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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five fencing events were contested. [1]
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five fencing events were contested. [1]
A total of 184 fencers from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:
Austria (12)
Belgium (11)
Bohemia (13)
Denmark (6)
Germany (16)
Great Britain (22)
Greece (6)
Hungary (13)
Italy (9)
Netherlands (12)
Norway (7)
Portugal (1)
Russia (24)
South Africa (1)
Sweden (18)
United States (13)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
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Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 33 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 152 competitors, 151 men and 1 woman, took part in 46 events in 13 sports.
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