The 2001 World Fencing Championships were held in Nîmes, France. The event took place from October 26 to November 1, 2001.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |  Fabrice Jeannet Oliver Lücke | ||
| Foil | Brice Guyart Franck Boidin | ||
| Sabre | Mathieu Gourdain  Rafal Sznajder | ||
| Team Épée | Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács Géza Imre Attila Fekete | Kaido Kaaberma Nikolai Novosjolov Sergei Vaht Meelis Loit | Fabrice Jeannet Hugues Obry Rémy Delhomme Jérôme Jeannet |
| Team Foil | Loïc Attely Jean-Noël Ferrari Brice Guyart Franck Boidin | Adam Krzesiński Sławomir Mocek Tomasz Ciepły Piotr Kielpikowski | Elvis Gregory Oscar García Raúl Perojo Eddy Patterson |
| Team Sabre | Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sergey Sharikov Aleksey Frosin Aleksey Dyachenko | Domonkos Ferjancsik Kende Fodor Balázs Lengyel Zsolt Nemcsik | Mihai Covaliu Florin Zalomir Florin Lupeică Victor Găureanu |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |  Maria Isaksson Gianna Hablützel-Bürki | ||
| Foil |  Roxana Scarlat  Ekaterina Youcheva | ||
| Sabre |  Yelena Jemayeva  Gioia Marzocca | ||
| Team Épée | Tatyana Logunova Anna Sivkova Maria Mazina Tatyana Fakhrutdinova | Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen | Ildikó Mincza Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Tóth Adrienn Hormay |
| Team Foil | Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali Frida Scarpa | Yekaterina Yusheva Svetlana Boyko Olga Lobyntseva Julia Khakimova | Erinn Smart Ann Marsh Iris Zimmermann Felicia Zimmermann |
| Team Sabre | Yelena Nechayeva Natalya Makeyeva Irina Bazhenova Elisaveta Gorst | Andreea Pelei Cătălina Gheorghițoaia Irina Drăghici | Sandra Benad Sabine Thieltges Doreen Häntzsch Stefanie Kubissa |