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Foil, Individual, Women – Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1948 — 15:00
Location	Palace of Engineering, Wembley, London
Format	Top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Jury President	Ivan Osiier	DEN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	314	Maria Cerra	USA	4-1	10	Q
2	284	Jenny Addams	BEL	4-1	13	Q
3	298	Gytte Minton	GBR	3-2	–	Q
4	276	Irma de Antequeda	ARG	2-3	15
5	295	Louisette Malherbaud	FRA	2-3	17
6	280	Gabriele Zeilinger	AUT	0-5	–

Pool #2

Jury President	Julien Eggermont	BEL

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts
1	296	Mary Glen-Haig	GBR	5-0	Q
2	302	Ilona Elek	HUN	3-2	Q
3	278	Fritzi Filz	AUT	3-2	Q
4	293	Renée Garilhe	FRA	3-2
=5	304	Elena Libera	ITA	0-4
=5	290	Kate Mahaut	DEN	0-4

Pool #3

Jury President	Carlo Filogamo	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	279	Ellen Müller-Preis	AUT	4-1	19-10	Q
2	301	Margit Elek	HUN	4-1	18-10	Q
3	305	Irene Camber-Corno	ITA	3-2	–-–	Q
4	291	Grethe Olsen	DEN	2-3	–-–
5	294	Françoise Gouny	FRA	1-4	–-18
6	315	Helena Dow	USA	1-4	–-19

Pool #4

Jury President	József Hátszeghy	HUN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	289	Karen Lachmann	DEN	4-1	7	Q
2	303	Éva Kun	HUN	4-1	12	Q
3	306	Velleda Cesari	ITA	3-2	–	Q
4	316	Jan York	USA	3-2	–
5	275	Elsa Irigoyen	ARG	1-4	–
6	312	Anita Klüpfel	SUI	0-5	–