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Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Soviet Union, pictured at right) fencing Heikki Hulkkonen (Finland, pictured at left) in the modern pentathlon event of the 1976 Olympic games. Onishchenko would later be disqualified from the event after his epee was…

Modern pentathlete Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Soviet Union) leaves the fencing hall after being ejected from the 1976 Olympics for tampering with his epee.

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"7-19-76 MONTREAL: A dejected Boris Onischenko, from Russia,…

Modern pentathlete Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Soviet Union) sits quietly after the Jury of Appeals' decision was made that he was disqualified from the Olympic event after his epee was found to have been tampered with.

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Modern pentathlete Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Soviet Union) has his epee tested by officials at the 1976 Olympic Games. Onishchenko's weapon was found to have been modified and he was ejected from the competition.

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"Soviet…

Members of the 1976 Swedish men's epee team with their gold medals.
From left to right: Rolf Erik Sören Edling, Carl Thure Henrik von Essen, Göran Ingmar Flodström, and Hans Olov Dan Jacobson.

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"art. Hot. Flamingo
OS faktarna…

Event logos for the 1976 Olympic Games. Top row, from left to right: fencing, judo, weightlifting, gymnastics, hockey, archery. Bottom row, from left to right: equestrian sports, basketball, canoeing, wrestling, swimming, cycling.

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Bernard Gérard Talvard (France, pictured right) fencing Ernest Andrew Simon (Australia, pictured left) in the men's individual foil event at the 1976 Olympic Games. Talvard won bronze in this event.

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"LES JEUX…

Top three winners in the women's individual foil event at the 1976 Olympic Games. From left to right: Maria Consolata Collino (Italy, 2nd place), Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (Hungary, 1st place), and Yelena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Soviet…

Alexander Siegfried Pusch (West Germany) kisses his gold medal at the awards ceremony for the men's epee individual event at the 1976 Olympic Games.

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"7/24/76-Montreal: West German gold medal winner in the mens epee fencing…

The Soviet Union's men's sabre fencing team (platform 1, centre) receives their gold medals as the Italian team (platform 2, left) receives silver medals at the 1976 Olympic Games.

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7/26/76-Montreal: The Russians overcame a…

Harald Hein (Germany) jumps in the air letting his foil go after scoring the winning point for his team, earning them a Gold medal. Hein defeated Stefano Simoncelli (Italy) who is seen pleading with the judge that the winning point was wrongly…

Mario Aldo Montano (Italy, depicted right) fencing sabre with Vladimir Aliverovich Nazlymov (Soviet Union, depicted left) in the finals of the men's team sabre fencing event at the 1976 Olympic Games.

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"7/28/76-Montreal:…

Brooke Makler (United States; left) fencing epee with Boris Semyonovich Lukomsky (Soviet Union; right).

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"7/28/76-Montreal: The United States' Brooke Makler, Philadelphia, Pa. uses an overhead lunge to score his "lethal" touch…