# Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 19 to 20 October 1968. 38 fencers from 16 nations competed.

## Competition format

The 1968 tournament continued to use a mix of pool play and knockout rounds, but with substantial changes from 1964. The first two rounds were round-robin pool play, followed by a knockout round, finishing with another pool for the final. Barrages were eliminated and the knockout round was a modified double elimination round.
* Round 1: 6 pools, with 6 or 7 fencers in each pool. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced, cutting the field from 38 to 24.
* Round 2: 4 pools, with 6 fencers per pool. Again, the top 4 fencers advanced, reducing the number of remaining fencers from 24 to 16.
* Knockout round: This was a modified double-elimination tournament. The 16 fencers were divided into 4 groups of 4. The winner of the "winners bracket" in each group advanced to the final pool. The winner of the "losers bracket" from each group faced the winner of a different group's "losers bracket," with the winner of that match advancing to the final pool as well. The knockout round winnowed the fencers from 16 to 6.
* Final round: A final pool with the 6 remaining fencers determined the medals and 4th through 6th place.

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AZ | BCP | MTF | JYR | EFC | JB |
| 1 | Aleksandra Zabelina (URS) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Milady Tack-Fang (CUB) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Jan York-Romary (USA) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman (POL) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Judith Bain (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ARL | LSD | MCDD | JBCWY | KS | IW |
| 1 | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Kamilla Składanowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Ivonne Witteveen (AHO) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | KP | HK | IGDJ | MP | IFB | LR |
| 1 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | Q | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Harriet King (USA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Monika Pulch (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Lourdes Roldán (MEX) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EB | OOS | CRC | HM | SG | RdM |
| 1 | Elena Belova (URS) | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Helga Mees (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Sue Green (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Rosa del Moral (MEX) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ESI | PR | GG | HS | CF | MA | SISM |
| 1 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 6 | 0 | 24 | 12 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Colette Flesch (LUX) | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Myrna Anselma (AHO) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| 7 | Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín (ARG) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ISUR | BGD | GM | SC | MR | HB | VS |
| 1 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | Q | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sigrid Chatel (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Margarita Rodríguez (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Halina Balon (POL) | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| 7 | Veronica Smith (USA) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | OOS | PR | CRC | GM | JYR | AZ |
| 1 | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Jan York-Romary (USA) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Zabelina (URS) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IGDJ | ARL | BGD | GG | HK | HM |
| 1 | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | Q | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Harriet King (USA) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Helga Mees (FRG) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ISUR | KP | BCP | MCDD | SC | MP |
| 1 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Sigrid Chatel (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| 6 | Monika Pulch (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EB | ESI | LSD | HS | JBCWY | MTF |
| 1 | Elena Belova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | Q | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Milady Tack-Fang (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

### 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 |
| Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | W | | | |
| Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | L | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | L |
| Galina Gorokhova (URS) | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | W | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | W |
| Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | L | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | L | | | |
| Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | W | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | L |
| Heidi Schmid (FRG) | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | L | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | W |
| Kerstin Palm (SWE) | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | W | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| 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) | L | | | |
| Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | W | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | L |
| Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | L | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | W |
| Pilar Roldán (MEX) | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | W | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | L | | | |
| Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | W | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | L |
| Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | L | Elena Belova (URS) | Elena Belova (URS) | W |
| Elena Belova (URS) | Elena Belova (URS) | W | | | |

#### 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-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | W | | | | | | |
| Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (ROU) | L | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (FRA) | L | | | |
| | | | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | W | | | |
| | | | | | | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | W |
| Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) | L | | | | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | L |
| Heidi Schmid (FRG) | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | W | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | Heidi Schmid (FRG) | W | | | |
| | | | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti (FRA) | L | | | |

##### 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 |
| Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | W | | | | | | |
| Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) | L | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (ROU) | L | | | |
| | | | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | W | | | |
| | | | | | | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | Giovanna Masciotta (ITA) | L |
| Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | W | | | | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | W |
| Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) | L | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | Olga Orban-Szabo (ROU) | L | | | |
| | | | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | W | | | |

### Final round

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | EB | PR | ISUR | BGD | KP | GG |
| 1 | Elena Belova (URS) | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Pilar Roldán (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Brigitte Gapais-Dumont (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Galina Gorokhova (URS) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |