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Fencing bout between Swedish pentathletes Ebbe Gyllenstierna af Lundholm and Georg Tage Eugen von Boisman during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin).

While the fencing…

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Fencing bout in the men's team epee event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin).

Caption on reverse:
"Mitblitzender Klinge
Die Kämpfe der Olympia-Fechter wurden…

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Nancy Archibald (Canada; pictured at left) fencing Hilda von Puttkammer (Brazil) in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Starting from position three, the left-side…

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Hedwig Wilhelmine Haß (Germany) and Thea Kellner (Romania) fencing in the womens individual foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der Halle des…

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Fencing bouts in the modern pentathlon event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin). While the fencing portion of the modern pentathlon is documented to have occurred…

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Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the men's team foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der Deutschlandhalle begannen am Sonntag die Mannschafts kampfe im Florett
---
U.B.z.…

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Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the womens individual foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games.

The left-side scoreboard lists competitors (from top to bottom): ???, Nancy Archibald (Canada), ???, Berit Granquist…

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Fencing bouts in the modern pentathlon event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin). While the fencing portion of the modern pentathlon is documented to have occurred…

Fencing Arms & Artifacts - 2021.03.016 - IMG-01.jpg
Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the men's team foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games. Though three pistes can be seen in the photo, the caption on the reverse indicates a total of four pistes were in use during this…

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Roman Fischer (Austria; likely in foreground) and Jiří Jesenský (Czech Republic) fencing in the men's team foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der…

Fencing Arms & Artifacts - 2021.03.014 - IMG-01.jpg
Fencing bout at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin) during the 1936 Olympic Games. The Tennisplatz is documented to have been the venue for the epee events of these games, but other photographs indicate…

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Photograph of the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (now known as the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium) in Seoul, South Korea which housed the fencing and modern pentathlon events of the 1988 Olympic Games.

Caption on obverse:
"Service Special Jeux…

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Aerial photograph of the Long Beach Convention Center complex, venue for 1984 Olympic Fencing and Volleyball Events. The round building at the right is the Long Beach Arena where volleyball was played. The attached one-story building to the left is…

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Dorina Vaccaroni (Italy) sheds a tear after losing a bout to a fencer from the Chinese team in the in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games. Italy placed forth in this event.

Caption on obverse:
"LONG BEACH, CAL., AUG.…

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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…

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

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

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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.

Caption on…

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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.

Caption on reverse:
"Soviet…

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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.

Caption on reverse:
"art. Hot. Flamingo
OS faktarna…

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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.

Caption on…
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