The 2016 World Fencing Championships were held at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 25 to 27 April 2016.^[1][2] Only two disciplines that are not in the 2016 Olympic program were held.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	0	2
2	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team sabre details	Russia Dmitriy Danilenko Kamil Ibragimov Nikolay Kovalev Aleksey Yakimenko	Hungary Tamás Decsi Nikolász Iliász András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi	Romania Alin Badea Ciprian Gălățanu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Iulian Teodosiu
Women's team foil details	Russia Inna Deriglazova Larisa Korobeynikova Aida Shanayeva Adelina Zagidullina	Italy Martina Batini Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali	France Gaëlle Gebet Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus