Fencing was contested at the 2021 Summer World University Games from 2 to 7 July 2023 at Pidu Sports Centre, Chengdu.^[1]

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	2	4	9
2	China*	3	1	2	6
3	Hong Kong	3	0	1	4
4	Italy	2	4	2	8
5	South Korea	1	2	1	4
6	Hungary	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
9	Japan	0	0	3	3
10	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	18	42

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Kendrick Jean-Joseph  France	Yan Sych  Ukraine	Xiu Yuhan  China
			Luidgi Midelton  France
Individual sabre details	Park Sang-won  South Korea	Gergő Horváth  Hungary	Samuel Jarry  France
			Tamon Yoshida  Japan
Individual foil details	Cheung Ka Long  Hong Kong	Pierre Loisel  France	Jan Jurkiewicz  Poland
			Ryan Choi  Hong Kong
Team épée details	France Tyvan Bibard Aymerick Gally Kendrick Jean-Joseph Luidgi Midelton	China Lan Minghao Wang Zijie Xiu Yuhan Yu Lefan	Italy Filippo Armaleo Giulio Gaetani Simone Mencarelli Giacomo Paolini
Team sabre details	Italy Alberto Arpino Dario Cavaliere Leonardo Dreossi Giacomo Mignuzzi	South Korea Do Gyeong-dong Hwang Hyun-ho Park Sang-won Sung Hyeon-mo	Kazakhstan Zhanat Nabiyev Artyom Sarkissyan Nazarbay Sattarkhan
Team foil details	Hong Kong Cheung Ka Long Ryan Choi Lee Yat Long Aaron Lawrence Ng	France Tyvan Bibard Maximilien Chastanet Pierre Loisel Alexandre Sido	Italy Davide Filippi Francesco Ingargiola Giulio Lombardi Tommaso Martini

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée details	Kaylin Hsieh  Hong Kong	Sara Maria Kowalczyk  Italy	Catherine Nixon  United States
			Tamaki Terayama  Japan
Individual sabre details	Chao Yaqi  China	Choi Ji-young  South Korea	Malina Vongsavady  France
			Sarah Noutcha  France
Individual foil details	Serena Rossini  Italy	Elena Tangherlini  Italy	Chen Qingyuan  China
			Sim So-eun  South Korea
Team épée details	China Li Shanshan Shi Yuexin Tang Junyao Xu Nuo	Italy Alessandra Bozza Sara Maria Kowalczyk Roberta Marzani Gaia Traditi	Hungary Jázmin Tóth Eszter Muhari Edina Kardos Tamara Gnám
Team sabre details	France Sarah Noutcha Anne Poupinet Cyrielle Rioux Malina Vongsavady	United States Alexis Anglade Chloe Fox-Gitomer Tatiana Nazlymov Kaitlyn Pak	Uzbekistan Zaynab Dayibekova Gulistan Perdebaeva Aysuliu Usnatdinova
Team foil details	China Chen Qingyuan Fu Yiting Huang Qianqian	Italy Giulia Amore Anna Cristino Serena Rossini Elena Tangherlini	Japan Reina Iwamoto Arisa Kano Haruka Umetsu

403 fencers from 45 nations:^[2]

• Men's individual sabre had ? fencers in ? pools; ? fencers would qualify to tables. Women's individual épée had ? fencers in ? pools; ? fencers would qualify to tables.
• Men's individual épee had ? fencers in ? pools; ? fencers would qualify to tables. Women's individual foil had ? fencers in ? pools; ? fencers would qualify to tables.
• Men's individual foil had 68 fencers in 10 pools; 50 fencers would qualify to tables. Women's individual sabre had 45 fencers in 7 pools; 34 fencers would qualify to tables.