| Event: | Women's foil |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Exhibition Halls 12 & 20 |
| Dates: | 2 - 3 September 1972 |
| Competitors: | 44 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Gold: | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Galina Gorokhova |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 3 September 1972. 44 fencers from 20 nations competed.[1]
Ragno-Lonzi again lost to Gorokhova, but this time that was her only loss; her 4–1 record in the final earned her gold. Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Gorokhova, and Depetris-Demaille tied at 3–2, with touch-quotient the tie-breaker: Farkasinszky-Bóbis took silver at 1.214, Gorokhova earned bronze at 1.143, and Deptris-Demaille finished fourth at 0.875.
| Fencer | Country |
|---|---|
| Antonella Ragno-Lonzi | |
| Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis | |
| Galina Gorokhova | |
| Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille | |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | |
| Kerstin Palm | |
| Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti | |
| Brigitte Gapais-Dumont | |
| Maria Consolata Collino | |
| Giulia Lorenzoni | |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová | |
| Claudine le Comte | |
| Irmela Broniecki | |
| Brigitte Oertel | |
| Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei | |
| Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman | |
| Max Madsen | |
| Halina Balon | |
| Margarita Rodríguez | |
| Ruth White | |
| Mária Szolnoki | |
| Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő | |
| Aleksandra Zabelina | |
| Sue Green | |
| Marlene Infante | |
| Olga Orban-Szabo | |
| Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu | |
| Marion Exelby | |
| Elke Radlingmaier | |
| Christine McDougall | |
| Fabienne Regamey | |
| Karin Rutz-Gießelmann | |
| Harriet King | |
| María Esther García | |
| Hannelore Hradez | |
| Kamilla Składanowska | |
| Donna Hennyey | |
| Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh | |
| Clare Henley-Halsted | |
| Madeleine Heitz | |
| Waltraut Peck-Repa | |
| Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín | |
| Özden Ezinler | |
| Ann O'Donnell | |