2005 World Championships in Fencing
Host city	Leipzig, Germany
Date(s)	October 9–15
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The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany. The event took place from October 9 to October 15, 2005.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée	Pavel Kolobkov (RUS)	Fabrice Jeannet (FRA)	Bas Verwijlen (NED)  Claus Mørch (NOR)
Foil	Salvatore Sanzo (ITA)	Zhang Liangliang (CHN)	Andrei Deev (RUS)  Nicolas Beaudan (FRA)
Sabre	Mihai Covaliu (ROU)	Stanislav Pozdnyakov (RUS)	Oleh Shturbabin (UKR)  Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS)
Team Épée	France Érik Boisse Ulrich Robeiri Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet	Germany Daniel Strigel Martin Schmitt Sven Schmid Jörg Fiedler	Ukraine Dmytro Chumak Dmitriy Karuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Osharov
Team Foil	France Victor Sintès Nicolas Beaudan Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart	Italy Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni	Germany Dominik Behr Ralf Bissdorf Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink
Team Sabre	Russia Aleksey Dyachenko Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko	Italy Andrea Aquili Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	France Vincent Anstett Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Épée	Danuta Dmowska (POL)	Maarika Võsu (EST)	Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA)  Sherraine Mackay (CAN)
Foil	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	Anja Müller (GER)	Adeline Wuillème (FRA)  Edina Knapek (HUN)
Sabre	Anne-Lise Touya (FRA)	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	Alessandra Lucchino (ITA)  Ilaria Bianco (ITA)
Team Épée	France Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Maureen Nisima	Hungary Julianna Révész Emese Szász Hajnalka Toth Adrienn Hormay	Germany Monika Sozanska Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Claudia Bokel
Team Foil	South Korea Lee Hyun-sun Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Seo Mi-jung	Romania Andreea Andrei Cristina Ghiță Roxana Scarlat Cristina Stahl	France Corinne Maîtrejean Astrid Guyart Céline Seigneur Adeline Wuillème
Team Sabre	United States Sada Jacobson Caitlin Thompson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis	Russia Sofiya Velikaya Ekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Svetlana Kormilitsyna	Hungary Edina Csaba Orsolya Nagy Dora Varga Gabriella Sznopek

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	1	5	10
2	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
3	Italy (ITA)	2	2	2	6
4	Romania (ROM)	1	1	0	2
5	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
8	Germany (GER)*	0	2	2	4
9	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
10	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
12	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
13	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	18	42