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The 2000 European Fencing Championships were held in Madeira, Portugal. The event took place from 3 to 9 July 2000 at the Madeira Tecnopolo in Funchal. It gathered competitors from 31 countries.
Medal summary
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil |  Salvatore Sanzo (ITA) |
 Johannes Krüger (GER) |
 Loïc Attely (FRA) João Gomes (POR) |
| Épée |  Pavel Kolobkov (RUS) |
 Kaido Kaaberma (EST) |
 Christoph Marik (AUT) Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN) |
| Sabre | Sergey Sharikov (RUS) |
Aleksey Frosin (RUS) |
Stanislav Pozdnyakov (RUS) Fernando Casares (SPA) |
| Team Foil | Portugal |
Austria |
Italy |
| Team Épée | France |
Spain |
Germany |
| Team Sabre | Russia |
 Belarus |
 Ukraine |
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil |  Sylwia Gruchała (POL) |
 Reka Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) |
Bella Nusueva (RUS) Yekaterina Yusheva (RUS) |
| Épée | Rosa María Castillejo (SPA) |
Olga Cygan (POL) |
Hajnalka Király (HUN) Monika Maciejewska (POL) |
| Sabre | Anne-Lise Touya (FRA) |
Yelena Nechayeva (RUS) |
 Yelena Jemayeva (AZE) Gioia Marzocca (ITA) |
| Team Foil | Russia |
Romania |
Poland |
| Team Épée |  Switzerland |
Hungary |
Germany |
| Team Sabre | Russia |
France |
Italy |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |