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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.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOC
1–Soviet UnionURSGold
Yelena Belova • Valentina Sidorova • Olga Knyazeva • Nailya Gilyazova • Valentina Nikonova
2–FranceFRASilver
Brigitte Latrille • Brigitte Dumont • Christine Muzio • Véronique Trinquet • Claudie Josland
3–HungaryHUNBronze
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Magda Maros • Edit Kovács
4–West GermanyFRG
Karin Rutz-Gießelmann • Cornelia Hanisch • Ute Kircheis • Brigitte Oertel • Jutta Höhne
5–ItalyITA
Maria Consolata Collino • Giulia Lorenzoni • Doriana Pigliapoco • Susanna Batazzi • Carola Mangiarotti
6–PolandPOL
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
=7–Great BritainGBR
Wendy Ager • Susan Wrigglesworth • Hilary Cawthorne • Clare Halsted • Sue Green
=7–RomaniaROU
Ileana Jenei • Marcela Moldovan • Ecaterina Stahl • Ana Pascu • Magdalena Bartoș
=9–CubaCUB
Milady Tack-Fang • Marlene Font • Nancy Uranga • Margarita Rodríguez
=9–CanadaCAN
Fleurette Campeau • Susan Stewart • Donna Hennyey • Chantal Payer
=9–JapanJPN
Hideko Oka • Mariko Yoshikawa • Hiroko Kamada • Yukari Kajihara
=9–United StatesUSA
Nikki Franke • Sheila Armstrong • Ann O'Donnell • Gay D'Asaro • Denise O'Connor
=9–IranIRI
Mariam Atchak • Mahvash Shafaie • Jhila Al-Masi • Gitty Moheban
DNS–AustriaAUT
Marlene Ganser • Ingrid Gosch • Ingrid Losert • Elke Radlingmaier

Round One

Date27 July 1976 — 8:30
FormatTop two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–Soviet UnionURS2-023-4Q
Yelena Belova • Valentina Sidorova • Olga Knyazeva • Nailya Gilyazova • Valentina Nikonova
2–PolandPOL1-111-16Q
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
3–CanadaCAN0-29-23
Fleurette Campeau • Susan Stewart • Donna Hennyey • Chantal Payer
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 2Soviet UnionURS9 – 2PolandPOL
Match #227 JulPiste 2Soviet UnionURS14 – 2CanadaCAN
Match #327 JulPiste 2PolandPOL9 – 7CanadaCAN

Pool #2

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–FranceFRA2-020-11Q
Brigitte Latrille • Brigitte Dumont • Christine Muzio • Véronique Trinquet • Claudie Josland
2–RomaniaROU1-114-17Q
Ileana Jenei • Marcela Moldovan • Ecaterina Stahl • Ana Pascu • Magdalena Bartoș
3–CubaCUB0-213-19
Milady Tack-Fang • Marlene Font • Nancy Uranga • Margarita Rodríguez
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 4FranceFRA9 – 6RomaniaROU
Match #227 JulPiste 4FranceFRA11 – 5CubaCUB
Match #327 JulPiste 4RomaniaROU8 – 8CubaCUB

Pool #3

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–HungaryHUN2-020-10Q
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Magda Maros • Edit Kovács
2–West GermanyFRG1-116-14Q
Karin Rutz-Gießelmann • Cornelia Hanisch • Ute Kircheis • Brigitte Oertel • Jutta Höhne
3–JapanJPN0-210-22
Hideko Oka • Mariko Yoshikawa • Hiroko Kamada • Yukari Kajihara
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 6HungaryHUN8 – 6West GermanyFRG
Match #227 JulPiste 6HungaryHUN12 – 4JapanJPN
Match #327 JulPiste 6West GermanyFRG10 – 6JapanJPN

Pool #4

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–ItalyITA3-036-7Q
Maria Consolata Collino • Giulia Lorenzoni • Doriana Pigliapoco • Susanna Batazzi • Carola Mangiarotti
2–Great BritainGBR2-120-23Q
Wendy Ager • Susan Wrigglesworth • Hilary Cawthorne • Clare Halsted • Sue Green
3–United StatesUSA1-220-28
Nikki Franke • Sheila Armstrong • Ann O'Donnell • Gay D'Asaro • Denise O'Connor
4–IranIRI0-315-33
Mariam Atchak • Mahvash Shafaie • Jhila Al-Masi • Gitty Moheban
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 8ItalyITA9 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #227 JulPiste 8ItalyITA14 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #327 JulPiste 8ItalyITA13 – 3IranIRI
Match #427 JulPiste 10Great BritainGBR9 – 7United StatesUSA
Match #527 JulPiste 10Great BritainGBR9 – 7IranIRI
Match #627 JulPiste 10United StatesUSA11 – 5IranIRI

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 1976 — 16:00
FormatWinner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 2Soviet UnionURS9 – 1RomaniaROU
Match #227 JulPiste 4West GermanyFRG9 – 2ItalyITA
Match #327 JulPiste 10HungaryHUN9 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #427 JulPiste 8FranceFRA9 – 5PolandPOL

Semi-Finals

Date28 July 1976 — 13:00
FormatWinner of each pool advanced to final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 JulPiste 1Soviet UnionURS9 – 6West GermanyFRG
Match #228 JulPiste 2FranceFRA8 – 8HungaryHUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date28 July 1976 — 16:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 JulPiste 3ItalyITA9 – 5RomaniaROU
Match #228 JulPiste 4PolandPOL8 – 8Great BritainGBR

Final Pool

Date28 July 1976 — 18:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/228 JulPiste FinalSoviet UnionURS9 – 2FranceFRA
Match 3/428 JulPiste FinalHungaryHUN9 – 4West GermanyFRG
Match 5/628 JulPiste 6ItalyITA9 – 7PolandPOL