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Foil, Team, Women

Date	27 – 28 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Pen-sing Gyeong-ji-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	60 from 12 countries

Hungary may been World Champions but the events of the individual event a week earlier propelled West Germany into being overwhelming gold medal favourites. The West German team included all three medallists from the individual foil in Seoul and were barely troubled in their gold medal victory. No opposing team won more than 4 bouts against them, a feat shared by losing finalists Italy and by quarter-final losers France. Hungary defeated the Soviets for bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	West Germany	FRG	Gold
		Anja Fichtel • Zita Funkenhauser • Christiane Weber • Sabine Bau • Annette Klug
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Dorina Vaccaroni • Margherita Zalaffi • Francesca Bortolozzi • Lucia Traversa • Annapia Gandolfi
3	–	Hungary	HUN	Bronze
		Zsuzsa Jánosi • Gertrúd Stefanek • Zsuzsa Szőcs • Katalin Tuschák • Edit Kovács
4	–	Soviet Union	URS
		Yelena Glikina • Yelena Grishina • Tatyana Sadovskaya • Marina Soboleva • Olga Voshchakina
5	–	People's Republic of China	CHN
		Li Huahua • Luan Jujie • Sun Hongyun • Xiao Aihua • Zhu Qingyuan
6	–	United States	USA
		Caitlin Bilodeaux • Elaine Cheris • Sharon Monplaisir • Mary O'Neill • Molly Sullivan
7	–	France	FRA
		Brigitte Gaudin • Gisèle Meygret • Laurence Modaine • Nathalie Pallet • Isabelle Spennato
8	–	Republic of Korea	KOR
		Kim Jin-Sun • Sin Seong-Ja • Tak Jeong-Im • Yun Jeong-Suk • Park Eun-Hui
9	–	Canada	CAN
		Marie-Huguette Cormier • Madeleine Philion • Jacynthe Poirier • Shelley Steiner • Thalie Tremblay
10	–	Poland	POL
		Małgorzata Breś • Agnieszka Dubrawska • Jolanta Królikowska • Hanna Prusakowska • Anna Sobczak
11	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Ann Brannon • Linda Ann Martin • Fiona McIntosh • Linda Strachan • Liz Thurley
12	–	Japan	JPN
		Nona Kiritani • Keiko Mine • Mieko Miyahara • Akemi Morikawa • Tomoko Oka

Round One

Date	27 September 1988 — 9:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	West Germany	FRG	2-0	18-4	Q
		Anja Fichtel • Zita Funkenhauser • Christiane Weber • Sabine Bau • Annette Klug
2	–	United States	USA	1-1	10-15	Q
		Caitlin Bilodeaux • Elaine Cheris • Sharon Monplaisir • Mary O'Neill • Molly Sullivan
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	9-18
		Ann Brannon • Linda Ann Martin • Fiona McIntosh • Linda Strachan • Liz Thurley

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	West Germany	FRG	9 – 1	United States	USA
Match #2	27 Sep	West Germany	FRG	9 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	27 Sep	United States	USA	9 – 6	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	17-10	Q
		Zsuzsa Jánosi • Gertrúd Stefanek • Zsuzsa Szőcs • Edit Kovács
2	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	1-1	13-12	Q
		Kim Jin-Sun • Sin Seong-Ja • Tak Jeong-Im • Yun Jeong-Suk • Park Eun-Hui
3	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	9-17
		Marie-Huguette Cormier • Madeleine Philion • Jacynthe Poirier • Shelley Steiner • Thalie Tremblay

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	27 Sep	Hungary	HUN	8 – 6	Canada	CAN
Match #3	27 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	9 – 3	Canada	CAN

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	18-10	Q
		Yelena Glikina • Yelena Grishina • Tatyana Sadovskaya • Marina Soboleva • Olga Voshchakina
2	–	France	FRA	1-1	13-12	Q
		Brigitte Gaudin • Gisèle Meygret • Laurence Modaine • Nathalie Pallet • Isabelle Spennato
3	–	Poland	POL	0-2	9-18
		Małgorzata Breś • Agnieszka Dubrawska • Jolanta Królikowska • Hanna Prusakowska • Anna Sobczak

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 4	France	FRA
Match #2	27 Sep	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 6	Poland	POL
Match #3	27 Sep	France	FRA	9 – 3	Poland	POL

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	18-6	Q
		Dorina Vaccaroni • Margherita Zalaffi • Francesca Bortolozzi • Lucia Traversa • Annapia Gandolfi
2	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	1-1	15-14	Q
		Li Huahua • Luan Jujie • Sun Hongyun • Xiao Aihua • Zhu Qingyuan
3	–	Japan	JPN	0-2	5-18
		Nona Kiritani • Keiko Mine • Mieko Miyahara • Akemi Morikawa • Tomoko Oka

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Italy	ITA	9 – 6	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	27 Sep	Italy	ITA	9 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #3	27 Sep	People's Republic of China	CHN	9 – 5	Japan	JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Piste 1	Hungary	HUN	9 – 5	United States	USA
Match #2	28 Sep	Piste 3	Italy	ITA	9 – 4	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	28 Sep	Piste 13	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 7	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #4	28 Sep	Piste 15	West Germany	FRG	9 – 4	France	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	28 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	9 – 3	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	28 Sep	Piste 13	West Germany	FRG	9 – 3	Soviet Union	URS

Classification Round 5-8

Date	28 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Piste 3	United States	USA	9 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	28 Sep	Piste 15	People's Republic of China	CHN	9 – 6	France	FRA

Final Pool

Date	28 September 1988 — 9:00
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Sep	Piste Final	West Germany	FRG	9 – 4	Italy	ITA
Match 3/4	28 Sep	Piste 16	Hungary	HUN	9 – 2	Soviet Union	URS
Match 5/6	28 Sep	Piste 10	People's Republic of China	CHN	8 – 8	United States	USA
Match 7/8	28 Sep	Piste 7	France	FRA	9 – 4	Republic of Korea	KOR