1999 World Fencing Championships
| 1999 World Championships in Fencing | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Date(s) | November 1 – 8 |
The 1999 World Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea. The event took place from November 1 to November 8, 1999. It was the first Fencing World Championship in which individual and team women's sabre competitions were held.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée |  Arnd Schmitt
|
Peter Vanky
|
 Pavel Kolobkov  Kaido Kaaberma
|
| Individual Foil |  Sergei Golubitsky
|
 Matteo Zennaro
|
Kim Young-Ho
|
| Individual Sabre |  Damien Touya
|
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
|
|
| Team Épée |
|
Germany Arnd Schmitt Marc-Konstantin Steifensand Jörg Fiedler Elmar Borrmann |
 Cuba Iván Trevejo Carlos Pedroso Nilson Loyola Torriente Camilo Boris |
| Team Foil | France Lionel Plumenail Patrice Lhotellier Jean Noël Ferrari Jean-Yves Robin |
 China Wang Haibin Ye Chong Zhang Jie Dong Zhaozhi |
 Slawomir Mocek
Wojciech Szuchnicki |
| Team Sabre | Matthieu Gourdain
Julien Pillet |
Rafal Sznajder
Arkadiusz Nowinowski |
Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Frosin Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko |
Women's events
| Event | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Laura Flessel-Colovic
|
 Diana Romagnoli
|
|
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali
|
Sabine Bau
|
 Iris Zimmermann Svetlana Boyko
|
| Individual Sabre |  Yelena Jemayeva
|
Ilaria Bianco
|
Ève Pouteil-Noble Anna Ferraro
|
| Team Épée | 
|
China Yang Shaogi Liang Qin Li Na |
Germany Imke Duplitzer Claudia Bokel Kristina Ophardt Katja Nass |
| Team Foil |
|
|
China Xiao Aihua Meng Jie Yuan Li Shi Haiying |
| Team Sabre | Italy Ilaria Bianco Anna Ferraro Alessia Tognolli Daniela Colaiacomo |
France Ève Pouteil-Noble Cécile Argiolas Anne-Lise Touya Magalie Carrier |
Azerbaijan Yelena Jemayeva Anjela Volkova Tatiana Diachenko |
Medal table
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea (KOR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
References
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