Fencing events were contested at the 2001 Summer Universiade were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Medal overview
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Foil |  Dong Zhaozhi (CHN)
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Wang Haibin (CHN)
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 Vadim Ayupov (RUS) Lorenzo Mammi (ITA)
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| Team Foil | China (CHN)
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Italy (ITA)
|
 France (FRA)
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| Individual Épée | Denis Matthieu (FRA)
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 Maksym Khvorost (UKR)
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 Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) Aleksey Selin (RUS)
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| Team Épée | France (FRA)
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Italy (ITA)
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 Switzerland (SUI)
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| Individual Sabre | Sergey Sharikov (RUS)
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Gianpiero Pastore (ITA)
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Alessandro Cavaliere (ITA) Aleksey Frosin (RUS)
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| Team Sabre | Russia (RUS)
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Italy (ITA)
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 Spain (ESP)
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Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
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Meng Jie (CHN)
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Ekaterina Youcheva (RUS) Zhang Lei (CHN)
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| Team Foil | China (CHN)
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Italy (ITA)
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Russia (RUS)
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| Individual Épée | Yang Shaoqi (CHN)
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Anna Garina (UKR)
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Olga Aleksejeva (EST) Li Na (CHN)
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| Team Épée | China (CHN)
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Russia (RUS)
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Ukraine (UKR)
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| Individual Sabre | Ilaria Bianco (ITA)
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Natalya Makeyeva (RUS)
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Bao Yingying (CHN) Gioia Marzocca (ITA)
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| Team Sabre | Russia (RUS)
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China (CHN)
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Italy (ITA)
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Medal table
edit* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China* | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |