The women's sabre competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 8 August at the Carioca Arena 3.

Russia's Yana Egorian won the gold medal over compatriot Sofiya Velikaya, and Ukraine's Olha Kharlan won the bronze medal.

[1] The medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, IOC member, Poland and Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the European Fencing Confederation and Russian Olympic Committee.

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