title: 2003 World Fencing Championships
text: # 2003 World Fencing Championships
  
  The 2003 World Fencing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba. The event took place from October 5 to October 11, 2003.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Épée | Fabrice Jeannet (FRA) | Maksym Khvorost (UKR) | Ulrich Robeiri (FRA) Vitaly Zakharov (BLR) |
  | Foil | Peter Joppich (GER) | Simone Vanni (ITA) | Brice Guyart (FRA) Andrea Cassarà (ITA) |
  | Sabre | Volodymyr Lukashenko (UKR) | Mihai Covaliu (ROU) | Aldo Montano (ITA) Domonkos Ferjancsik (HUN) |
  | Team Épée | Russia Pavel Kolobkov Sergey Kochetkov Aleksey Selin Igor Turchin | Germany Jörg Fiedler Norman Ackermann Christoph Kneip Wolfgang Raich | Sweden Fredrik Nilsson Robert Dingl Péter Vánky Magnus Malmgren |
  | Team Foil | Italy Andrea Cassarà Marco Ramacci Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni | China Wang Haibin Wu Hanxiong Ye Chong Zhu Rui | Germany Ralf Bißdorf Dominik Behr Peter Joppich André Weßels |
  | Team Sabre | Russia Sergey Sharikov Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko Aleksey Dyachenko | Hungary Domonkos Ferjancsik Kende Fodor Balázs Lengyel Zsolt Nemcsik | Ukraine Dmytro Boiko Volodymyr Lukashenko Oleg Shturbabin Vladyslav Tretiak |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Foil | Valentina Vezzali | Sylwia Gruchała | Aida Mohamed Roxana Scarlat |
  | Épée | Natalia Konrad | Maureen Nisima | Li Na Cristina Cascioli |
  | Sabre | Dorina Mihai | Xue Tan | Gioia Marzocca Aleksandra Socha |
  | Team Épée | | | |
  | Team Foil | | | |
  | Team Sabre | | | |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
  | 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 10 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
  