Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil explained

Event:Women's foil
Games:1976 Summer
Venue:University of Montréal
Dates:23  - 24 July 1976
Competitors:48
Nations:20
Gold:Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Maria Consolata Collino
Silvernoc:ITA
Bronze:Yelena Novikova-Belova
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1972
Next:1980

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 to 24 July 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.[1]

Competition format

The 1976 tournament returned to a mix of pool and knockout rounds similar to that used in 1968, after the 1972 edition briefly used a pool-only format. The competition included three pool rounds, followed by a double-elimination knockout round, finishing with a final pool round. In each pool round, the fencers competed in a round-robin.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination round were to 8 touches. Repechages were not used in the first three rounds, but were used to determine medalists if necessary in the final.

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool I

Round 2

Round 2 Pool F

Round 3

Round 3 Pool D

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets

Winners group 4

Losers brackets

Losers group 2

Final round

The top two fencers tied at 4–1, requiring a barrage for the gold and silver medals.

Barrage

Final classification

Fencer Country
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
Maria Consolata Collino
Yelena Novikova-Belova
Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
Cornelia Hanisch
Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
Valentina Sidorova
Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
Marie-Paule Van Eyck
Claudie Herbster-Josland
Kerstin Palm
Olga Knyazeva
Susan Wrigglesworth
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
Micheline Borghs
Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová
Helen Smith
Brigitte Oertel
Clare Henley-Halsted
Barbara Wysoczańska
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Wendy Ager-Grant
Carola Mangiarotti
Max Madsen
Giulia Lorenzoni
Chantal Payer
Magdalena Bartoș
Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu
Claudine le Comte
Margarita Rodríguez
Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
Ute Kircheis-Wessel
Hideko Oka
Nili Drori
Donna Hennyey
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska
Jhila Al-Masi
Nikki Franke
Milady Tack-Fang
Yukari Kajihara
Sheila Armstrong
Gitty Moheban
Susan Stewart
Ann O'Donnell
Mahvash Shafaie
Mariko Yoshikawa
Nancy Uranga
Dinorah Enríquez

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fencing: 1976 Olympic Results - Women's foil . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/FEN/womens-foil-individual.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 April 2011 . sports-reference.com.