The 1999 World Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea. The event took place from November 1 to November 8, 1999. It was the first Fencing World Championship in which individual and team women's sabre competitions were held.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Arnd Schmitt |  Peter Vanky |  Pavel Kolobkov  Kaido Kaaberma |
| Individual Foil |  Sergei Golubitsky |  Matteo Zennaro | Wolfgang Wienand  Kim Young-Ho |
| Individual Sabre |  Damien Touya | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Jean-Phillippe Daurelle Luigi Tarantino |
| Team Épée | Jean-François Di Martino Eric Srecki Hugues Obry Rémy Delhomme | Arnd Schmitt Marc-Konstantin Steifensand Jörg Fiedler Elmar Borrmann | Iván Trevejo Carlos Pedroso Nilson Loyola Torriente Camilo Boris |
| Team Foil | Lionel Plumenail Patrice Lhotellier Jean Noël Ferrari Jean-Yves Robin | Wang Haibin Ye Chong Zhang Jie Dong Zhaozhi | Adam Krzesinski Piotr Kielpikowski Slawomir Mocek Wojciech Szuchnicki |
| Team Sabre | Damien Touya Jean-Phillippe Daurelle Matthieu Gourdain Julien Pillet | Marcin Sobala Norbert Jaskot Rafal Sznajder Arkadiusz Nowinowski | Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Frosin Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Dyachenko |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Épée | Laura Flessel-Colovic | Diana Romagnoli |  Ildikó Mincza  Miraida Garcia-Soto |
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali | Sabine Bau |  Iris Zimmermann Svetlana Boyko |
| Individual Sabre |  Yelena Jemayeva | Ilaria Bianco | Ève Pouteil-Noble Anna Ferraro |
| Team Épée | Ildikó Mincza Gyöngyi Szalay Hajnalka Tóth Tímea Nagy | Yang Shaogi Liang Qin Li Na | Imke Duplitzer Claudia Bokel Kristina Ophardt Katja Nass |
| Team Foil | Sabine Bau Monika Weber Gesine Schiel Simone Bauer | Sylwia Gruchala Barbara Wolnicka Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Alicja Kryczalo | Xiao Aihua Meng Jie Yuan Li Shi Haiying |
| Team Sabre | Ilaria Bianco Anna Ferraro Alessia Tognolli Daniela Colaiacomo | Ève Pouteil-Noble Cécile Argiolas Anne-Lise Touya Magalie Carrier | Yelena Jemayeva Anjela Volkova Tatiana Diachenko |