held at Catania, Italy from 8–16 October.
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 |  Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Romania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  South Korea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 |  Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Paolo Pizzo (ITA) | Bas Verwijlen (NED) |  Fabian Kauter (SUI) Park Kyoung-doo (KOR) |
| Team Épée | France Ronan Gustin Gauthier Grumier Jean-Michel Lucenay Yannick Borel | Hungary Géza Imre Péter Somfai Gábor Boczkó Péter Szényi | Switzerland Fabian Kauter Benjamin Steffen Max Heinzer Florian Staub |
| Individual Foil | Andrea Cassarà (ITA) | Valerio Aspromonte (ITA) | Giorgio Avola (ITA) Victor Sintès (FRA) |
| Team foil | China Zhang Liangliang Lei Sheng Zhu Jun Ma Jianfei | France Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart | Germany Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Andre Wessels |
| Individual Sabre | Aldo Montano (ITA) | Nicolas Limbach (GER) | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) Luigi Tarantino (ITA) |
| Team sabre | Russia Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko Pavel Bykov | Belarus Valery Pryiemka Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Aliaksei Likhacheuski | Italy Diego Occhiuzzi Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Li Na (CHN) | Sun Yujie (CHN) | Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) Anca Măroiu (ROU) |
| Team Épée | Romania Anca Măroiu Loredana Dinu Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză | China Luo Xiaojuan Li Na Sun Yujie Xu Anqi | Italy Rossella Fiamingo Mara Navarria Nathalie Moellhausen Bianca Del Carretto |
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) |  Lee Kiefer (USA) Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) |
| Team foil | Russia Inna Deriglazova Aida Shanayeva Larisa Korobeynikova Yevgeniya Lamonova | Italy Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di Francisca Ilaria Salvatori | South Korea Lee Hye-sun Nam Hyun-hee Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok |
| Individual Sabre | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Mariel Zagunis (USA) | Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS) Olha Kharlan (UKR) |
| Team sabre | Russia Ekaterina Dyachenko Sofiya Velikaya Yuliya Gavrilova Dina Galiakbarova | Ukraine Olena Khomrova Halyna Pundyk Olha Kharlan Olha Zhovnir | United States Ibtihaj Muhammad Mariel Zagunis Dagmara Wozniak Daria Schneider |
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