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Foil, Team, Women

Date	7 – 8 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Fechthalle 1, Messegelände (Halle 11 & 12), München / Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München
Participants	53 from 11 countries

As winners of the World Championship in 1970 and 1971 the Soviet Union were clear favourites to retain the Olympic title they had won in 1968. The Soviets lived up to expectations and were never seriously challenged on their way to the gold medal. Hungary, widely considered to be the only team who could beat the USSR, were defeated with ease in the final.

This was the final Olympic appearance for three of the five woman Soviet Union team, Aleksandra Zabelina, Galina Gorokhova and Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko having been part of the USSR’s winning teams in 1960 and 1968.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
		Yelena Belova • Galina Gorokhova • Aleksandra Zabelina • Svetlana Tširkova • Tatyana Samusenko
2	–	Hungary	HUN	Silver
		Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Mária Szolnoki • Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák
3	–	Romania	ROU	Bronze
		Ecaterina Stahl • Ileana Gyulai • Olga Orban-Szabo • Ana Pascu • Suzana Ardeleanu (DNS)
4	–	Italy	ITA
		Antonella Ragno-Lonzi • Giulia Lorenzoni • Reka Der-Cipriani • Maria Consolata Collino • Giuseppina Bersani
5	–	West Germany	FRG
		Gundi Theuerkauff • Irmela Broniecki • Karin Gießelmann • Monika Pulch • Erika Bethmann
6	–	France	FRA
		Marie-Chantal Demaille • Cathérine Ceretti • Claudie Josland • Brigitte Dumont-Gapais • Christine Muzio (DNS)
7	–	Poland	POL
		Halina Balon • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Kamilla Składanowska • Elżbieta Franke
8	–	United States	USA
		Ruth White • Natalia Clovis • Tatyana Adamovich • Harriet King • Ann O'Donnell
9	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Sue Green • Clare Henley • Sally Anne Littlejohns • Janet Wardell-Yerburgh • Susan Wrigglesworth
10	–	Cuba	CUB
		Irene Forbes • María Esther García • Marlene Infante • Margarita Rodríguez • Nereida Rodríguez
11	–	Austria	AUT
		Ingrid Gosch • Hannelore Hradez • Adrienne Krebitz • Elke Radlingmaier • Waltraut Repa

Round One

Date	7 September 1972 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced 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	Soviet Union	URS	3-0	1.000	34-11	23	Q
2	Italy	ITA	3-0	1.000	28-17	11	Q
3	Romania	ROU	2-0	1.000	17-14	3	q
4	Hungary	HUN	2-1	0.667	31-14	17	q
5	West Germany	FRG	2-1	0.667	25-18	7	q
6	France	FRA	1-1	0.500	17-14	3	q
7	Poland	POL	1-2	0.333	19-26	-7
8	United States	USA	0-3	0.000	16-27	-11
9	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	0.000	13-19	-6
10	Cuba	CUB	0-2	0.000	7-25	-18
11	Austria	AUT	0-2	0.000	5-27	-22

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Romania	ROU	2-0	17-14
		Ecaterina Stahl • Ileana Gyulai • Olga Orban-Szabo • Ana Pascu
2	–	France	FRA	1-1	17-14
		Marie-Chantal Demaille • Cathérine Ceretti • Claudie Josland • Brigitte Dumont-Gapais
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	13-19
		Sue Green • Clare Henley • Sally Anne Littlejohns • Janet Wardell-Yerburgh • Susan Wrigglesworth

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Piste 12	Romania	ROU	8 – 7	France	FRA
Match #2	07 Sep	Piste 12	Romania	ROU	9 – 7	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	07 Sep	Piste 12	France	FRA	10 – 6	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	3-0	28-17
		Antonella Ragno-Lonzi • Giulia Lorenzoni • Reka Der-Cipriani • Maria Consolata Collino • Giuseppina Bersani
2	–	West Germany	FRG	2-1	25-18
		Gundi Theuerkauff • Irmela Broniecki • Karin Gießelmann • Monika Pulch • Erika Bethmann
3	–	Poland	POL	1-2	19-26
		Halina Balon • Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska • Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska • Kamilla Składanowska • Elżbieta Franke
4	–	United States	USA	0-3	16-27
		Ruth White • Natalia Clovis • Tatyana Adamovich • Harriet King • Ann O'Donnell

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Piste 2	Italy	ITA	8 – 8	West Germany	FRG
Match #2	07 Sep	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	10 – 3	Poland	POL
Match #3	07 Sep	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	United States	USA
Match #4	07 Sep	Piste 2	West Germany	FRG	8 – 8	Poland	POL
Match #5	07 Sep	Piste 2	West Germany	FRG	9 – 2	United States	USA
Match #6	07 Sep	Piste 1	Poland	POL	8 – 8	United States	USA

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	3-0	34-11
		Yelena Belova • Galina Gorokhova • Aleksandra Zabelina • Svetlana Tširkova • Tatyana Samusenko
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-1	31-14
		Ildikó Rejtő-Sági • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Mária Szolnoki • Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák
3	–	Cuba	CUB	0-2	7-25
		Irene Forbes • María Esther García • Marlene Infante • Margarita Rodríguez • Nereida Rodríguez
4	–	Austria	AUT	0-2	5-27
		Ingrid Gosch • Hannelore Hradez • Adrienne Krebitz • Elke Radlingmaier • Waltraut Repa

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Piste 6	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 4	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	07 Sep	Piste 6	Soviet Union	URS	11 – 5	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	07 Sep	Piste 6	Soviet Union	URS	14 – 2	Austria	AUT
Match #4	07 Sep	Piste 5	Hungary	HUN	14 – 2	Cuba	CUB
Match #5	07 Sep	Piste 5	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	Austria	AUT

Quarter-Finals

Date	7 September 1972 — 14:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Piste 1	Hungary	HUN	9 – 7	France	FRA
Match #2	07 Sep	Piste 2	Romania	ROU	8 – 6	West Germany	FRG

Semi-Finals

Date	8 September 1972 — 10:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Piste 12	Hungary	HUN	9 – 6	Italy	ITA
Match #2	08 Sep	Piste 13	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 4	Romania	ROU

Final Pool

Date	8 September 1972 — 19:30

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	08 Sep	Piste 1	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 5	Hungary	HUN
Match 3/4	08 Sep	Piste 1	Romania	ROU	9 – 7	Italy	ITA
Match 5/6	08 Sep	Piste 1	West Germany	FRG	8 – 7	France	FRA