Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

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Women's team foil
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue
Exhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates7 – 8 September 1972
Competitors53 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Svetlana Tširkova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko
  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Mária Szolnoki, Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák
  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu
  Romania
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Fencing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 to 8 September 1972. 53 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Rosters

Austria
Cuba
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
United States
West Germany

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Romania and France each defeated Great Britain, 9–7 and 10–6, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Romania won 8–7, with a 44–38 touches advantage making the final bout irrelevant.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ROU FRA GBR
1  Romania 2 0 17 14 QQ 8–7 9–7
2  France 1 1 17 14 7–8 10–6
3  Great Britain 0 2 13 19 7–9 6–10
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 280–81

Round 1 Pool B

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA FRG POL USA
1  Italy 3 0 28 17 QS 8.47–8.46 10–3 10–6
2  West Germany 2 1 25 18 QQ 8.46–8.47 8.48–8.42 9–2
3  Poland 1 2 19 26 3–10 8.42–8.48 8.47–8.43
4  United States 0 3 16 27 6–10 2–9 8.43–8.47
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 280–81

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS HUN CUB AUT
1  Soviet Union 3 0 34 11 QS 9–4 11–5 14–2
2  Hungary 2 1 31 14 QQ 4–9 14–2 13–3
3  Cuba 0 2 7 25 5–11 2–14
4  Austria 0 2 5 27 2–14 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 280–81

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A2  Hungary 9
C2  France 7
A2  Hungary 9
B1  Italy 6
B1  Italy
Bye
A2  Hungary 5
C1  Soviet Union 9
A1  Romania 8
B2  West Germany 6
A1  Romania 4 Third place
C1  Soviet Union 9
C1  Soviet Union B1  Italy 7
Bye A1  Romania 9
Fifth Place
   
C2  France 7
B2  West Germany 8

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Women's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
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