Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

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Women's team foil
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Central Army Sports Club Complex
Dates26–27 July 1980
Competitors43 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Christine Muzio, Isabelle Boéri-Bégard, Véronique Brouquier Olympic flag.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Valentina Sidorova, Nailya Gilyazova, Yelena Novikova-Belova, Irina Ushakova, Larisa Tsagarayeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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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. [1]

Rosters

Cuba
East Germany
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union

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.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.FRACUBGDR
1Olympic flag.svg  France 202010QS9–511–5
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 111317QQ5–98.68–8.67
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 0213195–118.67–8.68
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 265

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.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.URSITAROU
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20209QS9–411–5
2Olympic flag.svg  Italy 111316QQ4–99–7
3Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 0212205–117–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 265–66

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.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.POLHUNGBR
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 111814QQ6–1012–4
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11181410–68.58–8.61
3Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 1112204–128.61–8.58
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 266–67

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
C2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9
B2 Olympic flag.svg  Italy 6
C2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6
A1 Olympic flag.svg  France 9
A1 Olympic flag.svg  France
Bye
A1 Olympic flag.svg  France 9
B1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6
C1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9
A2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7
C1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3 Third place
B1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9
B1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union C2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9
ByeC1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7
Fifth Place
   
B2 Olympic flag.svg  Italy 9
A2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6

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References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results - Women's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
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