2000 World Fencing Championships
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The 2000 World Fencing Championships
were held in Budapest
, Hungary
. The event took place from June 29 to July 2, 2000 for competitions in women's team sabre and women's individual sabre, both of which were not held at the 2000 Summer Olympics
.
FIE World Championships in Fencing
The World Championships in Fencing is an annual competition organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime or FIE, . The world championships are, after the Olympic Games, the most prominent international competition in the sport of fencing...
were held in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. The event took place from June 29 to July 2, 2000 for competitions in women's team sabre and women's individual sabre, both of which were not held at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
.
Medal summary
| Event |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| Women's Individual Sabre |  AzerbaijanYelena Jemayeva |
 ItalyIlaria Bianco |
 Early Modern FranceAnne-Lise Touya  GermanySandra Benad |
| Women's Team Sabre |  United States |
Italy |
Early Modern France |
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |