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Foil, Individual, Women

Date	22 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	40 from 17 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

In contrast to many of the men’s events in Atlanta, the women’s foil went along with expectations and the three medals were won by the three top ranked women in the world. Italy supplied the top two seeds in Valentina Vezzali and Barcelona Games winner Giovanna Trillini but they were thwarted by world #3, and the reigning World Champion, Laura Badea of Romania. Badea ousted Trillini in a classic semi-final where the Italian fought back from a seemingly impossible position to draw level at 14-14 before the Romania forced the decisive hit. Badea’s win over Vezzali was much more straightforward. This was Romania’s first gold in fencing since 1968.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	3	Laura Badea	ROU	Gold
2	1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA	Silver
3	2	Giovanna Trillini	ITA	Bronze
4	13	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA
5	5	Monika Weber-Koszto	GER
6	10	Xiao Aihua	CHN
7	9	Ann Marsh	USA
8	11	Aida Mohamed	HUN
9	4	Diana Bianchedi	ITA
10	6	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	GER
11	7	Zsuzsa Jánosi-Németh	HUN
12	8	Sabine Bau	GER
13	12	Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel	ISR
14	14	Adeline Wuillème	FRA
15	18	Roxana Scarlat	ROU
16	17	Olga Velichko	RUS
17	16	Gabriella Lantos	HUN
18	15	Svetlana Boyko	RUS
19	19	Reka Szabo	ROU
20	20	Olga Sharkova	RUS
21	21	Felicia Zimmermann	USA
22	22	Anna Rybicka	POL
23	24	Clothilde Magnan	FRA
24	23	Anna Angelova	BUL
25	26	Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	POL
26	25	Ayelet Ohayon	ISR
27	27	Liang Jun	CHN
28	28	Katarzyna Felusiak	POL
29	29	Wang Huifeng	CHN
30	30	Lilach Parisky	ISR
31	31	Ivana Georgieva	BUL
32	33	Jeon Mi-Gyeong	KOR
33	32	Suzie Paxton	USA
34	34	Fiona McIntosh	GBR
35	35	Yanina Iannuzzi	ARG
36	36	Alejandra Carbone	ARG
=37	38	Ferial Salhi	ALG
=37	39	Dolores Pampin	ARG
=37	37	Henda Zaouali	TUN
=37	40	Carmen Rodríguez	GUA

Round One

Date	22 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	22 Jul		Valentina Vezzali	ITA				bye
Bout #2	22 Jul	Piste 1	Jeon Mi-Gyeong	KOR	15 – 14	Suzie Paxton	USA
Bout #3	22 Jul		Olga Velichko	RUS				bye
Bout #4	22 Jul		Gabriella Lantos	HUN				bye
Bout #5	22 Jul		Ann Marsh	USA				bye
Bout #6	22 Jul		Clothilde Magnan	FRA				bye
Bout #7	22 Jul	Piste 2	Ayelet Ohayon	ISR	15 – 2	Carmen Rodríguez	GUA
Bout #8	22 Jul		Sabine Bau	GER				bye
Bout #9	22 Jul		Monika Weber-Koszto	GER				bye
Bout #10	22 Jul	Piste 3	Katarzyna Felusiak	POL	15 – 9	Henda Zaouali	TUN
Bout #11	22 Jul		Felicia Zimmermann	USA				bye
Bout #12	22 Jul		Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel	ISR				bye
Bout #13	22 Jul		Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA				bye
Bout #14	22 Jul		Olga Sharkova	RUS				bye
Bout #15	22 Jul	Piste 4	Wang Huifeng	CHN	15 – 4	Alejandra Carbone	ARG
Bout #16	22 Jul		Diana Bianchedi	ITA				bye
Bout #17	22 Jul		Laura Badea	ROU				bye
Bout #18	22 Jul	Piste 5	Lilach Parisky	ISR	15 – 7	Yanina Iannuzzi	ARG
Bout #19	22 Jul		Reka Szabo	ROU				bye
Bout #20	22 Jul		Adeline Wuillème	FRA				bye
Bout #21	22 Jul		Aida Mohamed	HUN				bye
Bout #22	22 Jul		Anna Rybicka	POL				bye
Bout #23	22 Jul	Piste 6	Liang Jun	CHN	15 – 7	Ferial Salhi	ALG
Bout #24	22 Jul		Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	GER				bye
Bout #25	22 Jul		Zsuzsa Jánosi-Németh	HUN				bye
Bout #26	22 Jul	Piste 1	Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	POL	15 – 8	Dolores Pampin	ARG
Bout #27	22 Jul		Anna Angelova	BUL				bye
Bout #28	22 Jul		Xiao Aihua	CHN				bye
Bout #29	22 Jul		Svetlana Boyko	RUS				bye
Bout #30	22 Jul		Roxana Scarlat	ROU				bye
Bout #31	22 Jul	Piste 4	Ivana Georgieva	BUL	15 – 4	Fiona McIntosh	GBR
Bout #32	22 Jul		Giovanna Trillini	ITA				bye

Round Two

Date	22 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	22 Jul	Piste 1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA	15 – 12	Jeon Mi-Gyeong	KOR
Bout #2	22 Jul	Piste 2	Olga Velichko	RUS	15 – 14	Gabriella Lantos	HUN
Bout #3	22 Jul	Piste 3	Ann Marsh	USA	15 – 9	Clothilde Magnan	FRA
Bout #4	22 Jul	Piste 4	Sabine Bau	GER	15 – 10	Ayelet Ohayon	ISR
Bout #5	22 Jul	Piste 5	Monika Weber-Koszto	GER	15 – 14	Katarzyna Felusiak	POL
Bout #6	22 Jul	Piste 6	Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel	ISR	15 – 12	Felicia Zimmermann	USA
Bout #7	22 Jul	Piste 1	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA	15 – 14	Olga Sharkova	RUS
Bout #8	22 Jul	Piste 2	Diana Bianchedi	ITA	15 – 10	Wang Huifeng	CHN
Bout #9	22 Jul	Piste 3	Laura Badea	ROU	15 – 5	Lilach Parisky	ISR
Bout #10	22 Jul	Piste 4	Adeline Wuillème	FRA	15 – 12	Reka Szabo	ROU
Bout #11	22 Jul	Piste 5	Aida Mohamed	HUN	15 – 8	Anna Rybicka	POL
Bout #12	22 Jul	Piste 6	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	GER	15 – 10	Liang Jun	CHN
Bout #13	22 Jul	Piste 1	Zsuzsa Jánosi-Németh	HUN	15 – 11	Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	POL
Bout #14	22 Jul	Piste 3	Xiao Aihua	CHN	15 – 4	Anna Angelova	BUL
Bout #15	22 Jul	Piste 4	Roxana Scarlat	ROU	15 – 10	Svetlana Boyko	RUS
Bout #16	22 Jul	Piste 6	Giovanna Trillini	ITA	15 – 8	Ivana Georgieva	BUL

Round Three

Date	22 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	22 Jul	Piste 1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA	15 – 13	Olga Velichko	RUS
Bout #2	22 Jul	Piste 3	Ann Marsh	USA	15 – 8	Sabine Bau	GER
Bout #3	22 Jul	Piste 4	Monika Weber-Koszto	GER	15 – 13	Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel	ISR
Bout #4	22 Jul	Piste 6	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA	15 – 0	Diana Bianchedi	ITA
Bout #5	22 Jul	Piste 1	Laura Badea	ROU	15 – 6	Adeline Wuillème	FRA
Bout #6	22 Jul	Piste 3	Aida Mohamed	HUN	15 – 14	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	GER
Bout #7	22 Jul	Piste 4	Xiao Aihua	CHN	15 – 7	Zsuzsa Jánosi-Németh	HUN
Bout #8	22 Jul	Piste 6	Giovanna Trillini	ITA	15 – 11	Roxana Scarlat	ROU

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	22 Jul	Piste 1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA	15 – 10	Ann Marsh	USA
Bout #2	22 Jul	Piste 3	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA	15 – 14	Monika Weber-Koszto	GER
Bout #3	22 Jul	Piste 4	Laura Badea	ROU	15 – 8	Aida Mohamed	HUN
Bout #4	22 Jul	Piste 6	Giovanna Trillini	ITA	15 – 7	Xiao Aihua	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	22 Jul	Piste 1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA	15 – 7	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA
Bout #2	22 Jul	Piste 1	Laura Badea	ROU	15 – 14	Giovanna Trillini	ITA

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	22 Jul	Piste 1	Laura Badea	ROU	15 – 10	Valentina Vezzali	ITA
Bout 3/4	22 Jul	Piste 1	Giovanna Trillini	ITA	15 – 9	Laurence Modaine-Cessac	FRA