| 2015 World Fencing Championships | |
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| Host city | Moscow, Russia |
| Date(s) | 13–19 July |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Nations participating | 108 |
| Athletes participating | 912 |
| Events | 12 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |  Russia (RUS)* | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual épée | Géza Imre (HUN) | Gauthier Grumier (FRA) | Jung Seung-hwa (KOR) Patrick Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Team épée | Ukraine Anatoliy Herey Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Bohdan Nikishyn | South Korea Jung Seung-hwa Kweon Young-jun Na Jong-kwan Park Kyoung-doo | Switzerland Peer Borsky Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Benjamin Steffen |
| Individual foil | Yuki Ota (JPN) |  Alexander Massialas (USA) | Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS) Gerek Meinhardt (USA) |
| Team foil | Italy Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Daniele Garozzo | Russia Artur Akhmatkhuzin Aleksey Cheremisinov Renal Ganeyev Dmitry Rigin | China Chen Haiwei Lei Sheng Ma Jianfei Li Chen |
| Individual sabre | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) | Daryl Homer (USA) | Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU) Max Hartung (GER) |
| Team sabre | Italy Enrico Berrè Luca Curatoli Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi | Russia Kamil Ibragimov Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko | Germany Max Hartung Nicolas Limbach Matyas Szabo Benedikt Wagner |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) | Emma Samuelsson (SWE) | Sarra Besbes (TUN) Xu Anqi (CHN) |
| Team épée | China Hao Jialu Sun Yujie Sun Yiwen Xu Anqi | Romania Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop | Ukraine Olena Kryvytska Kseniya Pantelyeyeva Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina |
| Individual foil | Inna Deriglazova (RUS) | Aida Shanayeva (RUS) | Arianna Errigo (ITA) Nzingha Prescod (USA) |
| Team foil | Italy Martina Batini Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali | Russia Yuliya Biryukova Inna Deriglazova Larisa Korobeynikova Aida Shanayeva | France Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus |
| Individual sabre | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Cécilia Berder (FRA) | Shen Chen (CHN) Anna Márton (HUN) |
| Team sabre | Russia Yekaterina Dyachenko Yana Egorian Yuliya Gavrilova Sofiya Velikaya | Ukraine Olha Kharlan Alina Komashchuk Olena Kravatska Olena Voronina | United States Ibtihaj Muhammad Anne-Elizabeth Stone Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis |
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