Tension clamp for elastically holding down a rail for rail vehicles, the rail comprising a foot, a web that is supported on the foot and a rail head carried by the web, the tensioning clamp having - a loop-shaped central section (2;102), with two legs (4,5;104,105) and a base section (3; 103) that connects the legs (4,5;104,105) to one another, wherein a free end face of the base section (3;103) faces a front face of the tension clamp (1;101), a free upper face of the central section (2;102) faces an upper face of the tension clamp (1;101) and the legs (4,5;104,105) of the central section face with their ends, which face away from the base section (3;103), a rear face of the tension clamp (1;101), - two torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109), one of which in each case is connected to that end of one of the legs (4, 5; 104, 105) of the central section (2; 102) that faces away from the base section (3; 103), wherein the torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109) lead away laterally in an outwards direction in each case starting from the leg (4,5; 104, 105) that is allocated to them respectively and wherein the torsional sections (8, 9, 108, 109) have a supporting zone (10, 11; 110, 111) on their lower face by means of which the tension clamp (1; 101) is supported on the component that bears them during use, and - two supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113), one of which in each case is connected to the end of one of the torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109) that faces away from the allocated leg (4, 5; 104, 105) of the central section (2; 102), wherein the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) run in the direction of the front face of the tension clamp (1; 101) and in each case have a spring section (14, 15; 114, 115) curved towards the upper face of the tension clamp (1; 101) and a support section (18, 19; 118, 119) that ends at a free end of the supporting arm (12, 13; 112, 113), the lower face of which support section has a supporting zone (20,21;120,121) by means of which the supporting arm (12, 13;112, 113) in question is supported on the foot of the rail to be fastened during use, wherein the supporting zones support sections (18, 19; 118, 119) of the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) each point laterally outward relative to the central section (2; 102) of the tension clamp (1; 101), characterized in that the supporting zones (20,21; 120,121) of the support sections (18, 19; 118, 119) of the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) are in each case designed punctiform, and in that, when the tension clamp (1; 101) is viewed from above, the straight lines (G1, G2) that connect a center of the supporting zones (20, 21; 120, 121) of the support sections (18, 19; 118, 119) of the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) to a center (Z10, Z11; Z110, Z111) of the supporting zone (10, 11; 110, 111) of the torsional section (8, 9; 108, 109) allocated to the respective supporting arm (12, 13; 112, 113) intersect in an area located on the rear face of the tension clamp (1; 101). - a loop-shaped central section (2;102), with two legs (4,5;104,105) and a base section (3; 103) that connects the legs (4,5;104,105) to one another, wherein a free end face of the base section (3;103) faces a front face of the tension clamp (1;101), a free upper face of the central section (2;102) faces an upper face of the tension clamp (1;101) and the legs (4,5;104,105) of the central section face with their ends, which face away from the base section (3;103), a rear face of the tension clamp (1;101), - two torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109), one of which in each case is connected to that end of one of the legs (4, 5; 104, 105) of the central section (2; 102) that faces away from the base section (3; 103), wherein the torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109) lead away laterally in an outwards direction in each case starting from the leg (4,5; 104, 105) that is allocated to them respectively and wherein the torsional sections (8, 9, 108, 109) have a supporting zone (10, 11; 110, 111) on their lower face by means of which the tension clamp (1; 101) is supported on the component that bears them during use, and - two supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113), one of which in each case is connected to the end of one of the torsional sections (8, 9; 108, 109) that faces away from the allocated leg (4, 5; 104, 105) of the central section (2; 102), wherein the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) run in the direction of the front face of the tension clamp (1; 101) and in each case have a spring section (14, 15; 114, 115) curved towards the upper face of the tension clamp (1; 101) and a support section (18, 19; 118, 119) that ends at a free end of the supporting arm (12, 13; 112, 113), the lower face of which support section has a supporting zone (20,21;120,121) by means of which the supporting arm (12, 13;112, 113) in question is supported on the foot of the rail to be fastened during use, wherein the supporting zones support sections (18, 19; 118, 119) of the supporting arms (12, 13; 112, 113) each point laterally outward relative to the central section (2; 102) of the tension clamp (1; 101),