The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 26 to 27 July 1980. 43 fencers from 9 nations competed.
Rosters
Cuba Margarita Rodríguez Marlene Font María Esther García Clara Alfonso East Germany Mandy Niklaus Gabriele Janke Sabine Hertrampf Beate Schubert France Pascale Trinquet-Hachin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Christine Muzio Isabelle Boéri-Bégard Véronique Brouquier Great Britain Susan Wrigglesworth Ann Brannon Wendy Ager Linda Ann Martin Hilary Cawthorne Hungary Magda Maros Edit Kovács Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi Zsuzsa Szőcs Gertrúd Stefanek Italy Dorina Vaccaroni Anna Rita Sparaciari Susanna Batazzi Carola Mangiarotti Clara Mochi Poland Delfina Skąpska Agnieszka Dubrawska Jolanta Królikowska Barbara Wysoczańska Kamilla Składanowska Romania Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Marcela Moldovan-Zsak Viorica Țurcanu Suzana Ardeleanu Aurora Dan Soviet Union Valentina Sidorova Nailya Gilyazova Yelena Novikova-Belova Irina Ushakova Larisa Tsagarayeva
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Cuba and France each defeated East Germany, 8–8 (68–67 on touches) and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–5.
Round 1 Pool B
Italy and the Soviet Union each defeated Romania, 9–7 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–4.
Round 1 Pool C
Great Britain defeated Hungary, 8–8 with a touches tie-breaker of 61–58. Hungary then beat Poland, 10–6. Great Britain needed only a win or narrow loss to advance (8–8 would be sufficient to ensure Great Britain's advancement through the bouts tie-breaker, while a 9–7 loss would require looking to the touches tie-breaker), but Poland won decisively at 12–4 to set a three-way tie at 1–1. The bouts tie-breaker left Great Britain out of the elimination rounds. Poland had a 122–106 touches record to Hungary's 119–113, giving the Polish team the first place in the group.
Elimination rounds
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