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Foil, Team, Women

Date	23 – 24 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Participants	50 from 10 countries

Since 1958 women’s foil had been dominated by the USSR and Hungary who had won every major title between them. The most recent World Champions were Hungary although the Soviets were acknowledged as having the greatest depth of talent in their ranks.

The Soviet team actually lost a preliminary round match to Romania but recovered and booked their expected meeting with Hungary to decide the championship. The final was surprisingly one-sided in favour of the USSR who regained the title they had won in 1960.

Romania, who had lost a desperately close semi-final with Hungary, won an equally close contest with France to claim third place.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
		Yelena Novikova • Galina Gorokhova • Aleksandra Zabelina • Tatyana Samusenko • Svetlana Tširkova
2	–	Hungary	HUN	Silver
		Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Paula Marosi • Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics • Mária Gulácsy
3	–	Romania	ROU	Bronze
		Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic • Ileana Drîmbă • Olga Orban-Szabo • Ana Ene • Maria Vicol
4	–	France	FRA
		Cathérine Ceretti • Brigitte Gapais • Marie-Chantal Depetris • Claudie Herbster • Annick Level
5	–	West Germany	FRG
		Heidi Schmid • Helga Koch • Gundi Theuerkauff • Monika Pulch • Helga Volz-Mees
6	–	Italy	ITA
		Antonella Ragno • Giulia Lorenzoni • Giovanna Masciotta • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini • Silvana Sconciafurno
7	–	Poland	POL
		Halina Balon • Kamilla Składanowska • Elżbieta Cymerman • Elżbieta Pawlas • Wanda Fukała
8	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Margaret Bain • Janet Wardell-Yerburgh • Sue Green • Julia Davis • Eve Davies
9	–	Mexico	MEX
		Pilar Roldán • Linda Béjar • Lourdes Roldán • Sonia Arredondo • Rosa del Moral
10	–	United States	USA
		Harriet King • Veronica Smith • Sally Pechinsky • Maxine Mitchell • Jan Romary

Round One

Date	23 October 1968 — 08:30-13:00-16:00
Format	Top six teams, based on percentage of matchs won/lost and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to further competition. Teams ranked 1-2 advanced to semi-finals. Teams ranked 3-6 advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Percentage Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Romania	ROU	3-0	1.000	32-16	16	Q
2	France	FRA	2-0	1.000	17-14	3	Q
3	Hungary	HUN	2-0	1.000	22-10	12	q
4	Soviet Union	URS	2-1	0.667	32-15	17	q
5	Italy	ITA	1-1	0.500	17-15	2	q
6	West Germany	FRG	1-1	0.500	15-16	-1	q
7	Poland	POL	1-1	0.500	9-22	-13
8	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	0.500	6-26	-20
9	Mexico	MEX	0-2	0.000	15-17	-2
10	United States	USA	0-2	0.000	9-23	-14

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	17-14	Q
		Cathérine Ceretti • Brigitte Gapais • Marie-Chantal Depetris • Claudie Herbster • Annick Level
2	–	West Germany	FRG	1-1	15-16	Q
		Heidi Schmid • Helga Koch • Gundi Theuerkauff • Monika Pulch • Helga Volz-Mees
3	–	Mexico	MEX	0-2	15-17
		Pilar Roldán • Linda Béjar • Lourdes Roldán • Sonia Arredondo • Rosa del Moral

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	France	FRA	8 – 7	West Germany	FRG
Match #2	23 Oct	France	FRA	9 – 7	Mexico	MEX
Match #3	23 Oct	West Germany	FRG	8 – 8	Mexico	MEX

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	22-10	Q
		Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Paula Marosi • Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics • Mária Gulácsy
2	–	Italy	ITA	1-1	17-15	Q
		Antonella Ragno • Giulia Lorenzoni • Giovanna Masciotta • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini • Silvana Sconciafurno
3	–	United States	USA	0-2	9-23
		Harriet King • Veronica Smith • Sally Pechinsky • Maxine Mitchell • Jan Romary

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Hungary	HUN	9 – 7	Italy	ITA
Match #2	23 Oct	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	United States	USA
Match #3	23 Oct	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	United States	USA

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Romania	ROU	3-0	32-16	Q
		Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic • Ileana Drîmbă • Olga Orban-Szabo • Ana Ene • Maria Vicol
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-1	32-15	Q
		Yelena Novikova • Galina Gorokhova • Aleksandra Zabelina • Tatyana Samusenko • Svetlana Tširkova
3	–	Poland	POL	0-2	9-22
		Halina Balon • Kamilla Składanowska • Elżbieta Cymerman • Elżbieta Pawlas • Wanda Fukała
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	6-26
		Margaret Bain • Janet Wardell-Yerburgh • Sue Green • Julia Davis • Eve Davies

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Romania	ROU	9 – 7	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	23 Oct	Romania	ROU	10 – 6	Poland	POL
Match #3	23 Oct	Romania	ROU	13 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	23 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	12 – 4	Poland	POL
Match #5	23 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	13 – 3	Great Britain	GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 October 1968
Format	Most bouts won, ties broken by touches delivered.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 4	Italy	ITA	Q
Match #2	24 Oct	Hungary	HUN	9 – 3	West Germany	FRG	Q

Semi-Finals

Date	24 October 1968 — 9:00
Format	Classification pool to determine places for final matches for 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, and 5th-6th.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Hungary	HUN	8 – 8	Romania	ROU	Q
Match #2	24 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 3	France	FRA	Q

Final Pool

Date	24 October 1968 — 16:30
Format	Classification matches to determine places 1-6.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	24 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 3	Hungary	HUN
Match 3/4	24 Oct	Romania	ROU	8 – 8	France	FRA
Match 5/6	24 Oct	West Germany	FRG	8 – 7	Italy	ITA