World Fencing Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1921 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	—	1	3	2
1922 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	—	1	2	2
1922 World Fencing Championships	Ostende	BEL	—	2	4	3
1923 World Fencing Championships	Den Haag	NED	—	2	5	2
1925 World Fencing Championships	Ostende	BEL	—	1	3	1
1926 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	—	2	6	2
1926 World Fencing Championships	Ostende	BEL	—	1	3	2
1927 World Fencing Championships	Vichy	FRA	—	3	9	4
1929 World Fencing Championships	Napoli	ITA	—	5	25	6
1930 World Fencing Championships	Liège	BEL	—	7	52	6
1931 World Fencing Championships	Wien	AUT	—	7	52	7
1932 World Fencing Championships	København	DEN	—	1	15	3
1933 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	9 – 18 June 1933	8	64	7
1934 World Fencing Championships	Warszawa	POL	20 – 29 June 1934	8	66	7
1935 World Fencing Championships	Lausanne	SUI	19 – 29 June 1935	8	61	7
1936 World Fencing Championships	San Remo	ITA	15 – 16 February 1936	1	13	3
1937 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	19 – 30 July 1937	8	70	8
1938 World Fencing Championships	Piešťany	TCH	—	7	49	6
1947 World Fencing Championships	Lisboa	POR	—	8	59	7
1948 World Fencing Championships	Den Haag	NED	24 – 25 July 1948	1	17	3
1949 World Fencing Championships	Cairo	EGY	—	7	41	6
1950 World Fencing Championships	Monte Carlo	MON	9 – 22 July 1950	8	64	7
1951 World Fencing Championships	Stockholm	SWE	20 May – 2 June 1951	8	70	7
1952 World Fencing Championships	København	DEN	14 – 15 July 1952	1	15	3
1953 World Fencing Championships	Bruxelles	BEL	15 – 29 July 1953	8	68	6
1954 World Fencing Championships	Luxembourg	LUX	10 – 21 June 1954	8	70	6
1955 World Fencing Championships	Roma	ITA	9 – 21 October 1955	8	70	5
1956 World Fencing Championships	London	GBR	14 – 15 September 1956	1	17	3
1957 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	16 – 28 September 1957	8	70	8
1958 World Fencing Championships	Philadelphia	USA	18 – 30 August 1958	8	61	7
1959 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	12 – 25 July 1959	8	64	7
1961 World Fencing Championships	Torino	ITA	17 – 29 July 1961	8	70	7
1962 World Fencing Championships	Buenos Aires	ARG	16 – 28 July 1962	8	69	8
1963 World Fencing Championships	Gdańsk	POL	14 – 28 July 1963	8	60	6
1965 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	1 – 12 July 1965	8	64	7
1966 World Fencing Championships	Moskva	URS	6 – 16 July 1966	8	63	5
1967 World Fencing Championships	Montréal	CAN	5 – 16 July 1967	8	65	7
1969 World Fencing Championships	La Habana	CUB	2 – 13 October 1969	8	62	6
1970 World Fencing Championships	Ankara	TUR	13 – 24 September 1970	8	64	7
1971 World Fencing Championships	Wien	AUT	5 – 16 July 1971	8	63	7
1973 World Fencing Championships	Göteborg	SWE	10 – 24 June 1973	8	64	8
1974 World Fencing Championships	Grenoble	FRA	18 – 27 July 1974	8	56	8
1975 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	11 – 21 July 1975	8	50	8
1977 World Fencing Championships	Buenos Aires	ARG	14 – 24 July 1977	8	51	7
1978 World Fencing Championships	Hamburg	GER	12 – 22 July 1978	8	60	9
1979 World Fencing Championships	Melbourne	AUS	18 – 28 August 1979	8	62	7
1981 World Fencing Championships	Clermont-Ferrand	FRA	2 – 13 July 1981	8	54	8
1982 World Fencing Championships	Roma	ITA	15 – 24 July 1982	8	59	7
1983 World Fencing Championships	Wien	AUT	20 – 30 July 1983	8	59	10
1985 World Fencing Championships	Barcelona	ESP	11 – 21 July 1985	8	59	7
1986 World Fencing Championships	Sofia	BUL	25 July – 3 August 1986	8	59	9
1987 World Fencing Championships	Lausanne	SUI	16 – 26 July 1987	8	59	10
1988 World Fencing Championships	Orléans	FRA	1 – 3 July 1988	2	16	4
1989 World Fencing Championships	Denver	USA	5 – 15 July 1989	10	74	10
1990 World Fencing Championships	Lyon	FRA	8 – 16 July 1990	10	79	8
1991 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	13 – 23 June 1991	10	79	7
1992 World Fencing Championships	La Habana	CUB	10 – 12 July 1992	2	15	6
1993 World Fencing Championships	Essen	GER	1 – 11 July 1993	10	84	11
1994 World Fencing Championships	Athina	GRE	3 – 8 July 1994	10	70	13
1995 World Fencing Championships	Den Haag	NED	18 – 23 July 1995	10	66	12
1997 World Fencing Championships	Cape Town	RSA	13 – 19 July 1997	10	72	12
1998 World Fencing Championships	La Chaux-de-Fonds	SUI	6 – 11 October 1998	10	73	12
1999 World Fencing Championships	Seoul	KOR	1 – 8 November 1999	12	84	15
2000 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	29 June – 2 July 2000	2	13	5
2001 World Fencing Championships	Nîmes	FRA	26 October – 1 November 2001	12	86	13
2002 World Fencing Championships	Lisboa	POR	18 – 23 August 2002	12	86	13
2003 World Fencing Championships	La Habana	CUB	5 – 11 October 2003	12	87	12
2004 World Fencing Championships	New York City	USA	11 June 2004	2	21	6
2005 World Fencing Championships	Leipzig	GER	9 – 15 October 2005	12	88	15
2006 World Fencing Championships	Torino	ITA	29 September – 7 October 2006	12	85	13
2007 World Fencing Championships	Saint Petersburg	RUS	28 September – 7 October 2007	12	86	11
2008 World Fencing Championships	Beijing	CHN	18 – 20 April 2008	2	23	5
2009 World Fencing Championships	Antalya	TUR	30 September – 8 October 2009	12	84	14
2010 World Fencing Championships	Paris	FRA	4 – 13 November 2010	12	82	13
2011 World Fencing Championships	Catania	ITA	8 – 16 October 2011	12	81	13
2012 World Fencing Championships	Kyiv	UKR	13 – 14 April 2012	2	24	5
2013 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	5 – 12 August 2013	12	85	13
2014 World Fencing Championships	Kazan	RUS	15 – 23 July 2014	12	82	13
2015 World Fencing Championships	Moskva	RUS	13 – 19 July 2015	12	87	15
2016 World Fencing Championships	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	25 – 27 April 2016	2	24	5
2017 World Fencing Championships	Leipzig	GER	19 – 26 July 2017	12	86	14
2018 World Fencing Championships	Wuxi	CHN	19 – 27 July 2018	12	86	14
2019 World Fencing Championships	Budapest	HUN	15 – 23 July 2019	12	86	15
2022 World Fencing Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	15 – 23 July 2022	12	84	16
2023 World Fencing Championships	Milano	ITA	22 – 30 July 2023	12	86	15
2025 World Fencing Championships	Tbilisi	GEO	22 – 30 July 2025	12	85	16

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Italy	ITA	124	112	140	376
2	France	FRA	99	100	99	298
3	Hungary	HUN	96	90	98	284
4	Soviet Union	URS	92	54	47	193
5	Russia	RUS	56	32	37	125
6	Germany	GER	47	63	62	172
7	Poland	POL	18	30	42	90
8	United States	USA	14	17	18	49
9	Romania	ROU	13	22	33	68
10	Ukraine	UKR	13	12	22	47
11	South Korea	KOR	11	13	29	53
12	China	CHN	8	20	18	46
13	Sweden	SWE	7	15	21	43
14	Cuba	CUB	6	5	9	20
15	Japan	JPN	6	2	9	17
16	Estonia	EST	5	7	7	19
17	Denmark	DEN	5	3	4	12
18	Austria	AUT	4	4	9	17
19	Great Britain	GBR	3	6	10	19
20	Netherlands	NED	3	3	6	12
21	Switzerland	SUI	2	9	13	24
22	Belgium	BEL	2	4	10	16
23	Spain	ESP	2	2	7	11
24	Azerbaijan	AZE	2	2	4	8
25	Bulgaria	BUL	1	3	5	9
26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	3	1	5
27	Neutral Participant	NEU	1	2	0	3
28	Georgia	GEO	1	1	1	3
29	Hong Kong	HKG	1	0	4	5
30	Norway	NOR	1	0	1	2
31	Brazil	BRA	1	0	0	1
32	Venezuela	VEN	0	2	1	3
33	Greece	GRE	0	1	3	4
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	3	4
35	Belarus	BLR	0	1	2	3
=	Canada	CAN	0	1	2	3
37	Portugal	POR	0	1	0	1
38	Egypt	EGY	0	0	9	9
39	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	0	2	2
40	Colombia	COL	0	0	1	1
=	East Germany	GDR	0	0	1	1
=	Finland	FIN	0	0	1	1
=	Iran	IRI	0	0	1	1
=	West Germany	FRG	0	0	1	1