The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 3 September 1972. 44 fencers from 20 nations competed.
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Round 1 Pool B
Round 1 Pool C
Round 1 Pool D
Round 1 Pool E
Round 1 Pool F
Round 1 Pool G
Round 1 Pool H
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal A
Quarterfinal B
Quarterfinal C
Quarterfinal D
Semifinals
Semifinal A
Semifinal B
Final
Ragno-Lonzi again lost to Gorokhova, but this time that was her only loss; her 4–1 record in the final earned her gold. Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Gorokhova, and Depetris-Demaille tied at 3–2, with touch-quotient the tie-breaker: Farkasinszky-Bóbis took silver at 1.214, Gorokhova earned bronze at 1.143, and Deptris-Demaille finished fourth at 0.875.
Fencer Country Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis Galina Gorokhova Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Yelena Novikova-Belova Kerstin Palm Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Maria Consolata Collino Giulia Lorenzoni Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová Claudine le Comte Irmela Broniecki Brigitte Oertel Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Max Madsen Halina Balon Margarita Rodríguez Ruth White Mária Szolnoki Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő Aleksandra Zabelina Sue Green Marlene Infante Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu Marion Exelby Elke Radlingmaier Christine McDougall Fabienne Regamey Karin Rutz-Gießelmann Harriet King María Esther García Hannelore Hradez Kamilla Składanowska Donna Hennyey Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Clare Henley Madeleine Heitz Waltraut Peck-Repa Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín Özden Ezinler Ann O'Donnell
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