Arab Athletes Add 18 Medals on Day 3 at the Mediterranean Games
As of Day 3, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco have already put 26 medals on the board in Taranto.
Arab athletes had a major day at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, with Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco combining for 18 medals on Day 3 alone.
The 20th edition of the Mediterranean Games brings together 3,803 athletes from 26 countries across 28 sports.
Egypt led the Arab haul on Day 3 with six medals, followed by Algeria with five, Morocco with four and Tunisia with three.
Here are all 18 Arab medals won on the third day of competition.
Gold: Mohamed El-Sayed, Egypt
The Olympic bronze medallist delivered an all-Egyptian final in the men’s épée, beating compatriot Youssef Shamel 14–11. The pair recently won team bronze together at the World Championships and drew attention for their moment against Israel. The result gave Egypt another gold in fencing.
Gold: Mohamed Hassan, Egypt
Hassan claimed gold in the 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling final after defeating Algeria’s Fayçal Benfredj 3–1. Benfredj took silver, giving the bout an Egyptian-Algerian finish at the top of the podium.
Gold: Abdelkarim Fergat, Algeria
Fergat secured Algeria’s first gold medal of the Games with a dominant 10–1 victory over Egypt’s Mahmoud Farrag in the 60kg final. The win was Algeria’s first gold in Taranto and came as part of a five-medal haul.
Gold: Firas Kattoussi, Tunisia
The Olympic champion won Tunisia’s first gold of Taranto 2026 in the -80kg taekwondo category. Gattoussi defeated Morocco’s Haytham Zghouti 2–1 in the final, with Zghouti taking silver.
Gold: Soufiane El Asbi, Morocco
El Asbi gave Morocco its first gold of the Games after beating Croatia’s Ivan Sabina 2–0 in the +80kg final. He had also defeated Spain’s Ivan Garcia Martinez 2–0 in the semifinal on his way to the title.
Silver: Youssef Shamel, Egypt
Shamel reached the men’s épée final to guarantee an Egyptian one-two before ultimately falling 14–11 to Mohamed El-Sayed. The all-Egyptian final gave the country both gold and silver in the event.
Silver: Mahmoud Farrag, Egypt
Farrag reached the 60kg final before losing 10–1 to Algeria’s Abdelkarim Fergat. His silver completed the Egyptian medal pairing in the event, with Egypt taking both gold and silver.
Silver: Faycel Benfredj, Algeria
Benfredj took silver after reaching the 67kg final, where he was beaten 3–1 by Egypt’s Mohamed Hassan. The result gave Algeria its first silver medal of Taranto 2026.
Silver: Wafa Masghouni, Tunisia
Masghouni reached the final of the women’s -67kg taekwondo competition before taking silver. Her result gave Tunisia two taekwondo medals from the finals, alongside Gattoussi’s gold.
Silver: Haitam Zarhouti, Morocco
Zghouti won silver after pushing Tunisia’s Olympic champion Firas Gattoussi to a 2–1 final. The result added another medal to Morocco’s growing haul in Taranto.
Bronze: Youssef Ramadan, Egypt
Ramadan claimed bronze in the men’s 100m butterfly in 52.22 seconds, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind Italy’s gold medallist. His medal added to Egypt’s swimming success after Abdelrahman Sameh’s 50m butterfly gold and Farida Osman’s bronze.
Bronze: Mostafa Hussien, Egypt
Hussein completed Egypt’s wrestling medal haul with bronze in the 77kg category. Egypt also took gold at 67kg through Mohamed Hassan and silver at 60kg through Mahmoud Farrag.
Bronze: Bachir Sid Azara, Algeria
Sid Azara won bronze in the 87kg category after defeating Italy’s Leon Rivalta 4–1 in the bronze-medal bout. It was one of Algeria’s three wrestling bronzes.
Bronze: Fadi Rouabah, Algeria
Rouabah secured another Algerian bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling, beating Greece’s Laokratis Kesidis 6–1 in the 97kg bronze-medal match. His result added to Algeria’s strong showing on the wrestling mat.
Bronze: Koceila Mammeri & Tanina Mammeri, Algeria
The Algerian brother-and-sister pair took bronze in mixed doubles after losing their semifinal to France’s Nathan Begga and Elsa Jacob 2–0. They had reached the last four after defeating Egypt’s Adham Hatem Abdelrazek Abdelhalim and Doha Mohamed Hany Mostafa Kamal in the quarterfinals.
Bronze: Ahmed Jaouadi, Tunisia
Jaouadi won bronze in the 800m freestyle in 7:55.30, finishing behind Italy’s Luca De Tullio and Greece’s Dimitrios Markos. The world champion had already won bronze in the 400m freestyle, making this his second swimming medal of the Games.
Bronze: Nada Laaraj, Morocco
Laaeraj earned bronze after reaching the women’s -67kg semifinal, where she lost 2–0 to Türkiye’s eventual champion İşıl Zafer. She had booked her place in the semifinal with a 2–0 win over Montenegro’s Andrea Perisaj.
Bronze: Yazid Gharbi, Morocco
Gharbi added Morocco’s second bronze by defeating Italy’s Gabriele Bouchir 8–0 in the -60kg bronze-medal bout. His medal, alongside Laaeraj’s, completed Morocco’s four-medal haul.
