The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 3 September 1960. 57 fencers from 12 nations competed. The winner of the tournament was the Soviet Union, followed by Hungary and Italy in third.
Competition format The competition combined pool play with knockout rounds. The first round consisted of pools, with the 12 teams entered in the competition divided into 4 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams in each pool after a round-robin advanced. The 8 teams remaining after the pool play competed in a three-round single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.
Each team match consisted of each of the four fencers on one team facing each fencer on the other team, for a maximum of 16 total bouts. An 8–8 tie would be resolved by touches received. Bouts were to 4 touches. Only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine pool placement (in the first round) or the winning team (in the knockout rounds), so not all matches went to the full 16 bouts but instead stopped early (typically when one team had 9 bouts won).Official Report, p. 849.
Rosters
Austria Helga Gnauer Traudl Ebert Waltraut Peck-Repa Maria Grötzer
France Monique Leroux Régine Veronnet Françoise Mailliard Renée Garilhe Catherine Delbarre
Germany Heidi Schmid Helga Mees Helga Stroh Helmi Höhle Gundi Theuerkauff Romy Weiß-Scherberger
Great Britain Gillian Sheen Jeannette Bailey Shirley Netherway Mary Glen-Haig
Hungary Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő Györgyi Marvalics-Székely Magda Nyári-Kovács Katalin Nagyné Juhász Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky
Italy Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Irene Camber-Corno Velleda Cesari Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Claudia Pasini
Netherlands Nina Kleijweg Danny van Rossem Leni Kokkes-Hanepen Elly Botbijl
Poland Elżbieta Pawlas Sylwia Julito Barbara Orzechowska-Ryszel Genowefa Migas-Stawarz Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk
Romania Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Eugenia Mateianu Olga Orban-Szabo Maria Vicol
Soviet Union Valentina Rastvorova Galina Gorokhova Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Lyudmila Shishova Valentina Prudskova Aleksandra Zabelina
United States Judy Goodrich Jan York-Romary Maxine Mitchell Harriet King Evelyn Terhune
Venezuela Ingrid Sander Norma Santini Belkis Leal Teófila Márquiz
Results
Round 1
Pool A
Italy defeated Venezuela, as did the Soviet Union. This eliminated Venezuela; Italy and the Soviet Union faced off to determine their placing within the group. The Soviet Union took first in the group with a win over Italy.
Pool B
Romania defeated Great Britain, as did Hungary. This eliminated Great Britain; Romania and Hungary faced off to determine their placing within the group. Hungary took first in the group with a win over Romania.
Pool C
The Netherlands defeated Austria, as did Germany. This eliminated Austria; the Netherlands and Germany faced off to determine their placing within the group. Germany took first in the group with a win over the Netherlands.
Pool D
The United States and Poland fenced to a tie, 8 bouts to 8 and 47 touches received to 47. France defeated the United States. Poland defeated France.
Elimination rounds
Final classification
Rank Nation 4 5 9
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