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Fencing is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.
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Fencing is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Fencing events | Best nation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | |||||
| I | 1951 | Alexandria |  Egypt | 6 | — | 6 |  Italy (ITA) |
| II | 1955 | Barcelona |  Spain | 6 | — | 6 |  France (FRA) |
| III | 1959 | Beirut |  Lebanon | 6 | — | 6 | France (FRA) |
| IV | 1963 | Naples |  Italy | 3 | — | 3 | France (FRA) |
| V | 1967 | Tunis |  Tunisia | 3 | — | 3 | France (FRA) |
| VI | 1971 | İzmir |  Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 | Italy (ITA) |
| VII | 1975 | Algiers |  Algeria | 3 | 1 | 4 | Italy (ITA) |
| VIII | 1979 | Split |  Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 4 | France (FRA) |
| IX | 1983 | Casablanca |  Morocco | 3 | 1 | 4 | Italy (ITA) |
| X | 1987 | Latakia |  Syria | Not included in program | |||
| XI | 1991 | Athens |  Greece | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| XII | 1993 | Languedoc-Roussillon |  France | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| XIII | 1997 | Bari | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| XIV | 2001 | Tunis | Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 4 | Italy (ITA) |
| XV | 2005 | Almería |  Spain | 3 | 2 | 5 | France (FRA) |
| XVI | 2009 | Pescara | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 | Italy (ITA) |
| XVII | 2013 | Mersin | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 | Italy (ITA) |
| XVIII | 2018 | Tarragona | Spain | 1 | 3 | 4 |  Tunisia (TUN) |
| XIX | 2022 | Oran | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 6 | Italy (ITA) |
| Event | 51 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épée, individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 18 | |
| Épée, team | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Foil, individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 16 | |||
| Foil, team | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sabre, individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 15 | ||||
| Sabre, team | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Event | 51 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épée, individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Foil, individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | ||||||
| Sabre, individual | X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games. Italics represent teams that no longer exist.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 39 | 39 | 35 | 113 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 33 | 25 | 31 | 89 |
| 3 |  Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 United Arab Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 81 | 81 | 107 | 269 | |
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