Fencing — Foil, Individual, Women

Times held 24
Total participants 560
Total countries 71

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 25 9
1928 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 27 11
1932 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 17 11
1936 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 41 17
1948 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 39 15
1952 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 37 15
1956 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 23 11
1960 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 56 24
1964 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 39 17
1968 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 38 16
1972 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 44 20
1976 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 48 20
1980 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 33 14
1984 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 42 18
1988 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 45 19
1992 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 46 19
1996 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 40 17
2000 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 40 21
2004 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 25 20
2008 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 41 24
2012 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 38 20
2016 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 35 27
2020 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 34 18
2024 Foil, Individual, Women Olympic 34 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Ellen OsiierDEN Gladys DavisGBR Grete HeckscherDEN
1928 Helene MayerGER Muriel FreemanGBR Olga OelkersGER
1932 Ellen PreisAUT Judy GuinnessGBR Erna BogenHUN
1936 Ilona Elek-SchachererHUN Helene MayerGER Ellen PreisAUT
1948 Ilona ElekHUN Karen LachmannDEN Ellen Müller-PreisAUT
1952 Irene Camber-CornoITA Ilona ElekHUN Karen LachmannDEN
1956 Gillian SheenGBR Olga OrbanROU Renée GarilheFRA
1960 Heidi SchmidGER Valentina RastvorovaURS Maria VicolROU
1964 Ildikó Rejtő-UjlakyHUN Helga MeesGER Antonella RagnoITA
1968 Yelena NovikovaURS Pilar RoldánMEX Ildikó Rejtő-UjlakyHUN
1972 Antonella Ragno-LonziITA Ildikó Farkasinszky-BóbisHUN Galina GorokhovaURS
1976 Ildikó Schwarczenberger-TordasiHUN Maria Consolata CollinoITA Yelena BelovaURS
1980 Pascale TrinquetFRA Magda MarosHUN Barbara WysoczańskaPOL
1984 Luan JujieCHN Cornelia HanischFRG Dorina VaccaroniITA
1988 Anja FichtelFRG Sabine BauFRG Zita FunkenhauserFRG
1992 Giovanna TrilliniITA Wang HuifengCHN Tatyana SadovskayaEUN
1996 Laura BadeaROU Valentina VezzaliITA Giovanna TrilliniITA
2000 Valentina VezzaliITA Rita KönigGER Giovanna TrilliniITA
2004 Valentina VezzaliITA Giovanna TrilliniITA Sylwia GruchałaPOL
2008 Valentina VezzaliITA Nam Hyeon-HuiKOR Margherita GranbassiITA
2012 Elisa Di FranciscaITA Arianna ErrigoITA Valentina VezzaliITA
2016 Inna DeriglazovaRUS Elisa Di FranciscaITA Inès BoubakriTUN
2020 Lee KieferUSA Inna DeriglazovaROC Larisa KorobeynikovaROC
2024 Lee KieferUSA Lauren ScruggsUSA Eleanor HarveyCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Italy ITA 7 5 6 18
Hungary HUN 4 3 2 9
Germany GER 2 3 1 6
United States USA 2 1 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 3 0 4
West Germany FRG 1 2 1 4
Denmark DEN 1 1 2 4
Soviet Union URS 1 1 2 4
Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 0 2
Austria AUT 1 0 2 3
France FRA 1 0 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
ROC ROC 0 1 1 2
Mexico MEX 0 1 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 0 2 2
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Valentina Vezzali ITA 3 1 1 5
Ilona Elek-Schacherer HUN 2 1 0 3
Lee Kiefer USA 2 0 0 2
Giovanna Trillini ITA 1 1 2 4
Helene Mayer GER 1 1 0 2
Inna Deriglazova ROC
RUS
1 1 0 2
Elisa Di Francisca ITA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2016 Summer Olympics Anissa Khelfaoui 20 See all
Argentina ARG 1964 Summer Olympics María Romano =9 See all
Australia AUS 1976 Summer Olympics Helen Smith 17 See all
Austria AUT 1932 Summer Olympics Ellen Preis 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Vita Silchanka 24 See all
Belgium BEL 1932 Summer Olympics Jenny Addams 4 See all
Brazil BRA 2004 Summer Olympics Maju Herklotz 20 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1996 Summer Olympics Anna Angelova 24 See all
Canada CAN 2024 Summer Olympics Eleanor Harvey 3 Bronze See all
Chile CHI 2024 Summer Olympics Arantza Inostroza 26 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Saskia van Erven =17 See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics Clara Alfonso =13 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová =7 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2024 Summer Olympics Maxine Esteban 23 See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Ellen Osiier 1 Gold See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Mandy Niklaus =9 See all
Egypt EGY 2012 Summer Olympics Iman Shaban =17 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Maggie Kalka 5 p2 r1/4 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Marianne Sjöblom =5 p6 r1/4
France FRA 1980 Summer Olympics Pascale Trinquet 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Helene Mayer 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Heidi Schmid 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1956 Summer Olympics Gillian Sheen 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Maria Rentoumi 22 See all
Guatemala GUA 1996 Summer Olympics Carmen Rodríguez =37 See all
Haiti HAI 1984 Summer Olympics Gina Faustin 34 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Elvia Reyes 45 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2024 Summer Olympics Daphne Chan 15 See all
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Ilona Elek-Schacherer 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Ilona Elek 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi 1 Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Tamara Savić 31 See all
Indonesia INA 1960 Summer Olympics Sioe Gouw Pau 4 p9 r1/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1948 Summer Olympics Tommy Dermody 7 p1 r1/4 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Shirley Armstrong 5 p5 r1/4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Jhila Al-Masi 37 See all
Israel ISR 1996 Summer Olympics Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel 13 See all
Italy ITA 1952 Summer Olympics Irene Camber-Corno 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Antonella Ragno-Lonzi 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Giovanna Trillini 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Valentina Vezzali 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Valentina Vezzali 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Valentina Vezzali 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Elisa Di Francisca 1 Gold
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Kanae Ikehata =5 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Chieko Sugawara =5
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Nelya Sevostiyanova 38 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2016 Summer Olympics Lubna Al-Omair 35 See all
Lebanon LBN 2012 Summer Olympics Mona Shaito =17 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1964 Summer Olympics Ginette Rossini 5 p2 r2/4 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Pilar Roldán 2 Silver See all
Morocco MAR 2016 Summer Olympics Youssra Zakarani 23 See all
Netherlands NED 1932 Summer Olympics Jo de Boer 6 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1968 Summer Olympics Ivonne Witteveen 6 p2 r1/4 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Myrna Anselma 6 p5 r1/4
Panama PAN 1984 Summer Olympics Barbra Higgins 42 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Luan Jujie 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 2008 Summer Olympics María Doig 41 See all
Philippines PHI 2024 Summer Olympics Samantha Catantan 32 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Barbara Wysoczańska 3 Bronze See all
2004 Summer Olympics Sylwia Gruchała 3 Bronze
Portugal POR 1960 Summer Olympics Maria Nápoles =5 p1 r1/4 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1960 Summer Olympics Gloria Colón 5 p9 r1/4 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Inna Deriglazova 2 Silver See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Nam Hyeon-Hui 2 Silver See all
Romania ROU 1996 Summer Olympics Laura Badea 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Inna Deriglazova 1 Gold See all
Singapore SGP 2024 Summer Olympics Amita Berthier 25 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Heidi Botha 44 See all
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Yelena Novikova 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1960 Summer Olympics Mary Shaw 4 p6 r1/4 See all
Sweden SWE 1968 Summer Olympics Kerstin Palm 5 See all
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Emma Fitting 5 p2 r2/3 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Jeannette Morgenthaler 5 p2 r2/3
Tunisia TUN 2016 Summer Olympics Inès Boubakri 3 Bronze See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics İrem Karamete 23 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Olha Leleiko =17 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Tatyana Sadovskaya 3 Bronze See all
United States USA 2020 Summer Olympics Lee Kiefer 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Lee Kiefer 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Alayna Snell 40 See all
Venezuela VEN 2004 Summer Olympics Mariana González 16 See all
Vietnam VIE 2016 Summer Olympics Đỗ Thị Anh 32 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Anja Fichtel 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1936 Summer Olympics Margit Kristijan 5 p2 r2/4 See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Patricia Skinner 6 p5 r1/4 See all