# Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 3 September 1972. 44 fencers from 20 nations competed.

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AZ | MM | MCDD | MI | HK | WPR |
| 1 | Aleksandra Zabelina (URS) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Max Madsen (DEN) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Q | 1–4 | | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | Q | 4–2 | 2–4 | | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Marlene Infante (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | | 3–4 | 2–4 |
| 5 | Harriet King (USA) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | | 3–4 |
| 6 | Waltraut Peck-Repa (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IB | SG | ISUR | OOS | MEG |
| 1 | Irmela Broniecki (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | Q | | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sue Green (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | Q | 4–2 | | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | Q | 3–4 | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 4 | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–4 | | 4–1 |
| 5 | María Esther García (CUB) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IFB | BGD | ClC | ADEP | HH |
| 1 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Q | | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Q | 4–1 | | 4–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Claudine le Comte (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | Q | 1–4 | 3–4 | | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 4 | Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–4 | | 4–2 |
| 5 | Hannelore Hradez (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CRC | KLR | MS | ME | KS | SISM |
| 1 | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | Q | 3–4 | | 4–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Mária Szolnoki (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | Q | 4–3 | 0–4 | | 4–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Marion Exelby (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | | 2–4 | 4–2 |
| 5 | Kamilla Składanowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | | 1–4 |
| 6 | Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 4–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GG | IGDJ | GL | ER | DH |
| 1 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | Q | | 4–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | Q | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Giulia Lorenzoni (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | Q | 4–1 | 1–4 | | 2–4 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Elke Radlingmaier (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | | 2–4 |
| 5 | Donna Hennyey (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | KP | EFC | RW | CM | JBCWY | OE |
| 1 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman (POL) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | 2–4 | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Ruth White (USA) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | Q | 2–4 | 2–4 | | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Christine McDougall (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | | 3–4 | 4–3 |
| 5 | Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | | 4–2 |
| 6 | Özden Ezinler (TUR) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | HB | BO | ARL | FR | CHH | AO |
| 1 | Halina Balon (POL) | 5 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Q | | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Brigitte Oertel (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | Q | 2–4 | | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–4 |
| 3 | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | Q | 3–4 | 3–4 | | 4–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Fabienne Regamey (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | | 4–3 | 4–2 |
| 5 | Clare Henley-Halsted (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–4 | | 4–2 |
| 6 | Ann O'Donnell (USA) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YNB | MCC | MR | KRG | MH |
| 1 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | Q | | 4–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | Q | 0–4 | | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Margarita Rodríguez (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | Q | 4–3 | 3–4 | | 3–4 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Karin Rutz-Gießelmann (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | | 4–2 |
| 5 | Madeleine Heitz (SUI) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MCDD | KP | GG | IB | MM | MS |
| 1 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | Q | | 4–0 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | Q | 0–4 | | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 4–3 | 4–3 | | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 |
| 4 | Irmela Broniecki (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 4–3 |
| 5 | Max Madsen (DEN) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | | 4–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–4 | | 3–4 |
| 6 | Mária Szolnoki (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | |

#### Quarterfinal B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ARL | BGD | YNB | BO | HB | ISUR |
| 1 | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 3–4 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 4–3 | | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | Q | 0–4 | 3–4 | | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Brigitte Oertel (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | | 4–1 | |
| 5 | Halina Balon (POL) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | | 3–4 |
| 6 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | | 4–3 | |

#### Quarterfinal C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IFB | KLR | GL | IGDJ | MR | AZ |
| 1 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | Q | | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | Q | 4–0 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Giulia Lorenzoni (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | Q | 2–4 | 4–2 | | 1–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| 4 | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | | 0–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 4–3 | 1–4 |
| 5 | Margarita Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | | |
| 6 | Aleksandra Zabelina (URS) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 4–1 | | |

#### Quarterfinal D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CRC | ClC | MCC | EFC | RW | SG |
| 1 | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | Q | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Claudine le Comte (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | 2–4 | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | Q | 0–4 | 2–4 | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman (POL) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | | 4–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | | 4–3 | 4–3 |
| 5 | Ruth White (USA) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | | 4–1 |
| 6 | Sue Green (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YNB | KP | MCDD | CRC | MCC | KLR |
| 1 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | Q | | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 4–3 | | 3–4 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–4 |
| 3 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | Q | 2–4 | 4–3 | | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–2 | | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Maria Consolata Collino (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | | 4–1 |
| 6 | Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová (TCH) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | |

#### Semifinal B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IFB | GG | ARL | BGD | GL | ClC |
| 1 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | Q | 1–4 | | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | Q | 4–3 | 0–4 | | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Giulia Lorenzoni (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | | 0–4 |
| 6 | Claudine le Comte (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | |

### Final

Ragno-Lonzi again lost to Gorokhova, but this time that was her only loss; her 4–1 record in the final earned her gold. Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Gorokhova, and Depetris-Demaille tied at 3–2, with touch-quotient the tie-breaker: Farkasinszky-Bóbis took silver at 1.214, Gorokhova earned bronze at 1.143, and Deptris-Demaille finished fourth at 0.875.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | ARL | IFB | GG | MCDD | YNB | KP |
| | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3–4 | | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 |
| | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4–3 | 1–4 | | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | | 0–4 | 4–3 |
| 5 | Yelena Novikova-Belova (URS) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–0 | | 4–1 |
| 6 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | |
| Fencer | Country |
| Antonella Ragno-Lonzi | Italy |
| Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis | Hungary |
| Galina Gorokhova | Soviet Union |
| Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille | France |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | Soviet Union |
| Kerstin Palm | Sweden |
| Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti | France |
| Brigitte Gapais-Dumont | France |
| Maria Consolata Collino | Italy |
| Giulia Lorenzoni | Italy |
| Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová | Czechoslovakia |
| Claudine le Comte | Belgium |
| Irmela Broniecki | West Germany |
| Brigitte Oertel | West Germany |
| Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei | Romania |
| Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman | Poland |
| Max Madsen | Denmark |
| Halina Balon | Poland |
| Margarita Rodríguez | Cuba |
| Ruth White | United States |
| Mária Szolnoki | Hungary |
| Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő | Hungary |
| Aleksandra Zabelina | Soviet Union |
| Sue Green | Great Britain |
| Marlene Infante | Cuba |
| Olga Orban-Szabo | Romania |
| Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu | Romania |
| Marion Exelby | Australia |
| Elke Radlingmaier | Austria |
| Christine McDougall | Australia |
| Fabienne Regamey | Switzerland |
| Karin Rutz-Gießelmann | West Germany |
| Harriet King | United States |
| María Esther García | Cuba |
| Hannelore Hradez | Austria |
| Kamilla Składanowska | Poland |
| Donna Hennyey | Canada |
| Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh | Great Britain |
| Clare Henley-Halsted | Great Britain |
| Madeleine Heitz | Switzerland |
| Waltraut Peck-Repa | Austria |
| Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín | Argentina |
| Özden Ezinler | Turkey |
| Ann O'Donnell | United States |