| Women's foil at the 2023 World Fencing Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Milan Convention Center | ||||||||||||
| Location | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23 July (qualification) 26 July (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 129 from 45 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 foil competition at the 2023 World Fencing Championships was held on 26 July 2023. The qualification was held on 23 July. [1] [2]
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
 Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||
| Martina Favaretto | 10 | |||||
| Arianna Errigo | 10 | |||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||
 Lee Kiefer | 13 | |||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
 Ysaora Thibus | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Isis Giménez | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Ysaora Thibus | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Karin Miyawaki | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Karin Miyawaki | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Bia Bulcão | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ysaora Thibus | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Yunjia Zhang | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Daphne Chan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Daphne Chan | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Chen Qingyuan | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Mălina Călugăreanu | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Yuka Ueno | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Sumire Tsuji | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Yuka Ueno | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Mălina Călugăreanu | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Lilli Maria Brugger | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Mălina Călugăreanu | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Mălina Călugăreanu | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Leandra Behr | 10 | |||||||||||||
 Yara El-Sharkawy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Leandra Behr | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Leandra Behr | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Eleanor Harvey | 10 | |||||||||||||
 Maxine Esteban | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Eleanor Harvey | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| Martina Favaretto | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Stavroula Garyfallou | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Favaretto | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Carolina Stutchbury | 13 | |||||||||||||
 Lior Druck | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Carolina Stutchbury | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Favaretto | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Anita Blaze | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Anita Blaze | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Miriam Schreiber | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Anita Blaze | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Morgane Patru | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Morgane Patru | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Jessica Guo | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Favaretto | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Sera Azuma | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Shi Yue | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Arantza Inostroza | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Arantza Inostroza | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Maia Weintraub | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Amita Berthier | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Maia Weintraub | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Maia Weintraub | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Sera Azuma | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Cai Yuanting | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Hong Hyo-jin | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Cai Yuanting | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Sera Azuma | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Andreea Dincă | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Sera Azuma | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Se-na | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Lauren Scruggs | 14 | |||||||||||||
 Laeticia Jørgensen | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Lauren Scruggs | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Julia Walczyk | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Olivia Wolhgemuth | 15 | |||||||||||||
 María Mariño | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Olivia Wolhgemuth | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Julia Walczyk | 15 | |||||||||||||
 Umida Ilyosova | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Julia Walczyk | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Alice Volpi | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Batini | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Leonie Ebert | 14 | |||||||||||||
 Alely Hernández | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Leonie Ebert | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Huang Qianqian | 12 | |||||||||||||
 Dóra Lupkovics | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Huang Qianqian | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Huang Qianqian | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Batini | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Gili Kuritzky | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Sabrina Fang | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Gili Kuritzky | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Batini | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Valerie Cheng | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Martina Batini | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| Anne Sauer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Amelie Tsang | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Anne Sauer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Kata Kondricz | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Kata Kondricz | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Fanni Kreiss | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Anne Sauer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Pauline Ranvier | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Flóra Pásztor | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Emilia Corbu | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Flóra Pásztor | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Pauline Ranvier | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Aleksandra Jeglińska | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Pauline Ranvier | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Anne Sauer | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Kiefer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Jacqueline Dubrovich | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Ester Schreiber | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Jacqueline Dubrovich | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Leyla Pirieva | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Leyla Pirieva | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Hanna Łyczbińska | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Jacqueline Dubrovich | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Kiefer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Maxine Wong | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Sophia Wu | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Sophia Wu | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Kiefer | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Aliya Dhuique-Hein | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Kiefer | 15 | |||||||||||||
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