2025 World Fencing Championships

2025 World Fencing Championships
Dates	22–30 July
Host city	Tbilisi, Georgia
Venue	Olympic Palace
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The 2025 World Fencing Championships were held from 22 to 30 July 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia.^[1]

Schedule

Twelve events were held.^[2]

Date	Round
22 July	Women's épée qualification
	Men's foil qualification
23 July	Women's épée
	Men's foil
24 July	Women's foil qualification
	Men's sabre qualification
25 July	Women's team épée qualification
	Men's team foil qualification
	Women's foil
	Men's sabre
26 July	Men's épée qualification
	Women's sabre qualification
	Women's team épée
	Men's team foil
27 July	Women's team foil qualification
	Men's team sabre qualification
	Women's sabre
	Men's épée
28 July	Women's team foil
	Men's team sabre
29 July	Men's team épée qualification
	Women's team sabre qualification
30 July	Men's team épée
	Women's team sabre

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Georgia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	3	1	6
2	United States	2	1	0	3
3	Italy	2	0	4	6
4	Japan	2	0	1	3
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	1	2	0	3
5	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
6	Georgia*	1	0	0	1
	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
8	Hungary	0	3	3	6
9	South Korea	0	1	2	3
10	Estonia	0	1	1	2
11	Poland	0	1	0	1
12	China	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	18	42

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Koki Kano  Japan	Gergely Siklósi  Hungary	Masaru Yamada  Japan
			Nikita Koshman  Ukraine
Team épée details	Japan Seiya Asami Koki Kano Akira Komata Masaru Yamada	Hungary Tibor Andrásfi Zsombor Keszthelyi Máté Tamás Koch Gergely Siklósi	Kazakhstan Ruslan Kurbanov Elmir Alimzhanov Kirill Prokhodov Vadim Sharlaimov
Individual foil details	Ryan Choi  Hong Kong	Kirill Borodachev Individual Neutral Athletes	Gergő Szemes  Hungary
			Maxime Pauty  France
Team foil details	Italy Guillaume Bianchi Alessio Foconi Filippo Macchi Tommaso Marini	United States Nick Itkin Bryce Louie Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt	Hungary Dániel Dósa Andor Mihályi Gergő Szemes Gergely Tóth
Individual sabre details	Sandro Bazadze  Georgia	Jean-Philippe Patrice  France	Ahmed Hesham  Egypt
			Luca Curatoli  Italy
Team sabre details	Italy Luca Curatoli Michele Gallo Matteo Neri Pietro Torre	Hungary Csanád Gémesi Nikolász Iliász Krisztián Rabb Áron Szilágyi	Romania Vlad Covaliu George Dragomir Radu Nițu Răzvan Ursachi

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Vlada Kharkova  Ukraine	Katrina Lehis  Estonia	Irina Embrich  Estonia
			Song Se-ra  South Korea
Team épée details	France Marie-Florence Candassamy Alexandra Louis-Marie Lauren Rembi Éloïse Vanryssel	Individual Neutral Athletes Milen Bavuge Khabimana Iana Bekmurzova Aizanat Murtazaeva Kristina Yasinskaya	South Korea Kim Hyang-eun Lee Hye-in Lim Tae-hee Song Se-ra
Individual foil details	Lee Kiefer  United States	Pauline Ranvier  France	Anna Cristino  Italy
			Martina Favaretto  Italy
Team foil details	United States Emily Jing Lee Kiefer Jaelyn Liu Lauren Scruggs	France Anita Blaze Éva Lacheray Morgane Patru Pauline Ranvier	Italy Anna Cristino Arianna Errigo Martina Favaretto Alice Volpi
Individual sabre details	Yana Egorian Individual Neutral Athletes	Zuzanna Cieślar  Poland	Pan Qimiao  China
			Alina Komashchuk  Ukraine
Team sabre details	France Sara Balzer Faustine Clapier Sarah Noutcha Toscane Tori	South Korea Choi Se-bin Jeon Ha-young Kim Jeong-mi Seo Ji-yeon	Hungary Sugár Katinka Battai Renáta Katona Liza Pusztai Luca Szűcs

Controversies

Some Russian fencers were allowed to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes despite being members of Russian military, which contradicts IOC's recommendation. According to Ukrainian media, among athletes who are members of the Russian Armed Forces were lieutenant Yana Egorian, eventual World champion, major and Putin's authorized representative during the 2024 elections Sofya Velikaya, and warrant officer Olga Nikitina.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} More than 440 fencers from 40 countries signed a petition to FIE to reinstate rigorous background checks on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as neutrals.^[8]

Protest actions were held in front of the hotel Russian fencers were staying. The protesters called them "Russian pigs" and exploded fireworks.^[9]

References

1. "FIE Congress Concludes with Key Decisions". eurofencing.info. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
2. "Invitation" (PDF). fie.org. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
3. "Офіційна заява ФФУ з приводу допуску до чемпіонату світу-2025 спортсменів у "нейтральному статусі", які є представниками ЦСКА рф і мають військові звання". National Fencing Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
4. "Довірена особа Путіна візьме участь у чемпіонаті світу з фехтування". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2025.
5. "Скандал на ЧС з фехтування: серед "нейтралок" - майор армії РФ". korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2025.
6. "Майора російської армії випускають на фехтувальну доріжку: Світова федерація фехтування дозволила участь росіян і білорусів у чемпіонаті світу". depo.ua (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2025.
7. "«Допустили армію на чемпіонат світу»: FIE внесла до змагальної заявки майора, прапорщика та лейтенанта РФ". Tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2025.
8. "Fencers urge federation to reinstate checks on 'neutral' Russian, Belarusian athletes". Reuters (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2025.
9. "В Тбилиси провели акцию протеста у отеля, где живут российские фехтовальщики, приехавшие на чемпионат мира". Meduza (in Russian). 27 July 2025.