Pentathletes Onishchenko and Hulkkonen Fencing Epee
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Title
Pentathletes Onishchenko and Hulkkonen Fencing Epee
Subject
Photograph
Description
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 found to be tampered with.
Caption on obverse:
"MONTREAL, July 19--BEFORE DISQUALIFICATIONS--Russian pentathlonist Boris Onischenko, right, is shown in action Monday just prior to being disqualified from the Olympics because judges said his sword was technically manipulated. He fences here with Heikki Hulkkonen of Finland."
Caption on obverse:
"MONTREAL, July 19--BEFORE DISQUALIFICATIONS--Russian pentathlonist Boris Onischenko, right, is shown in action Monday just prior to being disqualified from the Olympics because judges said his sword was technically manipulated. He fences here with Heikki Hulkkonen of Finland."
Publisher
Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date
19 July 1976
Contributor
Associated Press (Publisher)
Rights
© Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Format
21.5 x 16.7 cm
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
2020.11.145
Coverage
Canada ; Montreal
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Owner / Custodian
Loaned for digitization by George Masin
Digitization Record
Digitized by Benjamin Bowles ; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
Collection
Citation
“Pentathletes Onishchenko and Hulkkonen Fencing Epee,” Fencing Arms & Artifacts, accessed May 3, 2024, https://fencingexhibit.com/items/show/369.
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