| Date | 25 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 34 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
34 foil fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion was Russian fencer Inna Deriglazova and she was also the three-time World Champion since 2015. Nevertheless she lost the final against US-fencer Lee Kiefer 15-13. Deriglazova’s teammate Larisa Korobeynikova fought against Italian Alice Volpi in the bronze bout and was happy to triumph by a 15-14 result. This was the first time a US fencer had won an Olympic gold medal in foil.
| Pos | Seed | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Lee Kiefer |  USA | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1 | Inna Deriglazova |  ROC | Silver | ||
| 3 | 15 | Larisa Korobeynikova | ROC | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 4 | Alice Volpi |  ITA | |||
| 5 | 5 | Arianna Errigo | ITA | |||
| 6 | 6 | Yuka Ueno |  JPN | |||
| 7 | 9 | Jeon Hui-Suk |  KOR | |||
| 8 | 23 | Kelleigh Ryan |  CAN | |||
| 9 | 2 | Ysaora Thibus |  FRA | |||
| 10 | 7 | Adelina Zagidullina | ROC | |||
| 11 | 8 | Chen Qingyuan |  CHN | |||
| 12 | 11 | Nicole Ross | USA | |||
| 13 | 12 | Jessica Guo | CAN | |||
| 14 | 13 | Leonie Ebert |  GER | |||
| 15 | 16 | Fanni Kreiss |  HUN | |||
| 16 | 19 | Eleanor Harvey | CAN | |||
| 17 | 24 | Sera Azuma | JPN | |||
| 18 | 14 | Pauline Ranvier | FRA | |||
| 19 | 17 | Martina Batini | ITA | |||
| 20 | 18 | Inès Boubakri |  TUN | |||
| 21 | 20 | Jackie Dubrovich | USA | |||
| 22 | 21 | Anita Blaze | FRA | |||
| 23 | 22 | İrem Karamete |  TUR | |||
| 24 | 10 | Rio Azuma | JPN | |||
| 25 | 26 | Saskia van Erven |  COL | |||
| 26 | 25 | Noha Hany |  EGY | |||
| 27 | 28 | Yara El-Sharkawy | EGY | |||
| 28 | 27 | Noura Mohamed | EGY | |||
| 29 | 29 | Kata Kondricz | HUN | |||
| 30 | 30 | Amita Berthier |  SGP | |||
| 31 | 32 | Martyna Jelińska |  POL | |||
| 32 | 34 | Flóra Pásztor | HUN | |||
| 33 | 31 | Meriem Mebarki |  ALG | |||
| 34 | 33 | Katina Proestakis |  CHI |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 9:55 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round three. |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 13:35 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 25 Jul | Blue Piste | Inna Deriglazova (1) | ROC | 15 – 10 | Fanni Kreiss (16) | HUN | |
| Bout #2 | 25 Jul | Blue Piste | Jeon Hui-Suk (9) | KOR | 14 – 11 | Chen Qingyuan (8) | CHN | |
| Bout #3 | 25 Jul | Yellow Piste | Arianna Errigo (5) | ITA | 15 – 7 | Jessica Guo (12) | CAN | |
| Bout #4 | 25 Jul | Yellow Piste | Alice Volpi (4) | ITA | 15 – 13 | Leonie Ebert (13) | GER | |
| Bout #5 | 25 Jul | Green Piste | Lee Kiefer (3) | USA | 15 – 13 | Eleanor Harvey (19) | CAN | |
| Bout #6 | 25 Jul | Green Piste | Yuka Ueno (6) | JPN | 15 – 9 | Nicole Ross (11) | USA | |
| Bout #7 | 25 Jul | Red Piste | Kelleigh Ryan (23) | CAN | 15 – 9 | Adelina Zagidullina (7) | ROC | |
| Bout #8 | 25 Jul | Red Piste | Larisa Korobeynikova (15) | ROC | 15 – 12 | Ysaora Thibus (2) | FRA |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 15:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 25 Jul | Blue Piste | Inna Deriglazova (1) | ROC | 15 – 7 | Jeon Hui-Suk (9) | KOR | |
| Bout #2 | 25 Jul | Yellow Piste | Alice Volpi (4) | ITA | 15 – 7 | Arianna Errigo (5) | ITA | |
| Bout #3 | 25 Jul | Green Piste | Lee Kiefer (3) | USA | 15 – 11 | Yuka Ueno (6) | JPN | |
| Bout #4 | 25 Jul | Red Piste | Larisa Korobeynikova (15) | ROC | 15 – 11 | Kelleigh Ryan (23) | CAN |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 25 Jul | Final Piste | Inna Deriglazova (1) | ROC | 15 – 10 | Alice Volpi (4) | ITA | |
| Bout #2 | 25 Jul | Final Piste | Lee Kiefer (3) | USA | 15 – 6 | Larisa Korobeynikova (15) | ROC |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 19:50 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitor (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout 1/2 | 25 Jul 20:45 | Final Piste | Lee Kiefer (3) | USA | 15 – 13 | Inna Deriglazova (1) | ROC | |
| Bout 3/4 | 25 Jul 19:50 | Final Piste | Larisa Korobeynikova (15) | ROC | 15 – 14 | Alice Volpi (4) | ITA |
