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Foil, Team, Women

Date	27 – 28 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants	61 from 13 countries

The position was clear by the start of the 1976 Olympic Games. The USSR, having won the last two World titles, were the strongest team in the world with Hungary and Romania clearly second and third in the pecking order. An early defeat to France cost Romania dearly as they found themselves drawn against the Soviets in the quarter-finals and exited the tournament. France turned into the story of the event and after eliminating Poland in the quarter-final they caused another shock by defeating Hungary on a tiebreaker in the semis. The fairy tale ending did not come to pass for the French women as the USSR proved a class apart in the final.

Hungary recovered from their disappointing loss against France to beat West Germany for bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
		Yelena Belova • Valentina Sidorova • Olga Knyazeva • Nailya Gilyazova • Valentina Nikonova
2	–	France	FRA	Silver
		Brigitte Latrille • Brigitte Dumont • Christine Muzio • Véronique Trinquet • Claudie Josland
3	–	Hungary	HUN	Bronze
		Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Magda Maros • Edit Kovács
4	–	West Germany	FRG
		Karin Rutz-Gießelmann • Cornelia Hanisch • Ute Kircheis • Brigitte Oertel • Jutta Höhne
5	–	Italy	ITA
		Maria Consolata Collino • Giulia Lorenzoni • Doriana Pigliapoco • Susanna Batazzi • Carola Mangiarotti
6	–	Poland	POL
		Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
=7	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Wendy Ager • Susan Wrigglesworth • Hilary Cawthorne • Clare Halsted • Sue Green
=7	–	Romania	ROU
		Ileana Jenei • Marcela Moldovan • Ecaterina Stahl • Ana Pascu • Magdalena Bartoș
=9	–	Cuba	CUB
		Milady Tack-Fang • Marlene Font • Nancy Uranga • Margarita Rodríguez
=9	–	Canada	CAN
		Fleurette Campeau • Susan Stewart • Donna Hennyey • Chantal Payer
=9	–	Japan	JPN
		Hideko Oka • Mariko Yoshikawa • Hiroko Kamada • Yukari Kajihara
=9	–	United States	USA
		Nikki Franke • Sheila Armstrong • Ann O'Donnell • Gay D'Asaro • Denise O'Connor
=9	–	Iran	IRI
		Mariam Atchak • Mahvash Shafaie • Jhila Al-Masi • Gitty Moheban
DNS	–	Austria	AUT
		Marlene Ganser • Ingrid Gosch • Ingrid Losert • Elke Radlingmaier

Round One

Date	27 July 1976 — 8:30
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	23-4	Q
		Yelena Belova • Valentina Sidorova • Olga Knyazeva • Nailya Gilyazova • Valentina Nikonova
2	–	Poland	POL	1-1	11-16	Q
		Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
3	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	9-23
		Fleurette Campeau • Susan Stewart • Donna Hennyey • Chantal Payer

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 2	Poland	POL
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	14 – 2	Canada	CAN
Match #3	27 Jul	Piste 2	Poland	POL	9 – 7	Canada	CAN

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	20-11	Q
		Brigitte Latrille • Brigitte Dumont • Christine Muzio • Véronique Trinquet • Claudie Josland
2	–	Romania	ROU	1-1	14-17	Q
		Ileana Jenei • Marcela Moldovan • Ecaterina Stahl • Ana Pascu • Magdalena Bartoș
3	–	Cuba	CUB	0-2	13-19
		Milady Tack-Fang • Marlene Font • Nancy Uranga • Margarita Rodríguez

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	9 – 6	Romania	ROU
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	11 – 5	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	27 Jul	Piste 4	Romania	ROU	8 – 8	Cuba	CUB

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	20-10	Q
		Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Magda Maros • Edit Kovács
2	–	West Germany	FRG	1-1	16-14	Q
		Karin Rutz-Gießelmann • Cornelia Hanisch • Ute Kircheis • Brigitte Oertel • Jutta Höhne
3	–	Japan	JPN	0-2	10-22
		Hideko Oka • Mariko Yoshikawa • Hiroko Kamada • Yukari Kajihara

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 6	Hungary	HUN	8 – 6	West Germany	FRG
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 6	Hungary	HUN	12 – 4	Japan	JPN
Match #3	27 Jul	Piste 6	West Germany	FRG	10 – 6	Japan	JPN

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	3-0	36-7	Q
		Maria Consolata Collino • Giulia Lorenzoni • Doriana Pigliapoco • Susanna Batazzi • Carola Mangiarotti
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	2-1	20-23	Q
		Wendy Ager • Susan Wrigglesworth • Hilary Cawthorne • Clare Halsted • Sue Green
3	–	United States	USA	1-2	20-28
		Nikki Franke • Sheila Armstrong • Ann O'Donnell • Gay D'Asaro • Denise O'Connor
4	–	Iran	IRI	0-3	15-33
		Mariam Atchak • Mahvash Shafaie • Jhila Al-Masi • Gitty Moheban

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 8	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 8	Italy	ITA	14 – 2	United States	USA
Match #3	27 Jul	Piste 8	Italy	ITA	13 – 3	Iran	IRI
Match #4	27 Jul	Piste 10	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	United States	USA
Match #5	27 Jul	Piste 10	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	Iran	IRI
Match #6	27 Jul	Piste 10	United States	USA	11 – 5	Iran	IRI

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1976 — 16:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 1	Romania	ROU
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 4	West Germany	FRG	9 – 2	Italy	ITA
Match #3	27 Jul	Piste 10	Hungary	HUN	9 – 2	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	27 Jul	Piste 8	France	FRA	9 – 5	Poland	POL

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1976 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Piste 1	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 6	West Germany	FRG
Match #2	28 Jul	Piste 2	France	FRA	8 – 8	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	28 July 1976 — 16:00

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Piste 3	Italy	ITA	9 – 5	Romania	ROU
Match #2	28 Jul	Piste 4	Poland	POL	8 – 8	Great Britain	GBR

Final Pool

Date	28 July 1976 — 18:00

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Jul	Piste Final	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 2	France	FRA
Match 3/4	28 Jul	Piste Final	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	West Germany	FRG
Match 5/6	28 Jul	Piste 6	Italy	ITA	9 – 7	Poland	POL