Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 July 1992. 46 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Women's foil
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePalace of Metallurgy
Dates30 July 1992
Competitors46 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanna Trillini  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Huifeng  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Sadovskaya  Unified Team
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Competition format

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The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 36 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 28 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 8 fencers ranked 29–36 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

Results

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Group round

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Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

Rank Fencer Nation Pool Rank Wins Losses Win % TF TA TF - TA Qual.
1 Gertrúd Stefanek   Hungary 5 1 6 0 1.000 30 13 17 Q
2 Sin Seong-Ja   South Korea 2 1 5 1 .833 26 12 14 Q
3 Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella   Italy 2 2 5 1 .833 25 15 10 Q
4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi   Hungary 6 1 5 1 .833 29 21 8 Q
5 Olga Velichko   Unified Team 4 1 4 1 .800 23 7 16 Q
6 Yelena Glikina   Unified Team 3 1 4 1 .800 24 14 10 Q
7 Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk   Poland 3 2 4 1 .800 22 14 8 Q
8 (10) Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza   Hungary 7 1 4 1 .800 23 15 8 Q
9 (8) Zita-Eva Funkenhauser   Germany 4 2 4 1 .800 24 18 6 Q
10 (9) Wang Huifeng   China 4 3 4 1 .800 22 17 5 Q
11 Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan   Romania 6 2 4 2 .667 26 13 13 Q
12 Isabelle Spennato   France 2 3 4 2 .667 25 15 10 Q
13 Margherita Zalaffi   Italy 1 1 4 2 .667 26 17 9 Q
14 Anna Sobczak   Poland 6 3 4 2 .667 25 17 8 Q
15 (16) Monika Maciejewska   Poland 1 2 4 2 .667 25 17 8 Q
16 (15) Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo   Romania 5 2 4 2 .667 24 17 7 Q
17 (18) E Jie   China 5 3 4 2 .667 25 18 7 Q
18 (17) Thalie Tremblay   Canada 1 3 4 2 .667 22 21 1 Q
19 Caitlin Bilodeaux   United States 6 4 4 2 .667 23 23 0 Q
20 Claudia Grigorescu   Romania 3 3 3 2 .600 20 13 7 Q
21 Xiao Aihua   China 7 2 3 2 .600 19 16 3 Q
22 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel   Israel 7 3 3 2 .600 22 20 2 Q
23 Giovanna Trillini   Italy 5 4 3 3 .500 25 17 8 Q
24 I Jeong-Suk   South Korea 1 4 3 3 .500 24 19 5 Q
25 Rosa María Castillejo   Spain 5 5 3 3 .500 22 18 4 Q
26 Tatyana Sadovskaya   Unified Team 2 4 3 3 .500 23 19 4 Q
27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac   France 6 5 3 3 .500 21 18 3 Q
28 (31) Gisèle Meygret   France 1 5 3 3 .500 21 21 0 Q
29 (28) Tamara Savić-Šotra   Independent Olympic Participants 2 5 3 3 .500 22 23 -1 Q
30 (29) Yuko Takayanagi   Japan 1 6 3 3 .500 24 25 -1 Q
31 (30) Sabine Bau   Germany 3 4 2 3 .400 19 17 2 Q
32 (34) Annette Dobmeier   Germany 7 4 2 3 .400 20 18 2 Q
33 (32) Fiona McIntosh   Great Britain 7 5 2 3 .400 15 20 -5 Q
34 (35) Montserat Esquerdo   Spain 4 4 1 4 .200 17 21 -4 Q
35 (33) Mary O'Neill   United States 4 5 1 4 .200 11 21 -10 Q
36 Renée Aubin   Canada 7 6 1 4 .200 14 24 -10 Q
37 Linda Strachan   Great Britain 4 6 1 4 .200 11 24 -13
Kim Jin-sun   South Korea 3 5 1 4 .200 11 24 -13
39 Molly Sullivan   United States 3 6 1 4 .200 7 21 -14
40 Andrea Chiuchich   Argentina 2 6 1 5 .167 15 25 -10
41 Julia Bracewell   Great Britain 6 6 1 5 .167 16 29 -13
42 Sandra Giancola   Argentina 5 6 1 5 .167 9 27 -18
43 Yanina Iannuzzi   Argentina 6 7 0 6 .000 11 30 -19
44 Heidi Botha   South Africa 1 7 0 6 .000 8 30 -22
45 Elvia Reyes   Honduras 5 7 0 6 .000 5 30 -25
46 Rencia Nasson   South Africa 2 7 0 6 .000 3 30 -27

Elimination rounds

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Main brackets

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Main bracket 1
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O'Neill was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Stefanek beating Maciejewska and I beating Castillejo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Tremblay and Funkenhauser, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Wang, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. McIntosh won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
1   Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 4
33   Mary O'Neill (USA) 3 0 32   Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 6 6
32   Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 5 32   Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 6 5
17   Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 5 0
17   Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 6 6
16   Monika Maciejewska (POL) 4 4
32   Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 6
9   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 2 5
9   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 3 5 5
24   I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 2 1
9   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 0 6 6
8   Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5 4
25   Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) 1 2
8   Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 1
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1   Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 5 5
16   Monika Maciejewska (POL) 3 3
Repechage qualifier
     
24   I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 3 6
25   Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) 2 5 5
Main bracket 2
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Takayanagi was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Spennato beating Savić-Šotra and Grigorescu beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Xiao and Némethné Jánosi, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Velichko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Zalaffi won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
5   Olga Velichko (EUN) 5 3 5
28   Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) 3 5 1
5   Olga Velichko (EUN) 5 1 5
21   Xiao Aihua (CHN) 3 5 1
21   Xiao Aihua (CHN) 5 5
12   Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 2 2
5   Olga Velichko (EUN) 2 5 3
13   Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 5 3 5
13   Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 5 6
20   Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 3 4
13   Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 3 5 5
29   Yuko Takayanagi (JPN) 0 5 5 4   Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 3 3
36   Renée Aubin (CAN) 5 2 6 36   Renée Aubin (CAN) 2 3
4   Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 2
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28   Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) 2 3
12   Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
20   Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 2 5 6
36   Renée Aubin (CAN) 5 3 4
Main bracket 3
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Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Bortolozzi-Borella beating Bilodeaux and Czuckermann-Hatuel beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Sobczak and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Modaine-Cessac, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Bau won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
3   Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 2 3
35   Montserat Esquerdo (ESP) 1 3 30   Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5
30   Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5 30   Sabine Bau (GER) 5 5
14   Anna Sobczak (POL) 2 2
19   Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 5 1
14   Anna Sobczak (POL) 6 5
30   Sabine Bau (GER) 5 4 5
27   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 3 6 3
11   Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 5 5
22   Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 0 2
11   Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 4 5 2
27   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 6 2 5
27   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 6 5
6   Yelena Glikina (EUN) 4 2
Repechage qualifiers 3
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3   Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 5 4 5
19   Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) 1 6 2
Repechage qualifier
     
22   Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 6 1 5
6   Yelena Glikina (EUN) 5 5 3
Main bracket 4
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Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Sadovskaya beating Mincza and Meygret beating E to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Wolnicka-Szewczyk and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Sin, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lazăr-Szabo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
7   Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 4 5 5
26   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 6 2 3
7   Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 0 2
23   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 5
23   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 1 5
10   Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) 3 5 1
23   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 1 2
15   Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 5
15   Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 5
18   E Jie (CHN) 3 3
15   Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 6 6
31   Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 2 5 5 2   Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 4 4
30   Sabine Bau (GER) 5 3 2 31   Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 3 5 4
2   Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 5 3 6
Repechage qualifiers 4
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26   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 2 5 6
10   Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) 5 2 4
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18   E Jie (CHN) 5 3 1
31   Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 3 5 5

Repechage rounds 1 and 2

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The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #1 Stefanek was reseeded as #9 because she was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Seeds were adjusted to avoid rematches from the main bracket—Meygret and Sadovskaya were swapped to avoid a Meygret–Sin rematch. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 16
1 2 Sin Seong-Ja   South Korea
2 4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi   Hungary
3 7 Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk   Poland
4 8 Zita-Eva Funkenhauser   Germany
5 11 Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan   Romania
6 14 Anna Sobczak   Poland
7 17 Thalie Tremblay   Canada
8 21 Xiao Aihua   China
From round of 32 and qualifiers
9 1 Gertrúd Stefanek   Hungary
10 3 Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella   Italy
11 12 Isabelle Spennato   France
12 20 Claudia Grigorescu   Romania
13 22 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel   Israel
14 24 I Jeong-Suk   South Korea
15 31 Gisèle Meygret   France
16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya   Unified Team
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1
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Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
1 (2)   Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) 3 2
16 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 5 5 16 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 6 6
9 (1)   Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) 4 2 8 (21)   Xiao Aihua (CHN) 5 5
8 (21)   Xiao Aihua (CHN) 6 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2
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Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
5 (11)   Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) 6 3 2
12 (22)   Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 5 5 5 12 (22)   Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 5 5 5
13 (22)   Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) 1 3 4 (8)   Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 6 2 1
4 (8)   Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) 5 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3
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Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
3 (7)   Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) 2 3
14 (24)   I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 5 5 14 (24)   I Jeong-Suk (KOR) 6 5 5
11 (12)   Isabelle Spennato (FRA) 4 5 6 (14)   Anna Sobczak (POL) 4 6 6
6 (14)   Anna Sobczak (POL) 6 6
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4
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Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
7 (17)   Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 3 5 5
10 (3)   Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) 5 2 2 7 (17)   Thalie Tremblay (CAN) 1 3
15 (31)   Gisèle Meygret (FRA) 4 4 2 (4)   Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 5 5
2 (4)   Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 6 6

Repechage round 3

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The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (excluding adjustments to avoid having multiple fencers from the same nation in a bracket, which affected Köves and Nolte). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 5 Olga Velichko   Unified Team
2 9 Wang Huifeng   China
3 23 Giovanna Trillini   Italy
4 27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac   France
From repechage round 2
5 2 4 Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi   Hungary
6 6 14 Anna Sobczak   Poland
7 12 20 Claudia Grigorescu   Romania
8 16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya   Unified Team
Repechage round 3 bracket 1
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1 (5)   Olga Velichko (EUN) 6 2 2
8 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 4 5 5
Repechage round 3 bracket 2
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5 (4)   Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) 3 4
4 (27)   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 5 6
Repechage round 3 bracket 3
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3 (23)   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 6 5
6 (14)   Anna Sobczak (POL) 4 2
Repechage round 3 bracket 4
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Repechage round 3
     
7 (20)   Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) 1 2
2 (9)   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 5 5

Final rounds

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The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

F seed R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 13 Margherita Zalaffi   Italy
2 15 Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo   Romania
3 30 Sabine Bau   Germany
4 32 Fiona McIntosh   Great Britain
From repechage round 3
5 2 9 Wang Huifeng   China
6 3 23 Giovanna Trillini   Italy
7 8 16 26 Tatyana Sadovskaya   Unified Team
8 4 27 Laurence Modaine-Cessac   France
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1 (13)   Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) 3 1
8 (27)   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 5 5
8 (27)   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 0 5 3
5 (9)   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 5 2 5
5 (9)   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 6 5
4 (32)   Fiona McIntosh (GBR) 5 1
5 (9)   Wang Huifeng (CHN) 6 3 5
6 (23)   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 5 6
3 (30)   Sabine Bau (GER) 3 4 2
6 (23)   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 6
6 (23)   Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 5 3 5 Bronze match
7 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 2 5 3
7 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 0 5 5 8 (27)   Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) 1 5 3
2 (15)   Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) 5 2 2 7 (26)   Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) 5 1 5

Final classification

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Fencer Country
Giovanna Trillini   Italy
Wang Huifeng   China
Tatyana Sadovskaya   Unified Team
Laurence Modaine-Cessac   France
Margherita Zalaffi   Italy
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo   Romania
Sabine Bau   Germany
Fiona McIntosh   Great Britain
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi   Hungary
Olga Velichko   Unified Team
Anna Sobczak   Poland
Claudia Grigorescu   Romania
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser   Germany
Thalie Tremblay   Canada
Xiao Aihua   China
I Jeong-Suk   South Korea
Gertrúd Stefanek   Hungary
Sin Seong-Ja   South Korea
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella   Italy
Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk   Poland
Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan   Romania
Isabelle Spennato   France
Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel   Israel
Gisèle Meygret   France
Yelena Glikina   Unified Team
Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza   Hungary
Monika Maciejewska   Poland
E Jie   China
Caitlin Bilodeaux   United States
Rosa María Castillejo   Spain
Tamara Savić-Šotra   Independent Olympic Participants
Renée Aubin   Canada
Yuko Takayanagi   Japan
Annette Dobmeier   Germany
Montserat Esquerdo   Spain
Mary O'Neill   United States
Linda Strachan   Great Britain
Kim Jin-sun   South Korea
Molly Sullivan   United States
Andrea Chiuchich   Argentina
Julia Bracewell   Great Britain
Sandra Giancola   Argentina
Yanina Iannuzzi   Argentina
Heidi Botha   South Africa
Elvia Reyes   Honduras
Rencia Nasson   South Africa

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1992 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2011.