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The Commonwealth Fencing Championships is a fencing event held in the Commonwealth of Nations. Following the removal of fencing as a core sport within the main Commonwealth Games, the first Commonwealth Fencing Championships were held in 1974 and they have been held in the same cycle as the Commonwealth Games ever since. The Championships are managed by Commonwealth Fencing Federation.
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| Year | Location | Men's Individual | Women's Individual | Men's Team | Women's Team |
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| 2018 [2] |  Canberra |  Ben Peggs |  Chloe Dickson | Australia | Scotland |
| 2014 [3] | Largs | Jamie Fitzgerald |  Wenying Wang | England | Singapore |
| 2010 [4] | Melbourne | Frank Bartolillo |  P Yuan | Australia | England |
| 2006 |  Belfast |  J. McGuire | M. Kwan | Canada | Canada |
| 2002 | Newcastle | Frank Bartolillo | Eloise Smith | Australia | England |
| 1998 |  Shah Alam | D. McKenzie | Eloise Smith | England | England |
| Year | Location | Men's Individual | Women's Individual | Men's Team | Women's Team |
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| 2018 [2] | Canberra | William Deary |  Bhavani Devi | India | England |
| 2014 [3] | Largs | Alex Crutchett |  Katherine Kempe | England | Scotland |
| 2010 [4] | Melbourne | Alex Crutchett | Joanna Hutchison | England | England |
| Year | Location | Men's Individual | Women's Individual | Men's Team | Women's Team |
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| 2018 [2] | Canberra | Tommy C. Jones | Leonora Mackinnon | England | England |
| 2014 [3] | Largs | England Dudley Tredger | Singapore | Singapore | |
| 2010 [4] | Melbourne | Marc Burkhalter | Evelyn Halls | England | Australia |
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