# Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 to 24 July 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.

## Competition format

The 1976 tournament returned to a mix of pool and knockout rounds similar to that used in 1968, after the 1972 edition briefly used a pool-only format. The competition included three pool rounds, followed by a double-elimination knockout round, finishing with a final pool round. In each pool round, the fencers competed in a round-robin.
Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination round were to 8 touches. Repechages were not used in the first three rounds, but were used to determine medalists if necessary in the final.

## Results
### Round 1
#### Round 1 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ESI | CHJ | KMU | HS | YK |
| 1 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska (POL) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Helen Smith (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Yukari Kajihara (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | KP | OK | KLR | MPVE | NU |
| 1 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Nancy Uranga (CUB) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YNB | WAG | ADEP | IFB | AO |
| 1 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | Q | | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Wendy Ager-Grant (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 5–1 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Ann O'Donnell (USA) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GL | VS | DH | UKW | MY |
| 1 | Giulia Lorenzoni (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Donna Hennyey (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Ute Kircheis-Wessel (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Mariko Yoshikawa (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BO | MB | BW | CP | MTF |
| 1 | Brigitte Oertel (FRG) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Magdalena Bartoș (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Barbara Wysoczańska (POL) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Chantal Payer (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | Q | 0–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | | 2–5 |
| 5 | Milady Tack-Fang (CUB) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MR | MM | ClC | IST | SS |
| 1 | Margarita Rodríguez (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Max Madsen (DEN) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Claudine le Comte (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | Q | 5–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Susan Stewart (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BGD | CM | HO | ISUR | SA | GM |
| 1 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 5 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Carola Mangiarotti (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Hideko Oka (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Sheila Armstrong (USA) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 4–5 |
| 6 | Gitty Moheban (IRI) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CH | CHH | MCC | ND | NF | MS |
| 1 | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Clare Henley-Halsted (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 1–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Nili Drori (ISR) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–1 | | 2–5 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Nikki Franke (USA) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Mahvash Shafaie (IRI) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BLG | SW | MB | GSM | JAM | DE |
| 1 | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | Q | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Micheline Borghs (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 2–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Jhila Al-Masi (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Dinorah Enríquez (PUR) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | |

### Round 2
#### Round 2 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YNB | MM | IFB | BGD | CP | UKW |
| 1 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Max Madsen (DEN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | Q | 0–5 | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Chantal Payer (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Ute Kircheis-Wessel (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CHJ | OK | KLR | BO | MB | KMU |
| 1 | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | Q | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | Q | 5–1 | | 0–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 5–0 | | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Brigitte Oertel (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Magdalena Bartoș (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska (POL) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | HS | CH | BW | WAG | GL | DH |
| 1 | Helen Smith (AUS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | Q | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Barbara Wysoczańska (POL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Wendy Ager-Grant (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Giulia Lorenzoni (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Donna Hennyey (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IST | KP | VS | MPVE | ADEP | MR |
| 1 | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | Q | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 5–3 | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 5–3 | 1–5 |
| 5 | Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | | 3–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Margarita Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ESI | GSM | SW | CM | ClC | ND |
| 1 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | | 2–5 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Carola Mangiarotti (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 0–5 | 5–1 | | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Claudine le Comte (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Nili Drori (ISR) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 24 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MCC | BLG | MB | CHH | ISUR | HO |
| 1 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Micheline Borghs (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Clare Henley-Halsted (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 5–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Hideko Oka (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | | 0–5 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

### Round 3
#### Round 3 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ESI | VS | KLR | GSM | BO | CHH |
| 1 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 20 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Brigitte Oertel (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Clare Henley-Halsted (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | | 3–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SW | MPVE | CH | CHJ | HS | BW |
| 1 | Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 19 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 1–5 |
| 4 | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Helen Smith (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Barbara Wysoczańska (POL) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MCC | OK | KP | IFB | BLG | WAG |
| 1 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | | 4–5 |
| 6 | Wendy Ager-Grant (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 3 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YNB | BGD | IST | MB | CM | MM |
| 1 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Micheline Borghs (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Carola Mangiarotti (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Max Madsen (DEN) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

### Double elimination rounds
#### Winners brackets
##### Winners group 1

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 8 | | | |
| Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 5 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 6 |
| Cornelia Hanisch (URS) | Cornelia Hanisch (URS) | 8 | Cornelia Hanisch (URS) | Cornelia Hanisch (URS) | 8 |
| Micheline Borghs (BEL) | Micheline Borghs (BEL) | 3 | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Olga Knyazeva (URS) | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 8 | | | |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 3 | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 5 |
| Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 8 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 8 |
| Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 7 | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 8 | | | |
| Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 8 |
| Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 8 | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 4 |
| Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | 7 | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Valentina Sidorova (URS) | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 8 | | | |
| Kerstin Palm (SWE) | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 4 | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 7 |
| Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | 3 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 8 |
| Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 8 | | | |

#### Losers brackets
##### Losers group 1

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Micheline Borghs (BEL) | Micheline Borghs (BEL) | 5 | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | Marie-Paule Van Eyck (BEL) | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 7 |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 2 | | | | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 8 |
| Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 8 | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 8 | | | |
| | | | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | Claudie Herbster-Josland (FRA) | 6 | | | |

##### Losers group 2

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | Susan Wrigglesworth (GBR) | 3 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 8 | | | |
| | | | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | Olga Knyazeva (URS) | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 8 |
| Kerstin Palm (SWE) | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 8 | | | | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 7 |
| Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (POL) | 1 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 4 | | | |
| | | | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | Valentina Sidorova (URS) | 8 | | | |

### Final round

The top two fencers tied at 4–1, requiring a barrage for the gold and silver medals.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | IST | MCC | YNB | BGD | CH | IFB |
| 1 | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 15 | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 1 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Cornelia Hanisch (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | IST | MCC |
| | Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | | 5–4 |
| | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4–5 | |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Country |
| Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi | Hungary |
| Maria Consolata Collino | Italy |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | Soviet Union |
| Brigitte Gapais-Dumont | France |
| Cornelia Hanisch | West Germany |
| Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis | Hungary |
| Valentina Sidorova | Soviet Union |
| Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic | Romania |
| Marie-Paule Van Eyck | Belgium |
| Claudie Herbster-Josland | France |
| Kerstin Palm | Sweden |
| Olga Knyazeva | Soviet Union |
| Susan Wrigglesworth | Great Britain |
| Grażyna Staszak-Makowska | Poland |
| Micheline Borghs | Belgium |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová | Czechoslovakia |
| Helen Smith | Australia |
| Brigitte Oertel | West Germany |
| Clare Henley-Halsted | Great Britain |
| Barbara Wysoczańska | Poland |
| Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin | France |
| Wendy Ager-Grant | Great Britain |
| Carola Mangiarotti | Italy |
| Max Madsen | Denmark |
| Giulia Lorenzoni | Italy |
| Chantal Payer | Canada |
| Magdalena Bartoș | Romania |
| Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu | Romania |
| Claudine le Comte | Belgium |
| Margarita Rodríguez | Cuba |
| Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő | Hungary |
| Ute Kircheis-Wessel | West Germany |
| Hideko Oka | Japan |
| Nili Drori | Israel |
| Donna Hennyey | Canada |
| Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska | Poland |
| Jhila Al-Masi | Iran |
| Nikki Franke | United States |
| Milady Tack-Fang | Cuba |
| Yukari Kajihara | Japan |
| Sheila Armstrong | United States |
| Gitty Moheban | Iran |
| Susan Stewart | Canada |
| Ann O'Donnell | United States |
| Mahvash Shafaie | Iran |
| Mariko Yoshikawa | Japan |
| Nancy Uranga | Cuba |
| Dinorah Enríquez | Puerto Rico |