| 2015 World Fencing Championships | |
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| Host city | Moscow, Russia |
| Date(s) | 13–19 July |
| Main Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
| Nations participating | 108 |
| Athletes participating | 912 |
| Events | 12 |
2016 Rio → | |
| 2015 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 2015 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from 13 to 19 July 2015. [1]
The schedule of the competition. [2]
| ● | Opening Ceremony | Q | Qualifying | ● | Finals | ● | Closing Ceremony |
| July | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||
| Foil Individual | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Sabre Individual | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Épée Individual | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Foil Team | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Sabre Team | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Épée Team | Q | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Total Gold Medals | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 |  | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 nations) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | | | |
| Team épée | Anatoliy Herey Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Bohdan Nikishyn | Jung Seung-hwa Kweon Young-jun Na Jong-kwan Park Kyoung-doo | Peer Borsky Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Benjamin Steffen |
| Individual foil | | | |
| Team foil | Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Daniele Garozzo | Artur Akhmatkhuzin Aleksey Cheremisinov Renal Ganeyev Dmitry Rigin | Chen Haiwei Lei Sheng Ma Jianfei Li Chen |
| Individual sabre | | | |
| Team sabre | Enrico Berrè Luca Curatoli Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi | Kamil Ibragimov Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko | Max Hartung Nicolas Limbach Matyas Szabo Benedikt Wagner |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | | | |
| Team épée | Hao Jialu Sun Yujie Sun Yiwen Xu Anqi | Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop | Olena Kryvytska Kseniya Pantelyeyeva Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina |
| Individual foil | | | |
| Team foil | Martina Batini Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali | Yuliya Biryukova Inna Deriglazova Larisa Korobeynikova Aida Shanayeva | Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus |
| Individual sabre | | | |
| Team sabre | Yekaterina Dyachenko Yana Egorian Yuliya Gavrilova Sofiya Velikaya | Olha Kharlan Alina Komashchuk Olena Kravatska Olena Voronina | Ibtihaj Muhammad Anne-Elizabeth Stone Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
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