Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's foil explained

Event:	Women's foil
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Waseda Memorial Hall
Dates:	October 14 - 15
Competitors:	39
Nations:	17
Gold:	Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Helga Mees
Silvernoc:	EUA
Bronze:	Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 14 - 15, 1964. 39 fencers from 17 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Round 1

Pool A
width=30	1.		width=60	5-1	Q2
2.		4-2	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		3-3	QB
4.		3-3	QB
6.		1-5
7.		1-5

Barrage A
width=30	4.		width=60	1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool B
width=30	1.		width=60	6-0	Q2
2.		5-1	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		2-4	QB
4.		2-4	QB
6.		1-5
7.		1-5

Barrage B
width=30	4.		width=60	1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool C
width=30 rowspan=4	1.		width=60	3-2	Q2
	3-2	Q2
	3-2	Q2
	3-2	Q2
5.		2-3
6.		1-5

Pool D
width=30	1.		width=60	4-1	Q2
2.		3-2	Q2
3.		3-2	Q2
4.		2-3	QB
4.		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage D
width=30	4.		width=60	1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool E
width=30	1.		width=60	6-0	Q2
2.		5-1	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		3-3	Q2
5.		2-4
6.		1-5
7.		0-6

Pool F
width=30	1.		width=60	4-1	Q2
2.		4-1	Q2
3.		3-2	Q2
4.		2-3	Q2
5.		1-4
6.		1-4

Round 2

Pool A
width=30	1.		width=60	3-2	Q3
2.		3-2	Q3
3.		3-2	Q3
4.		3-2	Q3
5.		2-3
6.		1-4

Pool B
width=30	1.		width=60	4-1	Q3
2.		4-1	Q3
3.		3-2	Q3
4.		2-3	QB
4.		2-3	QB
6.		0-5

Barrage B
width=30	4.		width=60	1-0	Q3
5.		0-1

Pool C
width=30	1.		width=60	4-1	Q3
2.		4-1	Q3
3.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage C
width=30	3.		width=60	1-0	Q3
4.		1-0	Q3
5.		0-2

Pool D
width=30	1.		width=60	5-0	Q3
2.		3-2	Q3
3.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage D
width=30	3.		width=60	1-0	Q3
4.		1-0	Q3
5.		0-2

Knockout rounds

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 4

Final

Final pool
Rank	Name
1.		width=60	2-1
	2-1
	2-1
4.		0-3

Medals barrage
Rank	Name
		width=60	2-0
		1-1
		0-2

Sources

Book: Tokyo Organizing Committee . The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2 . 1964 .

Notes and References

Web site: Fencing: 1964 Olympic Results - Women's foil . 2010-12-08 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921033952/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/FEN/womens-foil-individual.html . 2011-09-21 .