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

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.

## Rosters

* Cuba
* Margarita Rodríguez
* Marlene Font
* María Esther García
* Clara Alfonso
* East Germany
* Mandy Niklaus
* Gabriele Janke
* Sabine Hertrampf
* Beate Schubert
* France
* Pascale Trinquet-Hachin
* Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
* Christine Muzio
* Isabelle Boéri-Bégard
* Véronique Brouquier
* Great Britain
* Susan Wrigglesworth
* Ann Brannon
* Wendy Ager-Grant
* Linda Ann Martin
* Hilary Cawthorne
* Hungary
* Magda Maros
* Edit Kovács
* Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
* Zsuzsa Szőcs
* Gertrúd Stefanek
* Italy
* Dorina Vaccaroni
* Anna Rita Sparaciari
* Susanna Batazzi
* Carola Mangiarotti
* Clara Mochi
* Poland
* Delfina Skąpska
* Agnieszka Dubrawska
* Jolanta Królikowska
* Barbara Wysoczańska
* Kamilla Składanowska
* Romania
* Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
* Marcela Moldovan-Zsak
* Viorica Țurcanu
* Suzana Ardeleanu
* Aurora Dan
* Soviet Union
* Valentina Sidorova
* Nailya Gilyazova
* Yelena Novikova-Belova
* Irina Ushakova
* Larisa Tsagarayeva

## 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.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | CUB | GDR |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | QS | | 9–5 | 11–5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 13 | 17 | QQ | 5–9 | | 8.68–8.67 |
| 3 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | | 5–11 | 8.67–8.68 | |

#### 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.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | ITA | ROU |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | QS | | 9–4 | 11–5 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | QQ | 4–9 | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | | 5–11 | 7–9 | |

#### 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.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | HUN | GBR |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | QQ | | 6–10 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | QQ | 10–6 | | 8.58–8.61 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | | 4–12 | 8.61–8.58 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| C2 | Hungary | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Italy | 6 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Italy | 6 | C2 | Hungary | 6 | | | |
| | | | A1 | France | 9 | | | |
| A1 | France | | A1 | France | 9 | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | A1 | France | 9 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Soviet Union | 6 |
| C1 | Poland | 9 | | | | | | | B1 | Soviet Union | 6 |
| A2 | Cuba | 7 | | | |
| A2 | Cuba | 7 | C1 | Poland | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | Soviet Union | 9 |
| B1 | Soviet Union | | B1 | Soviet Union | 9 | C2 | Hungary | 9 |
| | Bye | | | | | C1 | Poland | 7 |
| Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| B2 | Italy | 9 |
| A2 | Cuba | 6 |