Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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Women's foil
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue St Kilda Town Hall
Dates29 November
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gillian Sheen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Olga Orban-Szabo Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Renée Garilhe Flag of France.svg  France
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The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 29 November 1956. 23 fencers from 11 nations competed. [1]

Competition format

The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 4 touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement (touches against were the first tie-breaker used to give ranks when the rank did not matter). However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined. [2]

Results

Round 1

The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
1 Maxine Mitchell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 512115Qualified for semifinals
2 Emma Yefimova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 422110Qualified for semifinals
3 Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 421914Qualified for semifinals
4 Catherine Delbarre Flag of France.svg  France 331714Qualified for semifinals
Won barrage vs. Cesari 4–2
5 Velleda Cesari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 331717Lost barrage vs. Delbarre 2–4
6 Mary Glen-Haig Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 241221
7 Denise O'Brien Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 06824

Pool 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
1 Jan York-Romary US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 522317Qualified for semifinals
2 Ellen Müller-Preis Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 522219Qualified for semifinals
3 Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 432519Qualified for semifinals
4 Pilar Roldán Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 432223Qualified for semifinals
5 Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 341818
6 Nadezhda Shitikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 342122
7 Régine Veronnet Flag of France.svg  France 342223
8 Lois Joseph Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 161829

Pool 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
1 Gillian Sheen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 612710Qualified for semifinals
2 Olga Orban-Szabo Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 512117Qualified for semifinals
3 Renée Garilhe Flag of France.svg  France 522419Qualified for semifinals
4 Karen Lachmann Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 432021Qualified for semifinals
5 Valentina Rastvorova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 342221
6 Judy Goodrich US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 341724
7 Magda Nyári-Kovács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 151520
8 Joy Hardon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 071228

Semifinals

The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
1 Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40162Qualified for final
2 Karen Lachmann Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 40166Qualified for final
3 Renée Garilhe Flag of France.svg  France 321714Qualified for final
4 Ellen Müller-Preis Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 231412Qualified for final
5 Emma Yefimova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14917
6 Maxine Mitchell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 05220

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
1 Catherine Delbarre Flag of France.svg  France 411811Qualified for final
2 Jan York-Romary US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 321513Qualified for final
3 Olga Orban-Szabo Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 321514Qualified for final
4 Gillian Sheen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 231313Qualified for final
Won barrage vs. Sákovicsné Dömölky 4–2
5 Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 231514Lost barrage vs. Sheen 2–4
6 Pilar Roldán Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 14819

Final

Orban-Szabo defeated Sheen in the round-robin, but had to face her again in a barrage after finishing tied at 6–1 (Orban-Szabo had lost to Garilhe). In the barrage, Sheen was the victor to win the gold medal.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTFTANotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gillian Sheen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 612620Won barrage vs. Orban-Szabo 4–2
Silver medal icon.svg Olga Orban-Szabo Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 612717Lost barrage vs. Sheen 2–4
Bronze medal icon.svg Renée Garilhe Flag of France.svg  France 522614
4 Jan York-Romary US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 432123
5 Catherine Delbarre Flag of France.svg  France 342025
6 Karen Lachmann Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 251720
7 Ellen Müller-Preis Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 162025
8 Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 161427

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 454.
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