{{short description|International fencing competition}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2026}} {{World Championships in Fencing |Name = 2008 World Championships in Fencing |Logo = |Size = |Host city ={{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing, China |Optional caption = |Nations participating = |Athletes participating = |Events = |dates = April 18 – 20 |Stadium = |previous = 2007 Saint Petersburg |next = 2009 Antalya }}

The '''2008 World Fencing Championships''' were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from April 18 to April 20, 2008. It had men's team foil and women's team épée, both of which were not held at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

== Medal summary == {| class="wikitable" ! width="100" |Event ! style="background-color:gold;" width="200" |Image:Med 1.png Gold ! style="background-color:silver;" width="200" |Image:Med 2.png Silver ! style="background-color:#CC9966;" width="200" |Image:Med 3.png Bronze |- ||Men's Team Foil |{{flag|Italy}}<br>Andrea Baldini<br>Andrea Cassarà<br>Stefano Barrera<br>Salvatore Sanzo |{{flag|Germany}}<br>Peter Joppich<br>Benjamin Kleibrink<br>Dominik Behr<br>&nbsp; |{{flag|Poland}}<br>Michał Majewski<br>Radosław Glonek<br>Marcin Zawada<br>Sławomir Mocek |- | Women's Team Épée |{{flag|France}}<br>Laura Flessel<br>Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot<br>Maureen Nisima<br>Sarah Daninthe |{{flag|China}}<br>Li Na<br>Luo Xiaojuan<br>Zhang Li<br>Zhong Weiping |{{flag|Germany}}<br>Imke Duplitzer<br>Britta Heidemann<br>Marijana Markovic<br>Monika Sozanska |}

==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = CHN | flag_template = | event = | team = | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0 | host_CHN = yes | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1 }}

== See also == * Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

{{World Fencing Championships}}

Category:World Fencing Championships W Fencing Championships Category:Sports competitions in Beijing Category:2008 in Beijing Category:April 2008 sports events in China

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