| Host city |  Singapore |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–30 July 2015 |
| Main venue | Singapore Sports Hub |
The 2015 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Singapore from 25 to 30 July 2015 at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang.
| Host city | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–30 July 2015 |
| Main venue | Singapore Sports Hub |
The 2015 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Singapore from 25 to 30 July 2015 at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 |  China | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 | |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Park Kyoung-doo (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Li Zhen (CHN) | 7 | Park Kyoung-doo (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ) | 15 | Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ) | 11 | ||||||||
| Jung Seung-hwa (KOR) | 14 | Park Kyoung-doo (KOR) | 10 | ||||||||
| Li Guojie (CHN) | 2 | Jiao Yunlong (CHN) | 11 | ||||||||
| Jiao Yunlong (CHN) | 4 | Jiao Yunlong (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||
 Aleksandr Chernykh (KGZ) | 13 | Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN) | 11 | ||||||||
| Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||||||
 Uzbekistan | 32 | South Korea | 37 | ||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 44 | Kazakhstan | 45 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 45 | Kazakhstan | 45 | ||||||||
| China | 45 | China | 43 | ||||||||
 Chinese Taipei | 24 | China | 21 | ||||||||
 Australia | 20 | Japan | 15 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| South Korea | 43 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 45 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Son Young-ki (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Heo Jun (KOR) | 11 | Son Young-ki (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Lei Sheng (CHN) | 10 | Kwon Young-ho (KOR) | 7 | ||||||||
| Kwon Young-ho (KOR) | 15 | Son Young-ki (KOR) | 12 | ||||||||
| Sholto Douglas (AUS) | 10 | Yuki Ota (JPN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Yuki Ota (JPN) | 15 | Yuki Ota (JPN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Kenta Chida (JPN) | 7 | Cheung Ka Long (HKG) | 6 | ||||||||
| Cheung Ka Long (HKG) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| China | 45 | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 20 | China | 45 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 19 | Hong Kong | 30 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 45 | China | 45 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | South Korea | 31 | ||||||||
| Australia | 18 | Japan | 35 | ||||||||
 Thailand | 18 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 42 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 45 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Won Woo-young (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Rahbari (IRI) | 14 | Won Woo-young (KOR) | 9 | ||||||||
| Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Sun Wei (CHN) | 9 | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) | 14 | ||||||||
| Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | 15 | Kim Jung-hwan (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 7 | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) | 9 | ||||||||
 Vũ Thành An (VIE) | 10 | Kim Jung-hwan (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Kim Jung-hwan (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 22 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 45 | Kazakhstan | 26 | ||||||||
| Japan | 42 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| Iran | 45 | Iran | 37 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 37 | Iran | 45 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 34 | China | 31 | ||||||||
| China | 45 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 30 | ||||||||||
| China | 45 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Sun Yujie (CHN) | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ayaka Shimookawa (JPN) | 15 | Ayaka Shimookawa (JPN) | 7 | ||||||||
| Assel Alibekova (KAZ) | 8 | Xu Anqi (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Xu Anqi (CHN) | 15 | Xu Anqi (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Kang Young-mi (KOR) | 12 | Choi In-jeong (KOR) | 13 | ||||||||
| Nozomi Sato (JPN) | 13 | Nozomi Sato (JPN) | 11 | ||||||||
| Choi Eun-sook (KOR) | 14 | Choi In-jeong (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Choi In-jeong (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| China | 45 | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 22 | China | 45 | ||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 29 | Japan | 30 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | China | 40 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 44 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| Australia | 43 | Hong Kong | 39 | ||||||||
| Singapore | 26 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 43 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Japan | 45 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 31 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
 Mona Shaito (LBN) | 9 | Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||
| Lim Seung-min (KOR) | 13 | Le Huilin (CHN) | 9 | ||||||||
| Le Huilin (CHN) | 15 | Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) | 12 | ||||||||
| Liu Yongshi (CHN) | 7 | Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) | 11 | ||||||||
| Kim Mi-na (KOR) | 15 | Kim Mi-na (KOR) | 9 | ||||||||
| Lin Po Heung (HKG) | 5 | Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) | 10 | ||||||||
| Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 12 | South Korea | 44 | ||||||||
| Australia | 27 | Hong Kong | 26 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 45 | South Korea | 35 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | China | 32 | ||||||||
| Singapore | 31 | Japan | 25 | ||||||||
 Macau | 14 | China | 37 | ||||||||
| China | 45 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 45 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 32 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Kim Ji-yeon (KOR) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Hwang Seon-a (KOR) | 12 | Kim Ji-yeon (KOR) | 14 | ||||||||
| Qian Jiarui (CHN) | 11 | Shen Chen (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Shen Chen (CHN) | 15 | Shen Chen (CHN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Misaki Emura (JPN) | 15 | Chika Aoki (JPN) | 7 | ||||||||
| Yoon Ji-su (KOR) | 6 | Misaki Emura (JPN) | 10 | ||||||||
| Chika Aoki (JPN) | 15 | Chika Aoki (JPN) | 15 | ||||||||
| Mika Kikuchi (JPN) | 6 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 21 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 29 | Hong Kong | 26 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 45 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | China | 34 | ||||||||
| Thailand | 26 | Japan | 39 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 32 | China | 45 | ||||||||
| China | 45 | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 42 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 45 | ||||||||||
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