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.
Medal summary Men's events Event Gold Silver BronzeIndividual épée Éric Srecki Pavel Kolobkov Robert Andrzejuk Robert LerouxIndividual foil Sergei Golubitsky Kim Young-ho Wang Haibin Lionel PlumenailIndividual sabre Stanislav Pozdnyakov Luigi Tarantino Rafal Sznajder Damien TouyaTeam épée Nelson Loyola Torriente Iván Trevejo Perez Carlos Pedroso Arnd Schmitt Michael Flegler Mark Steifensand Elmar Borrmann Angelo Mazzoni Sandro Cuomo Alfredo Rota Maurizio RandazzoTeam foil Lionel Plumenail Olivier Lambert Franck Boidin Laurent Bel Rolando Tuckers Leon Oscar García Pérez Elvis Gregory Gil Ignacio González Daniele Crosta Alessandro Puccini Stefano Cerioni Salvatore SanzoTeam sabre Damien Touya Jean-Philippe Daurelle Gaël Touya Matthieu Gourdain Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sergey Sharikov Grigory Kiriyenko Aleksandr Shirshov Domonkos Ferjancsik József Navarrete György Boros Csaba Köves
Women's events Event Gold Silver BronzeIndividual épée Mirayda García Soto Zuleydis Ortiz Taymi Chappé Gyöngyi SzalayIndividual foil Giovanna Trillini Sabine Bau Diana Bianchedi Monika WeberTeam épée Gyöngyi Szalay Adrienn Hormay Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Király Imke Duplitzer Claudia Bokel Katja Nass Eva-Maria Ittner Laura Flessel-Colovic Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois Elsa GirardotTeam foil Giovanna Trillini Diana Bianchedi Valentina Vezzali Annamaria Giacometti Laura Badea Reka Szabo-Lazar Roxana Scarlat Mioara David Sabine Bau Monika Weber Rita Koenig Gesine Schiel
Medal table
References FIE Results