World Fencing Championships
Fencing · International Fencing Federation (FIE)
2026LatestHong Kong 2026, 22 to 30 July: 12 events
- Next
- Tashkent 2027, 20 to 28 July
- Most golds
- Italy, 128; then France, 100; then Hungary, 97
- Most golds (fencer)
- Valentina Vezzali (Italy), 16 golds, 1994 to 2016; among men, Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy), 13
- India
- No medal
- Cycle
- Most years, but not in most Olympic years. In some Olympic years only events missing from that Games' programme were held. These were women's team foil from 1932 to 1956, women's épée in 1988 and 1992 and two team events in each Olympic year from 2000 to 2016. None were held from 1939 to 1946 or in 2020, 2021 or 2024
India at the World Championships
India has no medal in the file.
More about this tournament
Hong Kong 2026 champions
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Épée, individual | Lucas Malcotti (Switzerland) | Song Se-ra (South Korea) |
| Épée, team | Kazakhstan | Italy |
| Foil, individual | Alexander Choupenitch (Czech Republic) | Martina Favaretto (Italy) |
| Foil, team | Italy | Italy |
| Sabre, individual | Pavel Graudyn (Russia) | Larissa Eifler (Germany) |
| Sabre, team | France | Hungary |
The 2026 article writes Graudyn's nation as Russia.
Medal table (1921 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 128 | 116 | 138 | 382 |
| 2 | France | 100 | 101 | 100 | 301 |
| 3 | Hungary | 97 | 90 | 100 | 287 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 92 | 54 | 47 | 193 |
| 5 | Russia | 57 | 32 | 36 | 125 |
| 6 | West Germany | 25 | 26 | 16 | 67 |
| 7 | Germany | 23 | 36 | 46 | 105 |
| 8 | Poland | 18 | 30 | 43 | 91 |
| 9 | United States | 14 | 18 | 19 | 51 |
| 10 | Romania | 13 | 22 | 35 | 70 |
Team medals count once for the nation. Germany, West Germany and East Germany are counted on their own.