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===Fencing=== {{Main|Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics}} The foil competition became a full Olympic event, having appeared at the 1908 Games as a demonstration sport.<ref name="off466">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 466.</ref> [[Nedo Nadi]] and [[Pietro Speciale]] of Italy took the gold and silver medals respectively, and [[Richard Verderber]] of [[Austria]] placed third.<ref name="off465">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 465.</ref> There were individual and team events in both épée and sabre. The épée team event saw [[Belgium]] take the gold medal and Great Britain and the [[Netherlands]] in second and third place respectively.<ref name="off468">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 468.</ref> A member of the Belgian team went on to take the individual title as well, with [[Paul Anspach]] taking the gold medal. [[Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier]] of Denmark took the silver medal, and another Belgian who was not in the team event, [[Philippe le Hardy de Beaulieu]], won the bronze medal.<ref name="off472">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 472.</ref> The sabre competition was dominated by the competitors from [[Hungary]], with their team taking the gold medal over [[Austria]] and the Netherlands.<ref name="off473">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 473.</ref> The individual competition saw a shut out by Hungarian athletes with [[Jenő Fuchs]] winning the overall competition, [[Béla Békessy]] in second and [[Ervin Mészáros]] in third.<ref name="off477">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 477.</ref>
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