Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

Women's team foil at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Exhibition Centre
Dates	23 September
Competitors	29 from 9 nations
Medalists
Diana Bianchedi, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali   Italy   Sylwia Gruchała, Magdalena Mroczkiewicz, Anna Rybicka, Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk   Poland   Sabine Bau, Rita König, Monika Weber-Koszto   Germany
«1996	2004»

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Épée	men		women
Team épée	men		women
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men		women
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The women's team foil was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 23 September 2000. 29 fencers from 9 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Italy Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber-Koszto

Main tournament bracket

The field of 9 teams competed in a single-elimination tournament to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a bronze medal match. Matches were also conducted to determine the final team placements.

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
Italy Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	-
Bye	-			Italy Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	45
Canada Sherraine Schalm-MacKay Julie Mahoney Jujie Luan	35			Ukraine Liudmyla Vasylieva Olena Koltsova Olha Leleiko	39
Ukraine Liudmyla Vasylieva Olena Koltsova Olha Leleiko	45							Italy Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	45
United States Ann Marsh Iris Zimmermann Felicia Zimmermann	-							United States Ann Marsh Iris Zimmermann Felicia Zimmermann	38
Bye	-			United States Ann Marsh Iris Zimmermann Felicia Zimmermann	45
Bye	-			Hungary Edina Knapek Gabriella Lantos Aida Mohamed	41
Hungary Edina Knapek Gabriella Lantos Aida Mohamed	-											Italy Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	45
China Xiao Aihua Meng Jie Yuan Li Zhang Lei	-											Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	36
Bye	-			China Xiao Aihua Meng Jie Yuan Li	43
Bye	-			Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka	45
Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk	-							Poland Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka	45		Third Place
Russia Svetlana Boyko Yekaterina Yusheva Olga Sharkova-Sidorova	-							Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber-Koszto	34
Bye	-			Russia Svetlana Boyko Yekaterina Yusheva Olga Sharkova-Sidorova	35						Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber-Koszto	45
Bye	-			Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber-Koszto	45							United States Ann Marsh Iris Zimmermann Felicia Zimmermann	42
Germany Sabine Bau Rita König Monika Weber-Koszto	-

Classification 5-8

	Placement 5-6				Fifth place match
	Ukraine Liudmyla Vasylieva Olena Koltsova Olha Leleiko	39
	Hungary Edina Knapek Gabriella Lantos Aida Mohamed	45
					Russia Svetlana Boyko Yekaterina Yusheva Olga Sharkova-Sidorova	45
					Hungary Edina Knapek Gabriella Lantos Aida Mohamed	38
					Seventh place match
	China Xiao Aihua Meng Jie Yuan Li	33		Ukraine Liudmyla Vasylieva Olena Koltsova Olha Leleiko	40
	Russia Svetlana Boyko Yekaterina Yusheva Olga Sharkova-Sidorova	45			China Xiao Aihua Zhang Lei Yuan Li	45

Classification 9-11

	Placement 9-11				Ninth place match
	Canada Sherraine Schalm-MacKay Julie Mahoney Jujie Luan	Bye
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					Canada Sherraine Schalm-MacKay Julie Mahoney Jujie Luan	Bye
					Eleventh place match
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External links

• Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics