Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Fencing Gymnasium
Dates21–22 September 1988
Competitors45 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anja Fichtel-Mauritz  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Bau  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  West Germany
Fencing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 September 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the men's foil and épée competitions (but like the men's sabre), the women's foil tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for men's foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

  • The first round had 9 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
  • The second round had 6 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
  • The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 8 touches (unlike men's fencing, which had bouts to 10 touches).

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. ZEF BLG TO EK SK
1  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 4 0 20 6 Q 5–1 5–1 5–0 5–4
2  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) 2 2 15 12 1–5 5–2 4–5 5–0
3  Tomoko Oka (JPN) 2 2 13 13 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–1
4  Edit Kovács (HUN) 2 2 12 14 0–5 5–4 2–5 5–0
5  Silvia Koeswandi (INA) 0 4 5 20 4–5 0–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LMC ZNJ SM LAM AC
1  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 4 0 20 16 Q 5–4 5–4 5–4 5–4
2  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 3 1 19 11 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–1
3  Sharon Monplaisir (USA) 2 2 17 15 4–5 3–5 5–4 5–1
4  Linda Ann Martin (GBR) 1 3 15 17 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–2
5  Andrea Chaplin (AUS) 0 4 8 20 4–5 1–5 1–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CB AS JL SSJ YYK
1  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 3 1 18 10 Q 5–3 3–5 5–2 5–0
2  Anna Sobczak (POL) 3 1 18 11 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–0
3  Jujie Luan (CHN) 2 2 16 13 5–3 2–5 4–5 5–0
4  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 2 2 16 16 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–2
5  Yung Yim King (HKG) 0 4 2 20 0–5 0–5 0–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DV TS ZQ MO MM
1  Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 4 0 20 11 Q 5–3 5–4 5–0 5–4
2  Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 3 1 18 14 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–3
3  Zhu Qingyuan (CHN) 2 2 16 14 4–5 2–5 5–1 5–3
4  Mary O'Neill (USA) 1 3 10 18 0–5 4–5 1–5 5–3
5  Mieko Miyahara (JPN) 0 4 13 20 4–5 3–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AF SH AD FM PEH
1  Anja Fichtel (FRG) 4 0 20 6 Q 5–0 5–4 5–1 5–1
2  Sun Hongyun (CHN) 3 1 15 10 0–5 5–4 5–1 5–0
3  Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL) 2 2 18 15 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–1
4  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 1 3 11 18 1–5 1–5 4–5 5–3
5  Park Eun-Hui (KOR) 0 4 5 20 1–5 0–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LT EGT IS TT AP
1  Liz Thurley (GBR) 4 0 20 13 Q 5–4 5–1 5–4 5–4
2  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 3 1 19 9 4–5 5–3 5–0 5–1
3  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 2 2 14 14 1–5 3–5 5–3 5–1
4  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 1 3 12 18 4–5 0–5 3–5 5–3
5  Andrea Piros (SUI) 0 4 9 20 4–5 1–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool G

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MZ GS MP JK AM
1  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 3 1 17 8 Q 2–5 5–1 5–1 5–1
2  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 2 2 18 14 5–2 4–5 4–5 5–2
3  Madeleine Philion (CAN) 2 2 12 16 1–5 5–4 5–2 1–5
4  Jolanta Królikowska (POL) 2 2 13 17 1–5 5–4 2–5 5–3
5  Akemi Morikawa (JPN) 1 3 11 16 1–5 2–5 5–1 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool H

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. SB YG KP RZLS FL
1  Sabine Bau (FRG) 4 3 20 14 Q 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–4
2  Yelena Glikina (URS) 3 1 17 11 2–5 5–2 5–3 5–1
3  Kerstin Palm (SWE) 2 2 16 15 4–5 2–5 5–1 5–4
4  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 1 3 13 15 4–5 3–5 1–5 5–0
5  Fabiana López (MEX) 0 4 9 20 4–5 1–5 4–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool I

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TJI OV AG JP AM
1  Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 3 1 17 13 Q 5–4 5–3 2–5 5–1
2  Olga Voshchakina (URS) 2 2 17 14 4–5 5–3 3–5 5–1
3  Annapia Gandolfi (ITA) 2 2 16 14 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–3
4  Jacynthe Poirier (CAN) 2 2 11 15 5–2 5–3 1–5 0–5
5  Alessandra Mariéthoz (SUI) 1 3 10 15 1–5 1–5 3–5 5–0
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. YG SH ZEF TO KP MO
1  Yelena Glikina (URS) 4 1 24 11 Q 4–5 5–2 5–0 5–2 5–2
2  Sun Hongyun (CHN) 4 1 20 19 5–4 0–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
3  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 3 2 19 13 2–5 5–0 2–5 5–3 5–0
4  Tomoko Oka (JPN) 3 2 18 17 0–5 3–5 5–2 5–2 5–3
5  Kerstin Palm (SWE) 2 3 15 21 2–5 3–5 3–5 2–5 5–1
6  Mary O'Neill (USA) 0 5 10 25 2–5 4–5 0–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TJI AF IS AS AG TT
1  Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 5 0 25 17 Q 5–4 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–4
2  Anja Fichtel (FRG) 3 2 22 14 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–0
3  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 2 3 19 19 4–5 5–3 1–5 4–5 5–1
4  Anna Sobczak (POL) 2 3 20 20 3–5 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–4
5  Annapia Gandolfi (ITA) 2 3 15 23 2–5 1–5 5–4 5–4 2–5
6  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 1 4 14 22 4–5 0–5 1–5 4–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TS DV ZNJ SSJ LAM SM
1  Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 4 1 22 12 Q 2–5 5–3 5–1 5–3 5–0
2  Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 3 2 20 15 5–2 2–5 3–5 5–3 5–0
3  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 3 2 22 18 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–2 4–5
4  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 3 2 20 21 1–5 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–4
5  Linda Ann Martin (GBR) 1 4 17 22 3–5 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–2
6  Sharon Monplaisir (USA) 1 4 11 24 0–5 0–5 5–4 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CB GS LT FM JP ZQ
1  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 4 1 22 14 Q 2–5 5–2 5–1 5–4 5–2
2  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 1 20 14 5–2 0–5 5–4 5–0 5–3
3  Liz Thurley (GBR) 3 2 19 17 2–5 5–0 5–3 2–5 5–4
4  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 2 3 18 20 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–2
5  Jacynthe Poirier (CAN) 1 4 15 22 4–5 0–5 5–2 3–5 3–5
6  Zhu Qingyuan (CHN) 1 4 16 23 2–5 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MZ SB RZLS EK BLG AD
1  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 4 1 22 16 Q 2–5 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Sabine Bau (FRG) 4 1 20 15 5–2 0–5 5–1 5–3 5–4
3  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 2 3 16 16 3–5 5–0 2–5 1–5 5–1
4  Edit Kovács (HUN) 2 3 19 21 4–5 1–5 5–2 4–5 5–4
5  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) 2 3 17 20 2–5 3–5 5–1 5–4 2–5
6  Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL) 1 4 16 22 2–5 4–5 1–5 4–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 2 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. EGT OV MP JK JL LMC
1  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 4 1 21 18 Q 5–2 5–4 1–5 5–4 5–3
2  Olga Voshchakina (URS) 3 2 21 19 2–5 4–5 5–3 5–4 5–2
3  Madeleine Philion (CAN) 3 2 23 21 4–5 5–4 5–3 4–5 5–4
4  Jolanta Królikowska (POL) 2 3 18 18 5–1 3–5 3–5 2–5 5–2
5  Jujie Luan (CHN) 2 3 21 21 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–2 3–5
6  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 1 4 16 23 3–5 2–5 4–5 2–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3

Round 3 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. SH OV EK TJI EGT TO
1  Sun Hongyun (CHN) 4 1 23 16 Q 3–5 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–4
2  Olga Voshchakina (URS) 3 2 20 17 5–3 5–4 1–5 4–5 5–0
3  Edit Kovács (HUN) 2 3 21 21 4–5 4–5 5–3 5–3 3–5
4  Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 2 3 16 17 0–5 5–1 3–5 3–5 5–1
5  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 2 3 20 22 3–5 5–4 3–5 5–3 4–5
6  Tomoko Oka (JPN) 2 3 15 22 4–5 0–5 5–3 1–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. SSJ DV YG SB MP FM
1  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–1
2  Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 4 1 22 15 2–5 5–0 5–4 5–4 5–2
3  Yelena Glikina (URS) 2 3 16 16 4–5 0–5 2–5 5–1 5–0
4  Sabine Bau (FRG) 2 3 19 20 2–5 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–3
5  Madeleine Philion (CAN) 2 3 16 21 1–5 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–3
6  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 0 5 9 25 1–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MZ TS AF ZNJ RZLS AS
1  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 4 1 24 10 Q 4–5 5–1 5–1 5–2 5–1
2  Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 4 1 22 18 5–4 5–3 2–5 5–4 5–2
3  Anja Fichtel (FRG) 3 2 19 17 1–5 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–3
4  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 3 2 17 17 1–5 5–2 1–5 5–1 5–4
5  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 1 4 15 22 2–5 4–5 3–5 1–5 5–2
6  Anna Sobczak (POL) 0 5 12 25 1–5 2–5 3–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GS CB ZEF JK LT IS
1  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 1 23 19 Q 5–4 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–3
2  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 3 2 20 17 4–5 5–1 1–5 5–4 5–2
3  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 3 2 19 18 3–5 1–5 5–4 5–3 5–1
4  Jolanta Królikowska (POL) 2 3 20 17 4–5 5–1 4–5 2–5 5–1
5  Liz Thurley (GBR) 2 3 18 20 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–2 1–5
6  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 1 4 12 21 3–5 2–5 1–5 1–5 5–1
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets

Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 8
 Edit Kovács (HUN) 5  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 7
 Yelena Glikina (URS) 8  Yelena Glikina (URS) 8
 Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 7
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Sun Hongyun (CHN) 8
 Olga Voshchakina (URS) 6  Sun Hongyun (CHN) 5
 Sabine Bau (FRG) 7  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 8
 Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 8
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 3
 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 8  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 4
 Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 8  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 8
 Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 7
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 1
 Anja Fichtel (FRG) 8  Anja Fichtel (FRG) 8
 Jolanta Królikowska (POL) 6  Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 4
 Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 8

Repechages

Repechage 1
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Edit Kovács (HUN) 7
 Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 8  Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) 4
 Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 8
Repechage 2
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Olga Voshchakina (URS) 2
 Sabine Bau (FRG) 8  Sabine Bau (FRG) 8
 Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 7
Repechage 3
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 1
 Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 8  Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) 3
 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 8
Repechage 4
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 8
 Jolanta Królikowska (POL) 6  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 5
 Sun Hongyun (CHN) 8

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
 Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 6
 Sabine Bau (FRG) 8
 Sabine Bau (FRG) 8
 Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 3
 Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) 5
 Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 8
 Sabine Bau (FRG) 5
 Anja Fichtel (FRG) 8
 Anja Fichtel (FRG) 8
 Sun Hongyun (CHN) 4
 Anja Fichtel (FRG) 8 Third place
 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5
 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 8  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) 8
 Yelena Glikina (URS) 4  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 7

Final classification

Fencer Country
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz  West Germany
Sabine Bau  West Germany
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  West Germany
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi  Hungary
Tatyana Sadovskaya  Soviet Union
Gertrúd Stefanek  Hungary
Sun Hongyun  China
Yelena Glikina  Soviet Union
Margherita Zalaffi  Italy
Dorina Vaccaroni  Italy
Caitlin Bilodeaux  United States
Tak Jeong-Im  South Korea
Sin Seong-Ja  South Korea
Olga Voshchakina  Soviet Union
Jolanta Królikowska  Poland
Edit Kovács  Hungary
Liz Thurley  Great Britain
Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan  Romania
Madeleine Philion  Canada
Tomoko Oka  Japan
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo  Romania
Isabelle Spennato  France
Anna Sobczak  Poland
Fiona McIntosh  Great Britain
Jujie Luan  China
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin  France
Annapia Gandolfi  Italy
Linda Ann Martin  Great Britain
Kerstin Palm  Sweden
Agnieszka Dubrawska  Poland
Jacynthe Poirier  Canada
Zhu Qingyuan  China
Laurence Modaine-Cessac  France
Thalie Tremblay  Canada
Sharon Monplaisir  United States
Mary O'Neill  United States
Alessandra Mariéthoz  Switzerland
Akemi Morikawa  Japan
Mieko Miyahara  Japan
Andrea Piros  Switzerland
Fabiana López  Mexico
Andrea Chaplin  Australia
Silvia Koeswandi  Indonesia
Park Eun-Hui  South Korea
Yung Yim King  Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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