| 2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 11–17 October |
| Host city | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Events | 24 |
2025 → | |
The 2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships took place from 11 to 17 October 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1]
| 2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Dates | 11–17 October |
| Host city | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Events | 24 |
2025 → | |
The 2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships took place from 11 to 17 October 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [2] | Cyril Lacroix  France | Nicolas Piofret France | Darko Limov  Croatia |
Rafael A. Suarez C.  United States | |||
| Sabre Individual [3] | Oliver Emmerich  Italy | Stefano Lanciotti Italy | Phillips Kim United States |
| Ronald Thornton United States |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [4] | Inessa Rodionova  Individual Neutral Athletes | Hilke Kollmetz  Germany | Valerie Preaux France |
| Jane Carter United States | |||
| Sabre Individual [5] | Nicole Thome Germany | Zarina Tilliakhodzhaeva Individual Neutral Athletes | Julie Seal United States |
Dorothea Tanzmeister  Austria |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [6] | Christian Dousse  Switzerland | Igor Tarasov Individual Neutral Athletes | Greerson Mcmullen Sr  Great Britain |
| Yury Shvarts Individual Neutral Athletes | |||
| Sabre Individual [7] | George Matt United States | Aleh Pimenau  Netherlands | Alberto Feira Chios Italy |
| Joshua Runyan United States |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [8] | Sheila Anderson Great Britain | Jenny Bonney-Millett  Australia | Astrid Kircheis Germany |
| Stefanie Reese Germany | |||
| Sabre Individual [9] | Robin Pernice United States | Lydia Fabry United States | Michele Narey Great Britain |
| Du Min Yi Australia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [10] | Richard Purdie Australia | Maurizio Galvan Italy | Philippe Bennett United States |
| Joseph Streb United States | |||
| Sabre Individual [11] | Giulio Paroli Italy | Joseph Streb United States | Donald Malnati United States |
| Riccardo Carmina Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée Individual | |||
| Foil Individual [12] | Anne-Marie Walters United States | Kaoru Amari  Japan | Jane Clayton Great Britain |
| Antoinette Willard France | |||
| Sabre Individual [13] | Jennette Starks-Faulkner United States | Vivien Ena Frith Great Britain | Jeannine Bender United States |
| Linda Dunn United States |
* Host nation (United Arab Emirates)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 15 | 27 | 57 | |
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