Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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Women's foil
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePalace of Metallurgy
Dates30 July 1992
Competitors46 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanna Trillini  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Huifeng  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
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Fencing at the
1992 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 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 July 1992. 46 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 36 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 28 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 8 fencers ranked 29–36 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

Results[edit]

Group round[edit]

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

Rank Fencer Nation Pool Rank Wins Losses Win % TF TA TF - TA Qual.
1 Gertrúd Stefanek  Hungary 5 1 6 0 1.000 30 13 17 Q
2 Sin Seong-Ja  South Korea 2 1 5 1 .833 26 12 14 Q
3 Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella  Italy 2 2 5 1 .833 25 15 10 Q
4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi  Hungary 6 1 5 1 .833 29 21 8 Q
5 Olga Velichko  Unified Team 4 1 4 1 .800 23 7 16 Q
6 Yelena Glikina  Unified Team 3 1 4 1 .800 24 14 10 Q
7 Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk  Poland 3 2 4 1 .800 22 14 8 Q
8 (10) Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza  Hungary 7 1 4 1 .800 23 15 8 Q
9 (8) Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  Germany 4 2 4 1 .800 24 18 6 Q
10 (9) Wang Huifeng  China 4 3 4 1 .800 22 17 5 Q
11 Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan  Romania 6 2 4 2 .667 26 13 13 Q
12 Isabelle Spennato  France 2 3 4 2 .667 25 15 10 Q
13 Margherita Zalaffi  Italy 1 1 4 2 .667 26 17 9 Q
14 Anna Sobczak  Poland 6 3 4 2 .667 25 17 8 Q
15 (16) Monika Maciejewska  Poland 1 2 4 2 .667 25 17 8 Q
16 (15) Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo  Romania 5 2 4 2 .667 24 17 7 Q
17 (18) E Jie  China 5 3 4 2 .667 25 18 7 Q
18 (17) Thalie Tremblay  Canada 1 3 4 2 .667 22 21 1 Q
19 Caitlin Bilodeaux  United States 6 4 4 2 .667 23 23 0 Q
20 Claudia Grigorescu  Romania 3 3 3 2 .600 20 13 7 Q
21 Xiao Aihua  China 7 2 3 2 .600 19 16 3 Q
22 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel  Israel 7 3 3 2 .600 22 20 2 Q
23 Giovanna Trillini  Italy 5 4 3 3 .500 25 17 8 Q
24 I Jeong-Suk  South Korea 1 4 3 3 .500 24 19 5 Q
25 Rosa María Castillejo  Spain 5 5 3 3 .500 22 18 4 Q
26 Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team 2 4 3 3 .500 23 19 4 Q
27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac  France 6 5 3 3 .500 21 18 3 Q
28 (31) Gisèle Meygret  France 1 5 3 3 .500 21 21 0 Q
29 (28) Tamara Savić-Šotra  Independent Olympic Participants 2 5 3 3 .500 22 23 -1 Q
30 (29) Yuko Takayanagi  Japan 1 6 3 3 .500 24 25 -1 Q
31 (30) Sabine Bau  Germany 3 4 2 3 .400 19 17 2 Q
32 (34) Annette Dobmeier  Germany 7 4 2 3 .400 20 18 2 Q
33 (32) Fiona McIntosh  Great Britain 7 5 2 3 .400 15 20 -5 Q
34 (35) Montserat Esquerdo  Spain 4 4 1 4 .200 17 21 -4 Q
35 (33) Mary O'Neill  United States 4 5 1 4 .200 11 21 -10 Q
36 Renée Aubin  Canada 7 6 1 4 .200 14 24 -10 Q
37 Linda Strachan  Great Britain 4 6 1 4 .200 11 24 -13
Kim Jin-sun  South Korea 3 5 1 4 .200 11 24 -13
39 Molly Sullivan  United States 3 6 1 4 .200 7 21 -14
40 Andrea Chiuchich  Argentina 2 6 1 5 .167 15 25 -10
41 Julia Bracewell  Great Britain 6 6 1 5 .167 16 29 -13
42 Sandra Giancola  Argentina 5 6 1 5 .167 9 27 -18
43 Yanina Iannuzzi  Argentina 6 7 0 6 .000 11 30 -19
44 Heidi Botha  South Africa 1 7 0 6 .000 8 30 -22
45 Elvia Reyes  Honduras 5 7 0 6 .000 5 30 -25
46 Rencia Nasson  South Africa 2 7 0 6 .000 3 30 -27

Elimination rounds[edit]

Main brackets[edit]

Main bracket 1[edit]

O'Neill was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Stefanek beating Maciejewska and I beating Castillejo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Tremblay and Funkenhauser, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Wang, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. McIntosh won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
1  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 4
33  Mary O'Neill (USA) 3 0 32  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 6 6
32  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 5 32  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 6 5
17  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 5 0
17  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 6 6
16  Monika Maciejewska (POL) 4 4
32  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 6
9  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 2 5
9  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 3 5 5
24  I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 2 1
9  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 0 6 6
8  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5 4
25  Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) 1 2
8  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 1[edit]
Repechage qualifier
     
1  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 5 5
16  Monika Maciejewska (POL) 3 3
Repechage qualifier
     
24  I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 3 6
25  Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) 2 5 5
Main bracket 2[edit]

Takayanagi was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Spennato beating Savić-Šotra and Grigorescu beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Xiao and Némethné Jánosi, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Velichko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Zalaffi won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
5  Olga Velichko (EUN) 5 3 5
28  Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) 3 5 1
5  Olga Velichko (EUN) 5 1 5
21  Xiao Aihua (CHN) 3 5 1
21  Xiao Aihua (CHN) 5 5
12  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 2 2
5  Olga Velichko (EUN) 2 5 3
13  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 5 3 5
13  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 5 6
20  Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 3 4
13  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 3 5 5
29  Yuko Takayanagi (JPN) 0 5 5 4  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 3 3
36  Renée Aubin (CAN) 5 2 6 36  Renée Aubin (CAN) 2 3
4  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 2[edit]
Repechage qualifier
     
28  Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) 2 3
12  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
20  Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 2 5 6
36  Renée Aubin (CAN) 5 3 4
Main bracket 3[edit]

Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Bortolozzi-Borella beating Bilodeaux and Czuckermann-Hatuel beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Sobczak and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Modaine-Cessac, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Bau won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
3  Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 2 3
35  Montserat Esquerdo (ESP) 1 3 30  Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5
30  Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5 30  Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5
14  Anna Sobczak (POL) 2 2
19  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 5 1
14  Anna Sobczak (POL) 6 5
30  Sabine Bau (GER) 5 4 5
27  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 3 6 3
11  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 5 5
22  Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 0 2
11  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 4 5 2
27  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 6 2 5
27  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 6 5
6  Yelena Glikina (EUN) 4 2
Repechage qualifiers 3[edit]
Repechage qualifier
     
3  Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 5 4 5
19  Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 1 6 2
Repechage qualifier
     
22  Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 6 1 5
6  Yelena Glikina (EUN) 5 5 3
Main bracket 4[edit]

Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Sadovskaya beating Mincza and Meygret beating E to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Wolnicka-Szewczyk and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Sin, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lazăr-Szabo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
7  Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 4 5 5
26  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 6 2 3
7  Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 0 2
23  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 5
23  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 1 5
10  Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) 3 5 1
23  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 1 2
15  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 5
15  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 5
18  E Jie (CHN) 3 3
15  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 6 6
31  Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 2 5 5 2  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 4 4
30  Sabine Bau (GER) 5 3 2 31  Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 3 5 4
2  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 5 3 6
Repechage qualifiers 4[edit]
Repechage qualifier
     
26  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 2 5 6
10  Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) 5 2 4
Repechage qualifier
     
18  E Jie (CHN) 5 3 1
31  Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 3 5 5

Repechage rounds 1 and 2[edit]

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #1 Stefanek was reseeded as #9 because she was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Seeds were adjusted to avoid rematches from the main bracket—Meygret and Sadovskaya were swapped to avoid a Meygret–Sin rematch. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 16
1 2 Sin Seong-Ja  South Korea
2 4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi  Hungary
3 7 Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk  Poland
4 8 Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  Germany
5 11 Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan  Romania
6 14 Anna Sobczak  Poland
7 17 Thalie Tremblay  Canada
8 21 Xiao Aihua  China
From round of 32 and qualifiers
9 1 Gertrúd Stefanek  Hungary
10 3 Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella  Italy
11 12 Isabelle Spennato  France
12 20 Claudia Grigorescu  Romania
13 22 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel  Israel
14 24 I Jeong-Suk  South Korea
15 31 Gisèle Meygret  France
16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1[edit]
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
1 (2)  Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 3 2
16 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 5 5 16 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 6 6
9 (1)  Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 2 8 (21)  Xiao Aihua (CHN) 5 5
8 (21)  Xiao Aihua (CHN) 6 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2[edit]
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
5 (11)  Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 6 3 2
12 (22)  Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 5 5 5 12 (22)  Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 5 5 5
13 (22)  Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 1 3 4 (8)  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 6 2 1
4 (8)  Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3[edit]
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
3 (7)  Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 2 3
14 (24)  I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 5 14 (24)  I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 6 5 5
11 (12)  Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 4 5 6 (14)  Anna Sobczak (POL) 4 6 6
6 (14)  Anna Sobczak (POL) 6 6
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4[edit]
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
7 (17)  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 3 5 5
10 (3)  Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 5 2 2 7 (17)  Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 1 3
15 (31)  Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 4 4 2 (4)  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 5
2 (4)  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 6 6

Repechage round 3[edit]

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (excluding adjustments to avoid having multiple fencers from the same nation in a bracket, which affected Köves and Nolte). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 – 5 Olga Velichko  Unified Team
2 – 9 Wang Huifeng  China
3 – 23 Giovanna Trillini  Italy
4 – 27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac  France
From repechage round 2
5 2 4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi  Hungary
6 6 14 Anna Sobczak  Poland
7 12 20 Claudia Grigorescu  Romania
8 16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
Repechage round 3 bracket 1[edit]
Repechage round 3
     
1 (5)  Olga Velichko (EUN) 6 2 2
8 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 4 5 5
Repechage round 3 bracket 2[edit]
Repechage round 3
     
5 (4)  Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 3 4
4 (27)  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 5 6
Repechage round 3 bracket 3[edit]
Repechage round 3
     
3 (23)  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 6 5
6 (14)  Anna Sobczak (POL) 4 2
Repechage round 3 bracket 4[edit]
Repechage round 3
     
7 (20)  Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 1 2
2 (9)  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 5 5

Final rounds[edit]

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

F seed R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 – – 13 Margherita Zalaffi  Italy
2 – – 15 Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo  Romania
3 – – 30 Sabine Bau  Germany
4 – – 32 Fiona McIntosh  Great Britain
From repechage round 3
5 2 – 9 Wang Huifeng  China
6 3 – 23 Giovanna Trillini  Italy
7 8 16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
8 4 – 27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac  France
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 (13)  Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 3 1
8 (27)  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 5 5
8 (27)  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 0 5 3
5 (9)  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 5 2 5
5 (9)  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 6 5
4 (32)  Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 1
5 (9)  Wang Huifeng (CHN) 6 3 5
6 (23)  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 5 6
3 (30)  Sabine Bau (GER) 3 4 2
6 (23)  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 6
6 (23)  Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 3 5 Bronze match
7 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 2 5 3
7 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 0 5 5 8 (27)  Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 1 5 3
2 (15)  Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 2 2 7 (26)  Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 5 1 5

Final classification[edit]

Fencer Country
Giovanna Trillini  Italy
Wang Huifeng  China
Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
Laurence Modaine-Cessac  France
Margherita Zalaffi  Italy
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo  Romania
Sabine Bau  Germany
Fiona McIntosh  Great Britain
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi  Hungary
Olga Velichko  Unified Team
Anna Sobczak  Poland
Claudia Grigorescu  Romania
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  Germany
Thalie Tremblay  Canada
Xiao Aihua  China
I Jeong-Suk  South Korea
Gertrúd Stefanek  Hungary
Sin Seong-Ja  South Korea
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella  Italy
Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk  Poland
Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan  Romania
Isabelle Spennato  France
Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel  Israel
Gisèle Meygret  France
Yelena Glikina  Unified Team
Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza  Hungary
Monika Maciejewska  Poland
E Jie  China
Caitlin Bilodeaux  United States
Rosa María Castillejo  Spain
Tamara Savić-Šotra  Independent Olympic Participants
Renée Aubin  Canada
Yuko Takayanagi  Japan
Annette Dobmeier  Germany
Montserat Esquerdo  Spain
Mary O'Neill  United States
Linda Strachan  Great Britain
Kim Jin-sun  South Korea
Molly Sullivan  United States
Andrea Chiuchich  Argentina
Julia Bracewell  Great Britain
Sandra Giancola  Argentina
Yanina Iannuzzi  Argentina
Heidi Botha  South Africa
Elvia Reyes  Honduras
Rencia Nasson  South Africa

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1992 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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