| | Event type
Épée, Individual, Women
| Date | 24 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 34 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
34 épée fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion, Emese Szász of Hungary, did not qualify for Tokyo nor did any of her national compatriots. The reigning World Champion, Nathalie Moellhausen from Brazil, lost her first bout against the Italian Rossella Fiamingo. Fiamingo then lost her quarter-final against the eventual bronze medallist Katrina Lehis from Estonia, who won her medal against Ayzanat Murtazayeva from Russia. In the final Sun Yiwen from China met Ana Maria Brânză-Popescu from Romania, who was the reigning Olympic Team Champion in Rio, and won very closely 11-10.
| Pos | Seed | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sun Yiwen |  CHN | Gold | ||
| 2 | 2 | Ana Maria Popescu |  ROU | Silver | ||
| 3 | 11 | Katrina Lehis |  EST | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 33 | Ayzanat Murtazayeva |  ROC | |||
| 5 | 8 | Vivian Kong |  HKG | |||
| 6 | 21 | Federica Isola |  ITA | |||
| 7 | 23 | Julia Beljajeva | EST | |||
| 8 | 30 | Rossella Fiamingo | ITA | |||
| 9 | 5 | Lin Sheng | CHN | |||
| 10 | 6 | Mara Navarria | ITA | |||
| 11 | 13 | Zhu Mingye | CHN | |||
| 12 | 16 | Kelley Hurley |  USA | |||
| 13 | 15 | Song Se-Ra |  KOR | |||
| 14 | 19 | Aleksandra Jarecka |  POL | |||
| 15 | 24 | Renata Knapik-Miazga | POL | |||
| 16 | 26 | Nozomi Sato |  JPN | |||
| 17 | 1 | Choi In-Jeong | KOR | |||
| 18 | 3 | Nathalie Moellhausen |  BRA | |||
| 19 | 7 | Gang Yeong-Mi | KOR | |||
| 20 | 10 | Coraline Vitalis |  FRA | |||
| 21 | 9 | Olena Kryvytska |  UKR | |||
| 22 | 12 | Sarra Besbes |  TUN | |||
| 23 | 14 | Violetta Kolobova | ROC | |||
| 24 | 18 | Kat Holmes | USA | |||
| 25 | 17 | Erika Kirpu | EST | |||
| 26 | 20 | Courtney Hurley | USA | |||
| 27 | 22 | Ewa Trzebińska | POL | |||
| 28 | 25 | María Doig |  PER | |||
| 29 | 27 | Yuliya Lichagina | ROC | |||
| 30 | 28 | Ndeye Binta Diongue |  SEN | |||
| 31 | 29 | Malika Khakimova |  UZB | |||
| 32 | 34 | Kiria Abdul Rahman |  SGP | |||
| 33 | 32 | Kaylin Hsieh | HKG | |||
| 34 | 31 | Coco Lin | HKG |
Round One
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Round Two
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 9:55 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round three. |
Round Three
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 13:35 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 24 Jul | Blue Piste | Ayzanat Murtazayeva (33) | ROC | 12 – 11 | Kelley Hurley (16) | USA | |
| Bout #2 | 24 Jul | Blue Piste | Vivian Kong (8) | HKG | 15 – 8 | Renata Knapik-Miazga (24) | POL | |
| Bout #3 | 24 Jul | Yellow Piste | Federica Isola (21) | ITA | 15 – 9 | Lin Sheng (5) | CHN | |
| Bout #4 | 24 Jul | Yellow Piste | Sun Yiwen (4) | CHN | 15 – 8 | Zhu Mingye (13) | CHN | |
| Bout #5 | 24 Jul | Green Piste | Rossella Fiamingo (30) | ITA | 15 – 13 | Aleksandra Jarecka (19) | POL | |
| Bout #6 | 24 Jul | Green Piste | Katrina Lehis (11) | EST | 15 – 10 | Mara Navarria (6) | ITA | |
| Bout #7 | 24 Jul | Red Piste | Julia Beljajeva (23) | EST | 15 – 10 | Nozomi Sato (26) | JPN | |
| Bout #8 | 24 Jul | Red Piste | Ana Maria Popescu (2) | ROU | 15 – 6 | Song Se-Ra (15) | KOR |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 15:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 24 Jul | Blue Piste | Ayzanat Murtazayeva (33) | ROC | 15 – 10 | Vivian Kong (8) | HKG | |
| Bout #2 | 24 Jul | Yellow Piste | Sun Yiwen (4) | CHN | 11 – 10 | Federica Isola (21) | ITA | |
| Bout #3 | 24 Jul | Green Piste | Katrina Lehis (11) | EST | 15 – 7 | Rossella Fiamingo (30) | ITA | |
| Bout #4 | 24 Jul | Red Piste | Ana Maria Popescu (2) | ROU | 15 – 8 | Julia Beljajeva (23) | EST |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 24 Jul | Final Piste | Sun Yiwen (4) | CHN | 12 – 8 | Ayzanat Murtazayeva (33) | ROC | |
| Bout #2 | 24 Jul | Final Piste | Ana Maria Popescu (2) | ROU | 15 – 11 | Katrina Lehis (11) | EST |
Final Round
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 19:50 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout 1/2 | 24 Jul 20:45 | Final Piste | Sun Yiwen (4) | CHN | 11 – 10 | Ana Maria Popescu (2) | ROU | |
| Bout 3/4 | 24 Jul 19:50 | Final Piste | Katrina Lehis (11) | EST | 15 – 8 | Ayzanat Murtazayeva (33) | ROC |