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Foil, Team, Women

Date27 – 28 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants61 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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
Yelena BelovaValentina SidorovaOlga KnyazevaNailya GilyazovaValentina Nikonova
2FranceFRASilver
Brigitte LatrilleBrigitte DumontChristine MuzioVéronique TrinquetClaudie Josland
3HungaryHUNBronze
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-TordasiIldikó Rejtő-SágiIldikó Farkasinszky-BóbisMagda MarosEdit Kovács
4West GermanyFRG
Karin Rutz-GießelmannCornelia HanischUte KircheisBrigitte OertelJutta Höhne
5ItalyITA
Maria Consolata CollinoGiulia LorenzoniDoriana PigliapocoSusanna BatazziCarola Mangiarotti
6PolandPOL
Jolanta Bebel-RzymowskaBarbara WysoczańskaKamilla SkładanowskaKrystyna Machnicka-UrbańskaGrażyna Staszak-Makowska
=7Great BritainGBR
Wendy AgerSusan WrigglesworthHilary CawthorneClare HalstedSue Green
=7RomaniaROU
Ileana JeneiMarcela MoldovanEcaterina StahlAna PascuMagdalena Bartoș
=9CubaCUB
Milady Tack-FangMarlene FontNancy UrangaMargarita Rodríguez
=9CanadaCAN
Fleurette CampeauSusan StewartDonna HennyeyChantal Payer
=9JapanJPN
Hideko OkaMariko YoshikawaHiroko KamadaYukari Kajihara
=9United StatesUSA
Nikki FrankeSheila ArmstrongAnn O'DonnellGay D'AsaroDenise O'Connor
=9IranIRI
Mariam AtchakMahvash ShafaieJhila Al-MasiGitty Moheban
DNSAustriaAUT
Marlene GanserIngrid GoschIngrid LosertElke Radlingmaier

Round One (27 July 1976 — 8:30)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS20234Q
Yelena BelovaValentina SidorovaOlga KnyazevaNailya GilyazovaValentina Nikonova
2PolandPOL111116Q
Jolanta Bebel-RzymowskaBarbara WysoczańskaKamilla SkładanowskaKrystyna Machnicka-UrbańskaGrażyna Staszak-Makowska
3CanadaCAN02923
Fleurette CampeauSusan StewartDonna HennyeyChantal Payer

Match #1 URS 9 – 2POL
Match #2 URS 14 – 2CAN
Match #3 POL 9 – 7CAN

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1FranceFRA202011Q
Brigitte LatrilleBrigitte DumontChristine MuzioVéronique TrinquetClaudie Josland
2RomaniaROU111417Q
Ileana JeneiMarcela MoldovanEcaterina StahlAna PascuMagdalena Bartoș
3CubaCUB021319
Milady Tack-FangMarlene FontNancy UrangaMargarita Rodríguez

Match #1 FRA 9 – 6ROU
Match #2 FRA 11 – 5CUB
Match #3 ROU 8 – 8CUB

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1HungaryHUN202010Q
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-TordasiIldikó Rejtő-SágiIldikó Farkasinszky-BóbisMagda MarosEdit Kovács
2West GermanyFRG111614Q
Karin Rutz-GießelmannCornelia HanischUte KircheisBrigitte OertelJutta Höhne
3JapanJPN021022
Hideko OkaMariko YoshikawaHiroko KamadaYukari Kajihara

Match #1 HUN 8 – 6FRG
Match #2 HUN 12 – 4JPN
Match #3 FRG 10 – 6JPN

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA30367Q
Maria Consolata CollinoGiulia LorenzoniDoriana PigliapocoSusanna BatazziCarola Mangiarotti
2Great BritainGBR212023Q
Wendy AgerSusan WrigglesworthHilary CawthorneClare HalstedSue Green
3United StatesUSA122028
Nikki FrankeSheila ArmstrongAnn O'DonnellGay D'AsaroDenise O'Connor
4IranIRI031533
Mariam AtchakMahvash ShafaieJhila Al-MasiGitty Moheban

Match #1 ITA 9 – 2GBR
Match #2 ITA 14 – 2USA
Match #3 ITA 13 – 3IRI
Match #4 GBR 9 – 7USA
Match #5 GBR 9 – 7IRI
Match #6 USA 11 – 5IRI

Quarter-Finals (27 July 1976 — 16:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1 URS 9 – 1ROU
Match #2 FRG 9 – 2ITA
Match #3 HUN 9 – 2GBR
Match #4 FRA 9 – 5POL

Semi-Finals (28 July 1976 — 13:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1 URS 9 – 6FRG
Match #2 FRA 8 – 8HUN

Classification Round 5-8 (28 July 1976 — 16:00)

Match #1 ITA 9 – 5ROU
Match #2 POL 8 – 8GBR

Final Pool (28 July 1976 — 18:00)

Match 1-2 URS 9 – 2FRA
Match 3-4 HUN 9 – 4FRG
Match 5-6 ITA 9 – 7POL