The 1991 World Fencing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary. The event took place from June 13 to June 23, 1991.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Andrey Shuvalov | Robert Felisiak | Sergey Kostarev  Iván Kovács |
| Individual Foil | Ingo Weissenborn | Thorsten Weidner |  Laurent Bel Youssef Hocine |
| Individual Sabre | Grigory Kiriyenko | Péter Abay | György Nébald Vadim Gutzeit |
| Team Épée | Andrey Shuvalov Serguei Kostarev Serhiy Kravchuk Kaido Kaaberma Pavel Kolobkov | Éric Srecki Robert Leroux Olivier Lenglet Hervé Faget Jean-Michel Henry | Robert Felisiak Marius Strzalka Arnd Schmitt Elmar Borrmann Uwe Proske |
| Team Foil | Elvis Gregory Gil Oscar Garcia Tulio Diaz Guillermo Betancourt Rolando Tucker | Ingo Weissenborn Thorsten Weidner Udo Wagner Ulrich Schreck Uwe Römer | Laurent Bel Youssef Hocine Philippe Omnes Patrice Lhotellier Olivier Lambert |
| Team Sabre | Péter Abay György Nébald Bence Szabó Csaba Köves Imre Bujdosó | Grigory Kiriyenko Vadim Gutzeit Aleksandr Shirshov Sergei Bogoslowski Andrey Alshan | Felix Becker Jacek Huchwajda Jürgen Nolte Jörg Kempenich Frank Bleckmann |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Mariann Horváth | Eva-Maria Ittner | Oksana Yermakova Marina Várkonyi |
| Individual Foil |  Giovanna Trillini |  Claudia Grigorescu | Sabine Bau Tatiana Sadovskaia |
| Team Épée | Mariann Horváth Marina Várkonyi Zsuzsanna Szőcs Adrienne Hormay Gyöngyi Szalay | Marie Hauterville Brigitte Benon Valérie Devaux Valérie Barlois Florence Topin | Oksana Yermakova Maria Mazina Viktoria Titova Elcate Lebedeva-Gorskai Yuliya Garayeva |
| Team Foil | Giovanna Trillini Dorina Vaccaroni Francesca Bortolozzi Diana Bianchedi Margherita Zalaffi | Tatyana Sadovskaya Olga Velichko Yelena Glikina Olga Sidorova Tatiana Napalkova | Sabine Bau Zita Funkenhauser Rosalia Huszti Annette Dobmeier Anja Fichtel |