Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

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Women's team foil
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Fencing pictogram.svg
Olympic fencing
Venue Makuhari Messe
Date29 July 2021
Competitors32 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Inna Deriglazova
Adelina Zagidullina
Larisa Korobeynikova
Marta Martyanova
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC
Silver medal icon.svg Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Pauline Ranvier
Ysaora Thibus
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2012
2024  

The women's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 29 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe. [1] 24 fencers (8 teams of 3) from 8 nations are expected to compete. [2]

Background

This will be the 14th appearance of the event. It was first held in 1960 and held each Summer Olympics from then until 2000. It was omitted in 2004 (to make room for women's individual sabre). It returned in 2008 and 2012 but was omitted again in 2016 (2008 through 2016 were rotational years when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). Women's team foil returns again in 2020. Since 1992, the event was only won by Italy and Russia.

The reigning (2012) Olympic champion is Italy (Valentina Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, and Ilaria Salvatori). The reigning (2019) World Champion is Russia (Inna Deriglazova, Anastasiia Ivanova, Larisa Korobeynikova, and Adelina Zagidullina).

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a team of 3 fencers in the women's team foil. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event. [2]

There are 8 dedicated quota spots for women's team foil. They are allocated as through the world team ranking list of 5 April 2021. The top 4 spots, regardless of geographic zone, qualify (ROC, Italy, France, and the United States). The next four spots are allocated to separate geographic zones, as long as an NOC from that zone is in the top 16. These places went to Japan (Asia/Oceania), Canada (Americas), Egypt (Africa), and Hungary (Europe). [2]

Additionally, there are 8 host/invitational spots that can be spread throughout the various fencing events. [2] Because Japan qualified a women's team through normal team qualification, it did not need to use any host quota places for women's team foil.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020. [2] [3]

Competition format

The 2020 tournament is a single-elimination tournament, with classification matches for all places. Each match features the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with 9 three-minute bouts to 5 points; the winning team is the one that reaches 45 total points first or is leading after the end of the nine bouts. Standard foil rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used. [4] [5]

Schedule

The competition is held over a single day, Thursday, 29 July. The first session runs from 10:50 a.m. to approximately 4:25 p.m. (when all matches except the bronze and gold medal finals are expected to conclude), after which there is a break until 6:30 p.m. before the medal bouts are held. [1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 29 July 202110:50
 
 
 
18:30
 
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Classification 7/8
Classification 5/6
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Results

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 45
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)21
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 45
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)42
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)36
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 45
 
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)34
 
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)45
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)29
 
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)45
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)43 Bronze medal bout
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)32
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)45
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)45
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)23
 

5–8th place classification

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place bout
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)27
 
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)31
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)45
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)45
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)33
 
Seventh place bout
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)28
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)45

Final classification

RankTeamAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgRussian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC Inna Deriglazova
Adelina Zagidullina
Larisa Korobeynikova
Marta Martyanova
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Pauline Ranvier
Ysaora Thibus
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jacqueline Dubrovich
Lee Kiefer
Nicole Ross
Sabrina Massialas
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alanna Goldie
Jessica Guo
Eleanor Harvey
Kelleigh Ryan
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Sera Azuma
Yuka Ueno
Sumire Tsuji
Rio Azuma
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Fanni Kreiss
Kata Kondricz
Flóra Pásztor
Aida Mohamed
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Yara El-Sharkawy
Noha Hany
Mariam El-Zoheiry
Noura Mohamed

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