| | Event type
Foil, Team, Women
| Date | 5 – 7 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Terrace Theater, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California / Exhibit Hall, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California |
| Participants | 48 from 10 countries |
Even if the USSR and Hungary had been able to compete at the Los Angeles Olympics, Italy would still have started as favourites as they had been World Champions in both 1982 and 1983. Sadly for the Italians they did not reach their top form at the Games and were beaten twice by West Germany during the tournament. The second Italian loss came on the tie-break rule at the semi-final stage and lost them the chance of adding Olympic gold to their World Championship titles. The second semi-final was also a closely matched affair which resulted in Romania narrowly beating France. Christiane Weber and Cornelia Hanisch then led the Germans to a less tense victory in the final.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | West Germany |  FRG | Gold | |||||
| Christiane Weber • Cornelia Hanisch • Sabine Bischoff • Ute Wessel • Zita Funkenhauser | |||||||||
| 2 | – | Romania |  ROU | Silver | |||||
| Aurora Dan • Monica Veber-Koszto • Rozalia Oros • Marcela Zsak • Elisabeta Guzganu | |||||||||
| 3 | – | France |  FRA | Bronze | |||||
| Laurence Modaine • Pascale Trinquet-Hachin • Brigitte Gaudin • Véronique Brouquier • Anne Meygret | |||||||||
| 4 | – | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Dorina Vaccaroni • Clara Mochi • Margherita Zalaffi • Lucia Traversa • Carola Cicconetti | |||||||||
| 5 | – | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Luan Jujie • Zhu Qingyuan • Li Huahua • Wu Qiuhua • Zhu Minzhu | |||||||||
| 6 | – | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Vinnie Bradford • Sharon Monplaisir • Sue Badders • Debra Waples • Jana Angelakis | |||||||||
| 7 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Ann Brannon • Linda Ann Martin • Fiona McIntosh • Liz Thurley • Katie Arup | |||||||||
| 8 | – | Japan |  JPN | ||||||
| Mieko Miyahara • Azusa Oikawa • Miyuki Maekawa • Tomoko Oka | |||||||||
| 9 | – | Canada |  CAN | ||||||
| Caroline Mitchell • Shelley Steiner • Madeleine Philion • Jacynthe Poirier • Marie-Huguette Cormier | |||||||||
| 10 | – | Argentina |  ARG | ||||||
| María Alicia Sinigaglia • Sandra Giancola • Constanza Oriani • Silvana Giancola | |||||||||
Round One
| Date | 5 August 1984 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced directly to semi-finals. Teams ranked 3-6, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Matches Won %%% | Bouts | Bouts Won Margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | FRG | 3-0 | 1.000 | 27-9 | 18 | ||
| 2 | France | FRA | 2-0 | 1.000 | 18-5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | Romania | ROU | 2-0 | 1.000 | 18-6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 2-1 | 0.667 | 22-12 | 10 | ||
| 5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 1-1 | 0.500 | 15-12 | 3 | ||
| 6 | United States | USA | 1-1 | 0.500 | 11-16 | -5 | ||
| 7 | Japan | JPN | 1-2 | 0.333 | 16-19 | -3 | ||
| 8 | Great Britain | GBR | 0-2 | 0.000 | 10-18 | -8 | ||
| 9 | Canada | CAN | 0-2 | 0.000 | 3-18 | -15 | ||
| 10 | Argentina | ARG | 0-3 | 0.000 | 2-27 | -25 |
Pool #1
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France | FRA | 2-0 | 18-5 | |||||
| Laurence Modaine • Pascale Trinquet-Hachin • Brigitte Gaudin • Anne Meygret | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | United States | USA | 1-1 | 11-16 | |||||
| Vinnie Bradford • Sharon Monplaisir • Debra Waples • Jana Angelakis • Sue Badders | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 0-2 | 10-18 | |||||
| Ann Brannon • Linda Ann Martin • Fiona McIntosh • Liz Thurley • Katie Arup | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 05 Aug | France | FRA | 9 – 2 | United States | USA | |
| Match #2 | 05 Aug | France | FRA | 9 – 3 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #3 | 05 Aug | United States | USA | 9 – 7 | Great Britain | GBR |
Pool #2
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Romania | ROU | 2-0 | 18-6 | |||||
| Aurora Dan • Monica Veber-Koszto • Rozalia Oros • Marcela Zsak • Elisabeta Guzganu | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | People's Republic of China | CHN | 1-1 | 15-12 | |||||
| Luan Jujie • Zhu Qingyuan • Li Huahua • Wu Qiuhua • Zhu Minzhu | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Canada | CAN | 0-2 | 3-18 | |||||
| Caroline Mitchell • Shelley Steiner • Madeleine Philion • Jacynthe Poirier • Marie-Huguette Cormier | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 05 Aug | Romania | ROU | 9 – 6 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 05 Aug | Romania | ROU | 9 – 0 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #3 | 05 Aug | People's Republic of China | CHN | 9 – 3 | Canada | CAN |
Pool #3
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | West Germany | FRG | 3-0 | 27-9 | |||||
| Christiane Weber • Cornelia Hanisch • Sabine Bischoff • Ute Wessel • Zita Funkenhauser | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-1 | 22-12 | |||||
| Dorina Vaccaroni • Clara Mochi • Margherita Zalaffi • Lucia Traversa • Carola Cicconetti | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Japan | JPN | 1-2 | 16-19 | |||||
| Mieko Miyahara • Azusa Oikawa • Miyuki Maekawa • Tomoko Oka | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Argentina | ARG | 0-3 | 2-27 | |||||
| María Alicia Sinigaglia • Sandra Giancola • Constanza Oriani • Silvana Giancola | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 05 Aug | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 4 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #2 | 05 Aug | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 4 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #3 | 05 Aug | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 1 | Argentina | ARG | |
| Match #4 | 05 Aug | Italy | ITA | 9 – 3 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #5 | 05 Aug | Italy | ITA | 9 – 0 | Argentina | ARG | |
| Match #6 | 05 Aug | Japan | JPN | 9 – 1 | Argentina | ARG |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 7 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 07 Aug | Romania | ROU | 8 – 4 | United States | USA | |
| Match #2 | 07 Aug | Italy | ITA | 9 – 7 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 7 August 1984 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 07 Aug | Romania | ROU | 8 – 7 | France | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 07 Aug | West Germany | FRG | 8 – 8 | Italy | ITA |
Final Pool
| Date | 7 August 1984 — 9:00 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 07 Aug | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 5 | Romania | ROU | |
| Match 3/4 | 07 Aug | France | FRA | 9 – 7 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match 5/6 | 07 Aug | People's Republic of China | CHN | 9 – 5 | United States | USA |