{{Short description|2017 edition of the World Fencing Championships}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2017}}
{{World Championships in Fencing |Name = 2017 World Fencing Championships |Logo = World Fencing Championship Leipzig 2017.svg |Size = |Host city = [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]] |Optional caption = |Nations participating = |Athletes participating = |Events = 12 |dates = 19–26 July |Stadium = [[Arena Leipzig]] |previous = [[2016 World Fencing Championships|2016 Rio]] |next = [[2018 World Fencing Championships|2018 Wuxi]] }} {{2017WorldChampionshipofFencing}} The '''2017 [[World Fencing Championships]]''' was held at the [[Arena Leipzig]] in [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]] from 19 to 26 July 2017.<ref name="fechten2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.fechten2017.de/sport/schedule.html?L=1|publisher=fechten2017.de|title=www.fechten2017.de :: Die FechtWM 2017 in Leipzig: Schedule|access-date=2017-04-14|archive-date=2017-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729140739/http://www.fechten2017.de/sport/schedule.html?L=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During the championships there was a demonstration of [[wheelchair fencing]]. Russian [[Ksenia Ovsyannikova]] was Head of the Promotion Commission of IWAS and [[Pal Szekeres]] IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Chairman and [[Udo Ziegler]] IWAS Secretary General was also present at the Arena Leipzig Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-26|title=Wheelchair Fencing Presented at FIE World Championships in Leipzig, Germany.|url=https://iwasf.com/news/wheelchair-fencing-presented-at-fie-world-championships-in-leipzig-germany/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Int'l Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629165739/https://iwasf.com/news/wheelchair-fencing-presented-at-fie-world-championships-in-leipzig-germany/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Schedule== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;" |- |bgcolor=#00cc33| ● ||Opening Ceremony|| bgcolor=#d0a9f5| Q||Qualifying || bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● ||Finals||bgcolor=#ee3333| ● ||Closing Ceremony |- |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;" |- ! colspan="2" | July !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! 23 !! 24 !! 25 !! 26 !! Total |- | colspan="2" | Ceremonies || || ||bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center|● || || || || ||bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center|●|| |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | Foil Individual <!-- 19 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Women <!-- 20 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Men <!-- 21 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- 22 -->| <!-- 23 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Men <!-- 24 -->| <!-- 25 -->| <!-- 26 -->| <!-- T -->| 2 |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | Épée Individual <!-- 19 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Men <!-- 20 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Women <!-- 21 -->| <!-- 22 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Men <!-- 23 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- 24 -->| <!-- 25 -->| <!-- 26 -->| <!-- T -->| 2 |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | Epee Individual <!-- 19 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Men <!-- 20 -->| bgcolor=#d0a9f5 | Women <!-- 21 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Men <!-- 22 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- 23 -->| <!-- 24 -->| <!-- 25 -->| <!-- 26 -->| <!-- T -->| 2 |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | fencing Team <!-- 19 -->| <!-- 20 -->| <!-- 21 -->| <!-- 22 -->| <!-- 23 -->| <!-- 24 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Men <!-- 25 -->| <!-- 26 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- T -->| 2 |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | Florete Team <!-- 19 -->| <!-- 20 -->| <!-- 21 -->| <!-- 22 -->| <!-- 23 -->| <!-- 24 -->| <!-- 25 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- 26 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- T -->| 2 |- align="center" | colspan="2" align="left" | Sabre Team <!-- 19 -->| <!-- 20 -->| <!-- 21 -->| <!-- 22 -->| <!-- 23 -->| <!-- 24 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Men <!-- 25 -->| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | Women <!-- 26 -->| <!-- T -->| 2 |- ! colspan="2" | Total Gold Medals!!0!!0!!2!!2!!2!!2!!2!!2!!12 |}
==Medal summary== ===Medal table=== {{Color box|#ccccff| |border=darkgray}} Host nation {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = | event = | team = | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 4 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 3 | gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0 | gold_EST = 1 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 1 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 5 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 0 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1 | host_GER = yes }}
===Men's events=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | Individual épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's épée at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Paolo Pizzo]]|ITA}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Nikolai Novosjolov]]|EST}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Richard Schmidt (fencer)|Richard Schmidt]]|GER}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[András Rédli]]|HUN}} |- | Team épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team épée at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{FRA}}<br>[[Yannick Borel]]<br>[[Ronan Gustin]]<br>[[Daniel Jérent]] <br>[[Jean-Michel Lucenay]] |{{SUI}}<br>[[Max Heinzer]]<br>[[Georg Kuhn]]<br>[[Michele Niggeler]]<br>[[Benjamin Steffen]] |{{RUS}}<br>[[Nikita Glazkov]]<br>[[Anton Glebko]]<br>[[Sergey Khodos]]<br>[[Pavel Sukhov]] |- | Individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's foil at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Dmitry Zherebchenko]]|RUS}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Toshiya Saito]]|JPN}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Daniele Garozzo]]|ITA}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[Takahiro Shikine]]|JPN}} |- | Team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team foil at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{ITA}}<br>[[Giorgio Avola]]<br>[[Andrea Cassarà]]<br>[[Alessio Foconi]]<br>[[Daniele Garozzo]] |{{USA}}<br>[[Miles Chamley-Watson]]<br>[[Race Imboden]]<br>[[Alexander Massialas]]<br>[[Gerek Meinhardt]] |{{FRA}}<br>[[Jérémy Cadot]]<br>[[Enzo Lefort]]<br>[[Erwann Le Péchoux]]<br>[[Julien Mertine]] |- | Individual sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's sabre at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[András Szatmári]]|HUN}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Gu Bon-gil]]|KOR}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Kamil Ibragimov]]|RUS}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[Vincent Anstett]]|FRA}} |- | Team sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team sabre at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{KOR}}<br>[[Gu Bon-gil]]<br>[[Kim Jun-ho (fencer)|Kim Jun-ho]]<br>[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-hwan]]<br>[[Oh Sang-uk]] |{{HUN}}<br>[[Tamás Decsi]]<br>[[Csanád Gémesi]]<br>[[András Szatmári]]<br>[[Áron Szilágyi]] |{{ITA}}<br>[[Enrico Berrè]]<br>[[Dario Cavaliere]]<br>[[Luca Curatoli]]<br>[[Luigi Samele (fencer)|Luigi Samele]] |}
===Women's events=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | Individual épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's épée at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Gudkova (fencer)|Tatyana Gudkova]]|RUS}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Ewa Nelip]]|POL}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Olena Kryvytska]]|UKR}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[Julia Beljajeva]]|EST}} |- | Team épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team épée at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{EST}}<br>[[Julia Beljajeva]]<br>[[Irina Embrich]]<br>[[Erika Kirpu]]<br>[[Kristina Kuusk]] |{{CHN}}<br>[[Sun Yiwen]]<br>[[Sun Yujie]]<br>[[Xu Chengzi]]<br>[[Zhu Mingye]] |{{POL}}<br>[[Renata Knapik-Miazga]]<br>[[Ewa Nelip]]<br>[[Magdalena Piekarska]]<br>[[Barbara Rutz]] |- | Individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's foil at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Inna Deriglazova]]|RUS}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Alice Volpi]]|ITA}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Arianna Errigo]]|ITA}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[Ysaora Thibus]]|FRA}} |- | Team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team foil at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{ITA}}<br>[[Martina Batini]]<br>[[Arianna Errigo]]<br>[[Camilla Mancini]]<br>[[Alice Volpi]] |{{USA}}<br>[[Lee Kiefer]]<br>[[Margaret Lu]]<br>[[Nzingha Prescod]]<br>[[Nicole Ross]] |{{RUS}}<br>[[Inna Deriglazova]]<br>[[Anastasia Ivanova]]<br>[[Svetlana Tripapina]]<br>[[Adelina Zagidullina]] |- | Individual sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's sabre at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Olha Kharlan]]|UKR}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Azza Besbes]]|TUN}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Irene Vecchi]]|ITA}}<hr>{{flagmedalist|[[Cécilia Berder]]|FRA}} |- | Team sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team sabre at the 2017 World Fencing Championships}} |{{ITA}}<br>[[Martina Criscio]]<br>[[Rossella Gregorio]]<br>[[Loreta Gulotta]]<br>[[Irene Vecchi]] |{{KOR}}<br>[[Hwang Seon-a]]<br>[[Kim Ji-yeon (fencer)|Kim Ji-yeon]]<br>[[Seo Ji-yeon]]<br>[[Yoon Ji-su]] |{{FRA}}<br>[[Cécilia Berder]]<br>[[Manon Brunet]]<br>[[Charlotte Lembach]]<br>[[Caroline Queroli]] |}
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