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At the 1906 Summer Olympics
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee...

in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, eight events in fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

were contested, all for men only. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

Medal summary

Épée
Épée masters
Team épée	France Georges Dillon-Kavanagh Georges de la Falaise Georges de la Falaise Comte Louis Gabriel Venant de La Falaise, known as Georges de La Falaise was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.... Pierre Georges Louis d'Hughes Pierre Georges Louis d'Hughes Pierre Georges Louis Comte d'Hugues was a French fencer who competed in the early 20th century.... Cyrill Mohr	United Kingdom William Grenfell William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, KG, GCVO, was an athlete, sportsman, public servant and politician. He sat in the House of Commons firstly for the Liberal Party and then for the Conservatives between 1880 and 1905 when he was raised to the peerage... Cosmo Duff-Gordon Charles Robinson Edgar Seligman Edgar Seligman -External links:****...	Belgium Constant Cloquet Edmond Crahay Philippe le Hardy Fernand de Montigny Fernand de Montigny Fernand de Montigny was a Belgian fencer and hockey player. He won two silver medals and two bronze in fencing and a bronze in hockey. He was also the architect of the 1920 Olympic Stadium.-References:...
Foil
Sabre
Sabre masters			none awarded
Sabre, three hits
Team sabre	Germany Gustav Casmir Jacob Erckrath de Bary August Petri August Petri August Petri was a German Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1906 Summer Olympics.-References:... Emil Schön Emil Schön Emil Schön was a German Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1906 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Greece Ioannis Georgiadis Ioannis Georgiadis Ioannis Georgiadis was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 1906 Intercalated Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.... Triantaphylos Kordogiannis Menelaos Sakorraphos Chatran Zorbas	Netherlands James van Carnbee Maurits van Löben Sels Maurits van Löben Sels Maurits van Löben Sels was a Dutch fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1906 Summer Olympics.-References:... Johannes Osten George van Rossem George van Rossem George van Rossem was a Dutch fencer. He won a silver and three bronze medals. He was the President of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime from 1925 to 1928.-References:...

Medal table

1	France	3	1	1	5
2	Germany	2	2	0	4
3	Belgium	2	0	1	3
4	Greece	1	2	1	4
5	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
6	Italy	0	1	1	2
7	United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
8	Hungary	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

A total of 62 fencers, all men, from 12 nations competed at the Intercalated Games:

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