Fencing events were contested at the 1997 Summer Universiade in the island of Sicily, Italy.
Medal overview edit
Men's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Foil |  Rolando Tucker (CUB)
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 Sergei Golubitsky (UKR)
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 Vadim Ayupov (RUS) Wang Haibin (CHN)
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| Team Foil | Ukraine (UKR)
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Cuba (CUB)
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China (CHN)
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| Individual Épée | Oleksandr Horbachuk (UKR)
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Iván Trevejo (CUB)
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 Davide Burroni (ITA) Gunther Krajevski (GER)
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| Team Épée | Ukraine (UKR)
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 Hungary (HUN)
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 Poland (POL)
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| Individual Sabre | Vadim Gutzeit (UKR)
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Luigi Tarantino (ITA)
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Sergey Sharikov (RUS) Dmitry Lapkes (BLR)
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| Team Sabre | Italy (ITA)
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Hungary (HUN)
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Ukraine (UKR)
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Women's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
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Anna Giacometti (ITA)
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Ildikó Mincza (HUN) Xiao Aihua (CHN)
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| Team Foil | Hungary (HUN)
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Italy (ITA)
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 Romania (ROM)
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| Individual Épée | Tímea Nagy (HUN)
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Karina Aznavourian (RUS)
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Barbara Ciszewska (POL) Viktoriya Titova (UKR)
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| Team Épée | Hungary (HUN)
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Russia (RUS)
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China (CHN)
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Medal table edit
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA)* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |