1997 World Fencing Championships

Host City Cape Town
Country RSA
Held 13 – 19 July 1997
Competitors 72
Countries 12

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Épée individual Men — Medal 4 3
Épée team Men — Medal 11 3
Foil individual Men — Medal 4 4
Foil team Men — Medal 13 3
Sabre individual Men — Medal 4 4
Sabre team Men — Medal 12 3
Épée individual Women — Medal 4 3
Épée team Women — Medal 12 3
Foil individual Women — Medal 4 2
Foil team Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 France FRA 3 0 4 7
2 Cuba CUB 2 2 0 4
3 Italy ITA 2 1 3 6
4 Russia RUS 1 2 0 3
5 Hungary HUN 1 0 2 3
6 Ukraine UKR 1 0 0 1
7 Germany GER 0 3 2 5
8 Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
= South Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
10 Poland POL 0 0 2 2
11 China CHN 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Épée individual, Men Éric Srecki FRA Pavel Kolobkov RUS Robert Leroux
Robert Andrzejuk 		FRA
POL
Épée team, Men Cuba CUB Germany GER Italy ITA
Foil individual, Men Serhiy Holubytskyi UKR Kim Yeong-Ho KOR Wang Haibin
Lionel Plumenail 		CHN
FRA
Foil team, Men France FRA Cuba CUB Italy ITA
Sabre individual, Men Stanislav Pozdnyakov RUS Luigi Tarantino ITA Damien Touya
Rafał Sznajder 		FRA
POL
Sabre team, Men France FRA Russia RUS Hungary HUN
Épée individual, Women Mirayda García CUB Zuleidis Ortiz CUB Taymi Chappé
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth 		ESP
HUN
Épée team, Women Hungary HUN Germany GER France FRA
Foil individual, Women Giovanna Trillini ITA Sabine Bau GER Monika Weber
Diana Bianchedi 		GER
ITA
Foil team, Women Italy ITA Romania ROU Germany GER