Fencing events were contested at the 2001 Summer Universiade were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Medal overview
Men's events
| 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)
|
| Team foil | China (CHN)
|
Italy (ITA)
|
 France (FRA)
|
| Individual épée | Denis Matthieu (FRA)
|
 Maksym Khvorost (UKR)
|
 Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) Aleksey Selin (RUS)
|
| Team épée | France (FRA)
|
Italy (ITA)
|
 Switzerland (SUI)
|
| 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)
|
 Spain (ESP)
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Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
|
Meng Jie (CHN)
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Ekaterina Youcheva (RUS) Zhang Lei (CHN)
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| Team foil | China (CHN)
|
Italy (ITA)
|
Russia (RUS)
|
| Individual épée | Yang Shaoqi (CHN)
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Anna Garina (UKR)
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Olga Aleksejeva (EST) Li Na (CHN)
|
| Team épée | China (CHN)
|
Russia (RUS)
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Ukraine (UKR)
|
| 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
* 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 | |
References
| Events at the 2001 Summer Universiade (Beijing) | ||
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| Fencing at the Summer World University Games | ||
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