The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 August – 1 September 1960. 56 fencers from 24 nations competed.
Competition format The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 4 touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined. The competition involved 4 rounds:Official Report, p. 841. Round 1: 9 pools, 6 or 7 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 27 advancing) Quarterfinals: 4 pools, 6 or 7 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 12 advancing) Semifinals: 2 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 8 advancing) Final: 1 pool, 8 fencers
Results
Round 1
The top three fencers in each pool advanced.
Round 1 Pool A
Round 1 Pool B
Barrage
Round 1 Pool C
Round 1 Pool D
Round 1 Pool E
Barrage
Round 1 Pool F
Round 1 Pool G
Round 1 Pool H
Espino de Saures of Panama was entered in this pool but did not start.
Barrage
Round 1 Pool I
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal A
Quarterfinal B
Barrage
Quarterfinal C
Quarterfinal D
Barrage
Semifinals
Semifinal A
Semifinal B
Final A three-way tie for third place required a barrage for the bronze medal (along with 4th and 5th place). The tie for 6th place was broken by touches received.
Barrage
Overall standings
Rank Fencer Nation Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Heidi Schmid 2 2 1 1 Valentina Rastvorova 1 2 4 2 Maria Vicol 1 1 4 3 4 Galina Gorokhova 3 3 1 4 5 Olga Orban-Szabo 1 1 3 5 6 Elżbieta Pawlas 1 2 2 6 7 Pilar Roldán 3 2 2 7 8 Traudl Ebert 1 3 3 8 9 Magda Nyári-Kovács 2 1 5 Did not advance Catherine Delbarre 2 1 5 Did not advance 11 Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr 2 3 5 Did not advance Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő 1 3 5 Did not advance 13 Antonella Ragno-Lonzi 3 4 did not advance Helga Mees 3 4 did not advance Gillian Sheen 2 4 did not advance Aleksandra Zabelina 1 4 did not advance 17 Sylwia Julito 1 5 did not advance Maria Grötzer 3 5 did not advance Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky 2 5 did not advance Irene Camber-Corno 2 5 did not advance 21 Elly Botbijl 1 6 did not advance Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini 2 6 did not advance Nina Kleijweg 2 6 did not advance Régine Veronnet 3 6 did not advance 25 Monique Leroux 3 7 did not advance Jacqueline Appart 3 7 did not advance Christina Lagerwall 3 7 did not advance 28 Colette Flesch 4 did not advance Jan York-Romary 4 did not advance Romy Weiß-Scherberger 4 did not advance Margaret Stafford 4 did not advance Evelyn Terhune 4 did not advance María Shaw 4 did not advance Marie Melchers 4 did not advance Vera Jeftimijades 4 did not advance Sioe Gouw Pau 4 did not advance 37 Carmen Vall 5 did not advance Marjatta Moulin 5 did not advance Claude Wallet 5 did not advance Helga Gnauer 5 did not advance Shirley Armstrong 5 did not advance Mary Glen-Haig 5 did not advance Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk 5 did not advance Ginette Rossini 5 did not advance Gloria Colón 5 did not advance 46 Maria Nápoles 6 did not advance Belkis Leal 6 did not advance Johanna Winter 6 did not advance Ingrid Sander 6 did not advance Pilar Tosat 6 did not advance Barbara Helsingius 6 did not advance Zuus Undapp 6 did not advance Kate Baxter 6 did not advance Harriet King 6 did not advance 55 Norma Santini 7 did not advance Danny van Rossem 7 did not advance
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