// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did fencers at 2017 African Championships go to therapy? They had point-less issues.
The 2017 African Fencing Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 8 to 12 June.
Medal summary
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil[1] |  Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY) |
 Mohamed Samandi (TUN) |
 Jérémy Keryhuel (CIV) Mohamed Essam (EGY) |
| Épée[2] | Ayman Mohamed Fayez (EGY) |
 Satya Gunput (MRI) |
Ahmed El-Saghir (EGY) Alexendre Bouzaid (SEN) |
| Sabre[3] | Fares Ferjani (TUN) |
Hichem Smandi (TUN) |
Ihen Ben Chaabene (TUN) Ziad Elsissy (EGY) |
| Team Foil[4] | Egypt |
Tunisia |
 South Africa |
| Team Épée[5] | Egypt |
 Morocco |
Senegal |
| Team Sabre[6] | Tunisia |
Egypt |
Senegal |
Women's events
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil | Inès Boubakri (TUN) |
Yara Elsharkawy (EGY) |
 Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG) Noura Mohamed (EGY) |
| Épée | Gbahi Gwladys Sakoa (CIV) |
Salwa Gaber (EGY) |
Shirwit Gaber (EGY) Maya Mansouri (TUN) |
| Sabre | Azza Besbes (TUN) |
Yosra Ghrairi (TUN) |
Meriem Ahmed (EGY) Logayn Faramawe (EGY) |
| Team Foil | Egypt |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
| Team Épée | Tunisia |
Egypt |
South Africa |
| Team Sabre | Tunisia |
Egypt |
Algeria |
Medal table
[edit]Host
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt* | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |