| | Event type
Foil, Individual, Women
| Date | 2 – 4 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris |
| Participants | 25 from 9 countries |
This was the début for women’s fencing at the Olympics, with 25 fencers from nine nations contesting the individual foil. Two rounds of round-robin pools qualified six fencers for the final, with three Danes, two Brits, and a lone Hungarian (Gizella Tary) meeting to decide the medals. Denmark’s Ellen Osiier won the gold medal, winning all 16 of her bouts in the three rounds. This was the only major title for Osiier, who never won a world nor a Danish title. Her husband was Ivan Osiier, who competed at the Olympics over a span of 40 years – 1908-48. The silver medal went to Britain’s Gladys Davies, with Osiier’s teammate, Grete Heckscher, taking bronze.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Osiier |  DEN | Gold | ||
| 2 | Gladys Davis |  GBR | Silver | ||
| 3 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | |||
| 5 | Yutta Barding | DEN | |||
| 6 | Gizella Tary |  HUN | |||
| 4 p1 r2/3 | Hanna Olsen |  SWE | |||
| 4 p2 r2/3 | Lucie Prost |  FRA | |||
| 5 p1 r2/3 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | |||
| 5 p2 r2/3 | Emma Fitting |  SUI | |||
| 6 p1 r2/3 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | |||
| 6 p2 r2/3 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | |||
| 4 p1 r1/3 | Elsa Hellquist | SWE | |||
| 4 p2 r1/3 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN | |||
| 4 p3 r1/3 | Marcelle Bory | FRA | |||
| 4 p4 r1/3 | Adeline Gehrig |  USA | |||
| 5 p1 r1/3 | Yvonne Conte | FRA | |||
| 5 p2 r1/3 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink |  NED | |||
| 5 p3 r1/3 | Jo de Boer | NED | |||
| 5 p4 r1/3 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI | |||
| 6 p1 r1/3 | Irma Hopper | USA | |||
| 6 p2 r1/3 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI | |||
| 6 p3 r1/3 | Wanda Dubieńska |  POL | |||
| 6 p4 r1/3 | Alice Walker | GBR | |||
| 7 p1 r1/3 | Johanna Stokhuyzen-de Jong | NED | |||
| W. Winklerowa | POL |
Round One (2 July 1924)
Top three finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals.
Pool 1
| Jury President | Fauçon |  ARG |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Åke Grönhagen | SWE |
| Judge | Erik Sjøqvist | DEN |
| Judge | André Cernea | FRA |
| Judge | Bolle-Landry | SUI |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 6 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Emma Fitting | SUI | 3 | 3 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Elsa Hellquist | SWE | 3 | 3 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Yvonne Conte | FRA | 3 | 3 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Irma Hopper | USA | 2 | 4 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Johanna Stokhuyzen-de Jong | NED | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
Pool 2
| Jury President | Ejnar Levison | DEN |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Evan James | GBR |
| Judge | Galliano |  ITA |
| Judge | William Russell | USA |
| Judge | René Barbier | FRA |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| Bout #1 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 2 | Hanna Olsen | SWE |
| Bout #2 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 0 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN |
| Bout #3 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 2 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED |
| Bout #4 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 1 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI |
| Bout #5 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 4 | Lucie Prost | FRA |
| Bout #6 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 1 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN |
| Bout #7 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 1 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED |
| Bout #8 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 3 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI |
| Bout #9 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 5 – 4 | Muriel Freeman | GBR |
| Bout #10 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 5 – 1 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED |
| Bout #11 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 5 – 2 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI |
| Bout #12 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN | 5 – 1 | Hanna Olsen | SWE |
| Bout #13 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN | 5 – 4 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED |
| Bout #14 | Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink | NED | 5 – 2 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI |
| Bout #15 | Jeanne Morgenthaler | SUI | 5 – 4 | Ingeborg Buhl | DEN |
Pool 3
| Jury President | André Poplimont |  BEL |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Louis Buscarlet | SUI |
| Judge | Van den Broucke | FRA |
| Judge | Rodolfo Terlizzi | ITA |
| Judge | Charles Biscoe | GBR |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Marcelle Bory | FRA | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Jo de Boer | NED | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| Bout #1 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 1 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #2 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 3 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #3 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 0 | Marcelle Bory | FRA |
| Bout #4 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 2 | Jo de Boer | NED |
| Bout #5 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 0 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL |
| Bout #6 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | 5 – 2 | Marcelle Bory | FRA |
| Bout #7 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | 5 – 1 | Jo de Boer | NED |
| Bout #8 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | 5 – 1 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL |
| Bout #9 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 3 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #10 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 2 | Jo de Boer | NED |
| Bout #11 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 0 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL |
| Bout #12 | Marcelle Bory | FRA | 5 – 4 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #13 | Marcelle Bory | FRA | 5 – 3 | Jo de Boer | NED |
| Bout #14 | Marcelle Bory | FRA | 5 – 1 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL |
| Bout #15 | Jo de Boer | NED | 5 – 0 | Wanda Dubieńska | POL |
Pool 4
| Jury President | Lionel, Marquis de Castellane-Majastres | FRA |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Svend Aage Munck | DEN |
| Judge | György Kovács | HUN |
| Judge | Eugène Empeyta | SUI |
| Judge | Manuel Díaz |  CUB |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Adeline Gehrig | USA | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Alice Walker | GBR | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | |||
| W. Winklerowa | POL | – | – | – | – |
| Bout #1 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 1 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #2 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 0 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #3 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 4 | Adeline Gehrig | USA |
| Bout #4 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 3 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI |
| Bout #5 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 2 | Alice Walker | GBR |
| Bout #6 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 5 – 2 | Adeline Gehrig | USA |
| Bout #7 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 5 – 2 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI |
| Bout #8 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 5 – 3 | Alice Walker | GBR |
| Bout #9 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 4 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #10 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 4 | Adeline Gehrig | USA |
| Bout #11 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 2 | Alice Walker | GBR |
| Bout #12 | Adeline Gehrig | USA | 5 – 4 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI |
| Bout #13 | Adeline Gehrig | USA | 5 – 3 | Alice Walker | GBR |
| Bout #14 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI | 5 – 2 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #15 | Alice Walker | GBR | 5 – 3 | Suzanne Bonnard | SUI |
Semi-Finals (3 July 1924)
Top three finishers in each pool advanced to final.
Pool 1
| Jury President | André Poplimont | BEL |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Åke Grönhagen | SWE |
| Judge | Erik Sjøqvist | DEN |
| Judge | René Barbier | FRA |
| Judge | Eugène Empeyta | SUI |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| Bout #1 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 2 | Muriel Freeman | GBR |
| Bout #2 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 1 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #3 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 2 | Hanna Olsen | SWE |
| Bout #4 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 3 | Gladys Daniell | GBR |
| Bout #5 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 2 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #6 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 1 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #7 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 2 | Hanna Olsen | SWE |
| Bout #8 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 4 | Gladys Daniell | GBR |
| Bout #9 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 3 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #10 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 3 | Hanna Olsen | SWE |
| Bout #11 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 1 | Gladys Daniell | GBR |
| Bout #12 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 5 – 4 | Gladys Daniell | GBR |
| Bout #13 | Hanna Olsen | SWE | 5 – 1 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #14 | Gladys Daniell | GBR | 5 – 0 | Fernande Tassy | FRA |
| Bout #15 | Fernande Tassy | FRA | 5 – 4 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
Pool 2
| Jury President | Ejnar Levison | DEN |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Charles Biscoe | GBR |
| Judge | Louis Buscarlet | SUI |
| Judge | György Kovács | HUN |
| Judge | Bolle-Landry | SUI |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 | 0 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Emma Fitting | SUI | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| Bout #1 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 4 | Grete Heckscher | DEN |
| Bout #2 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 2 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #3 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 4 | Lucie Prost | FRA |
| Bout #4 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 3 | Emma Fitting | SUI |
| Bout #5 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 2 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #6 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 1 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #7 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 2 | Lucie Prost | FRA |
| Bout #8 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 1 | Emma Fitting | SUI |
| Bout #9 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 1 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #10 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 3 | Lucie Prost | FRA |
| Bout #11 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 4 | Emma Fitting | SUI |
| Bout #12 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 5 – 2 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #13 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 3 | Emma Fitting | SUI |
| Bout #14 | Lucie Prost | FRA | 5 – 0 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
| Bout #15 | Emma Fitting | SUI | 5 – 3 | Ellen Hamilton | SWE |
Final Pool (4 July 1924)
| Jury President | Arie de Jong | NED |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Fauçon | ARG |
| Judge | Louis Buscarlet | SUI |
| Judge | Charles Biscoe | GBR |
| Judge | Erik Sjøqvist | DEN |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 1 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Gizella Tary | HUN | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| Bout #1 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 3 | Gladys Davis | GBR |
| Bout #2 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 3 | Grete Heckscher | DEN |
| Bout #3 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 2 | Muriel Freeman | GBR |
| Bout #4 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 4 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #5 | Ellen Osiier | DEN | 5 – 2 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #6 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 4 | Grete Heckscher | DEN |
| Bout #7 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 2 | Muriel Freeman | GBR |
| Bout #8 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 4 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #9 | Gladys Davis | GBR | 5 – 1 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #10 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 3 | Muriel Freeman | GBR |
| Bout #11 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 3 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #12 | Grete Heckscher | DEN | 5 – 0 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #13 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 3 | Yutta Barding | DEN |
| Bout #14 | Muriel Freeman | GBR | 5 – 1 | Gizella Tary | HUN |
| Bout #15 | Yutta Barding | DEN | 5 – 2 | Gizella Tary | HUN |