Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

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Women's team foil
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Soviet women foil team 1960 Olympics.jpg
The Soviet team
Venue Palazzo dei Congressi
Dates3 September
Competitors57 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valentina Rastvorova, Galina Gorokhova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Györgyi Marvalics-Székely, Magda Nyári-Kovács, Katalin Nagyné Juhász, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Irene Camber-Corno, Velleda Cesari, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Claudia Pasini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1964  →

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 3 September 1960. 57 fencers from 12 nations competed. The winner of the tournament was the Soviet Union, followed by Hungary and Italy in third. [1]

Competition format

The competition combined pool play with knockout rounds. The first round consisted of pools, with the 12 teams entered in the competition divided into 4 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams in each pool after a round-robin advanced. The 8 teams remaining after the pool play competed in a three-round single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

Each team match consisted of each of the four fencers on one team facing each fencer on the other team, for a maximum of 16 total bouts. An 8–8 tie would be resolved by touches received. Bouts were to 4 touches. Only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine pool placement (in the first round) or the winning team (in the knockout rounds), so not all matches went to the full 16 bouts but instead stopped early (typically when one team had 9 bouts won). [2]

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Results

Round 1

Pool A

Italy defeated Venezuela, as did the Soviet Union. This eliminated Venezuela; Italy and the Soviet Union faced off to determine their placing within the group. The Soviet Union took first in the group with a win over Italy.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.URSITAVEN
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20227Q9–413–3
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1117124–913–3
3Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 026263–133–13
Source: Official Report, p. 849

Pool B

Romania defeated Great Britain, as did Hungary. This eliminated Great Britain; Romania and Hungary faced off to determine their placing within the group. Hungary took first in the group with a win over Romania.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.HUNROUGBR
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 201913Q9–710–6
2Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 1119137–912–4
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0210226–104–12
Source: Official Report, p. 850

Pool C

The Netherlands defeated Austria, as did Germany. This eliminated Austria; the Netherlands and Germany faced off to determine their placing within the group. Germany took first in the group with a win over the Netherlands.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.EUANEDAUT
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 20199Q9–310–6
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1113153–910–6
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0212206–106–10
Source: Official Report, p. 851

Pool D

The United States and Poland fenced to a tie, 8 bouts to 8 and 47 touches received to 47. France defeated the United States. Poland defeated France.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.POLFRAUSA
1Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1.50.51714Q9–68–8
2Flag of France.svg  France 1116156–910–6
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.51.514188–86–10
Source: Official Report, p. 852

Elimination rounds

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8 (46)
D2 Flag of France.svg  France 8 (48) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9
C1 Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 3
B2 Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9
B1 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
C2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9
D1 Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 5 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
A2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9Third place
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9

Final classification

RankNation
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
4Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
5Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
9Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1960 Olympic Results - Women's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 849.
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