Russian and Italian Sabre Teams Receive Medals

Title: Russian and Italian Sabre Teams Receive Medals
Subject: Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montreal, Canada); Award Ceremonies
Description: 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.

Caption on obverse:
7/26/76-Montreal: The Russians overcame a controversy surrounding Russian fencer Vladimir Onischenko using a rigged foil early in the XXI Olympiad, and went on to win the gold medal. Here, the Russian receive (7/27) their gold medal on platform one. At left is the Italian team, with their silver medals."
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: July 27, 1976
Temporal Coverage: 1970s
Contributor: United Press International (Publisher)
L'Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: George Masin Collection
Format: 24.4 x 17.8 cm
Language: English
Type: Photograph
Identifier: 2020.11.136
Spatial Coverage: Canada; Montreal
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by George Masin; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles