| 2013 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 Women's sabre event of the 2013 World Fencing Championships was held on August 9, 2013, while its qualification round, was held on August 6, 2013.
| Gold |  Olha Kharlan (UKR) |
| Silver |  Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Kim Ji-yeon (KOR) |
 Irene Vecchi (ITA) |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19:20 | ||||||
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||
| 20:55 | ||||||
| Kim Ji-yeon | 14 | |||||
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||
| 19:40 | ||||||
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 12 | |||||
| Irene Vecchi | 12 | |||||
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 64 |  Hareem Ahmad | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 33 |  Marta Puda | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Marta Puda | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32 |  Laia Vila | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Alejandra Benítez | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Alina Komashchuk | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 48 |  Qian Jianmei | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Qian Jianmei | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Alejandra Benítez | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Livia Stagni | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Alejandra Benítez | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 41 |  Anna Várhelyi | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Dina Galiakbarova | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Sandra Marcos | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Sandra Marcos | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Anna Várhelyi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Anna Várhelyi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 |  Sibylle Klemm | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Anna Várhelyi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 40 |  Béline Boulay | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Charlotte Lembach | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Béline Boulay | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Béline Boulay | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Dagmara Wozniak | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 57 |  Mihaela Bulică | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dagmara Wozniak | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aleksandra Socha | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Zhang Xueqian | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aleksandra Socha | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Araceli Navarro | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Kim Ara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Araceli Navarro | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aleksandra Socha | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Halyna Pundyk | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Bianca Pascu | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 44 |  Julieta Toledo | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Bianca Pascu | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Halyna Pundyk | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Halyna Pundyk | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Azza Besbes | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Aleksandra Socha | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kim Ji-yeon | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Ibtihaj Muhammad | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 52 |  Sevil Bunyatova | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Ibtihaj Muhammad | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yoon Ji-su | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 45 |  Yuliya Zhivitsa | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yoon Ji-su | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Yoon Ji-su | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kim Ji-yeon | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Cécilia Berder | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Rossella Gregorio | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Cécilia Berder | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kim Ji-yeon | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 61 |  Elora Ugo | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kim Ji-yeon | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Irene Vecchi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 62 |  Mami Itoh | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Irene Vecchi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Katarzyna Kedziora | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 35 |  Volha Kisialiova | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Katarzyna Kedziora | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Irene Vecchi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Zhu Min | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Anna Márton | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Sabina Mikina | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Anna Márton | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Zhu Min | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Alexandra Bujdoso | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Zhu Min | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Irene Vecchi | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Vassiliki Vougiouka | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Lee Ra-jin | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Stefanie Kubissa | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Lee Ra-jin | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 43 |  Eileen Grench | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Eileen Grench | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 |  Sandra Sassine | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Lee Ra-jin | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vassiliki Vougiouka | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Anna Limbach | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Yana Egorian | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Yana Egorian | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vassiliki Vougiouka | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 59 |  Lam Hin Wai | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vassiliki Vougiouka | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Erika Hirose | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 26 |  María Belén Pérez Maurice | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Réka Benkó | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 26 | María Belén Pérez Maurice | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yuliya Gavrilova | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Paola Pliego | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Sevinj Bunyatova | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Paola Pliego | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yuliya Gavrilova | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Ilaria Bianco | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yuliya Gavrilova | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mariel Zagunis | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Anne-Elizabeth Stone | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Olena Voronina | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Anne-Elizabeth Stone | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Matylda Ostojska | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Ho Siu In Jenny | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Matylda Ostojska | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Matylda Ostojska | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mariel Zagunis | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Saoussen Boudiaf | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Ursula Gonzalez Garate | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Saoussen Boudiaf | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mariel Zagunis | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Marissa Ponich | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mariel Zagunis | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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