The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 27 to 28 September 1988. 60 fencers from 12 nations competed.
Rosters
Canada Marie-Huguette Cormier Madeleine Philion Jacynthe Poirier Shelley Steiner Thalie Tremblay
China Li Huahua Jujie Luan Sun Hongyun Xiao Aihua Zhu Qingyuan
France Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Gisèle Meygret Laurence Modaine-Cessac Nathalie Pallet Isabelle Spennato
Great Britain Ann Brannon Linda Ann Martin Fiona McIntosh Linda Strachan Liz Thurley
Hungary Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsa Szőcs Katalin Tuschák Edit Kovács
Italy Dorina Vaccaroni Margherita Zalaffi Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Lucia Traversa Annapia Gandolfi
Japan Nona Kiritani Keiko Mine Mieko Miyahara Akemi Morikawa Tomoko Oka
Poland Małgorzata Breś Agnieszka Dubrawska Jolanta Królikowska Hanna Prusakowska Anna Sobczak
South Korea Kim Jin-sun Sin Seong-Ja Tak Jeong-Im Yun Jeong-Suk Park Eun-Hui
Soviet Union Yelena Glikina Yelena Grishina Tatyana Sadovskaya Marina Soboleva Olga Voshchakina
United States Caitlin Bilodeaux Elaine Cheris Sharon Monplaisir Mary O'Neill Molly Sullivan
West Germany Anja Fichtel-Mauritz Zita-Eva Funkenhauser Christiane Weber Sabine Bau Annette Klug
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
The United States and West Germany each defeated Great Britain, 9–6 and 9–3 respectively. The winners then faced off, with West Germany winning 9–1.
Round 1 Pool B
South Korea and Hungary each defeated Canada, 9–3 and 8–6 (with an insurmountable 57–46 touches advantage) respectively. The winners then faced off, with Hungary winning 9–4.
Round 1 Pool C
France and the Soviet Union each defeated Poland, 9–3 and 9–6 respectively. The winners then faced off, with the Soviet Union winning 9–4.
Round 1 Pool D
China and Italy each defeated Japan, 9–5 and 9–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Italy winning 9–6.
Elimination rounds
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