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1997 World Championships in Fencing
Dates	13–19 July
Host city	Cape Town, South Africa
← 1995 The Hague 1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds →

The 1997 World Fencing Championships were held from 13 July to 19 July 1997 in Cape Town, South Africa at the newly constructed Foreshore Exhibition Centre.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Éric Srecki	Pavel Kolobkov	Robert Andrzejuk Robert Leroux
Individual foil	Sergei Golubitsky	Kim Young-ho	Wang Haibin Lionel Plumenail
Individual sabre	Stanislav Pozdnyakov	Luigi Tarantino	Rafal Sznajder Damien Touya
Team épée	Cuba Nelson Loyola Torriente Iván Trevejo Perez Carlos Pedroso	Germany Arnd Schmitt Michael Flegler Mark Steifensand Elmar Borrmann	Italy Angelo Mazzoni Sandro Cuomo Alfredo Rota Maurizio Randazzo
Team foil	France Lionel Plumenail Olivier Lambert Franck Boidin Laurent Bel	Cuba Rolando Tuckers Leon Oscar García Pérez Elvis Gregory Gil Ignacio González	Italy Daniele Crosta Alessandro Puccini Stefano Cerioni Salvatore Sanzo
Team sabre	France Damien Touya Jean-Philippe Daurelle Gaël Touya Matthieu Gourdain	Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sergey Sharikov Grigory Kiriyenko Aleksandr Shirshov	Hungary Domonkos Ferjancsik József Navarrete György Boros Csaba Köves

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Mirayda García Soto	Zuleydis Ortiz	Taymi Chappé Gyöngyi Szalay
Individual foil	Giovanna Trillini	Sabine Bau	Diana Bianchedi Monika Weber
Team épée	Hungary Gyöngyi Szalay Adrienn Hormay Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Király	Germany Imke Duplitzer Claudia Bokel Katja Nass Eva-Maria Ittner	France Laura Flessel-Colovic Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois Elsa Girardot
Team foil	Italy Giovanna Trillini Diana Bianchedi Valentina Vezzali Annamaria Giacometti	Romania Laura Badea Reka Szabo-Lazar Roxana Scarlat Mioara David	Germany Sabine Bau Monika Weber Rita Koenig Gesine Schiel

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	3	0	4	7
2	Cuba (CUB)	2	2	0	4
3	Italy (ITA)	2	1	3	6
4	Russia (RUS)	1	2	0	3
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	2	3
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
7	Germany (GER)	0	3	2	5
8	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
10	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
11	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		10	10	15	35

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