Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Women's foil; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 2–4
Competitors	25 from 9 nations
Medalists
	1928 →

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time an Olympic fencing competition was held for women.

The competition was held from Tuesday July 2, 1924, to Thursday July 4, 1924. 25 fencers from 9 nations competed.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top three fencers in each pool advanced. Bouts were to five touches. Times touched was the first tie-breaker if fencers had equal records for their bouts.

Pool A

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	EO	GD	EF	EH	YC	IH	JS-dJ
1	Ellen Osiier (DEN)	6	0	30	10	Q		5–2	5–4	5–0	5–3	5–1	5–0
2	Gladys Davis (GBR)	4	2	24	17		2–5		5–2	5–3	5–2	2–5	5–0
3	Emma Fitting (SUI)	3	3	24	22		4–5	2–5		3–5	5–2	5–4	5–1
4	Elsa Hellquist (SWE)	3	3	22	23		0–5	3–5	5–3		4–5	5–4	5–1
5	Yvonne Conte (FRA)	3	3	22	25		3–5	2–5	2–5	5–4		5–4	5–2
6	Irma Hopper (USA)	2	4	23	24		1–5	5–2	4–5	4–5	4–5		5–2
7	Johanna Stokhuyzen-de Jong (NED)	0	6	6	30		0–5	0–5	1–5	1–5	2–5	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	LP	MF	HO	IB	AA-M	JM
1	Lucie Prost (FRA)	4	1	24	10	Q		4–5	5–2	5–0	5–2	5–1
2	Muriel Freeman (GBR)	4	1	24	12		5–4		4–5	5–1	5–1	5–3
3	Hanna Olsen (SWE)	3	2	18	17		2–5	5–4		1–5	5–1	5–2
4	Ingeborg Buhl (DEN)	2	3	15	20		0–5	1–5	5–1		5–4	4–5
5	Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink (NED)	1	4	13	22		2–5	1–5	1–5	4–5		5–2
6	Jeanne Morgenthaler (SUI)	1	4	13	24		1–5	3–5	2–5	5–4	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool C

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	GD	EH	JB	MB	JdB	WD
1	Gladys Daniell (GBR)	5	0	25	6	Q		5–1	5–3	5–0	5–2	5–0
2	Ellen Hamilton (SWE)	3	2	19	14		1–5		3–5	5–2	5–1	5–1
3	Yutta Barding (DEN)	3	2	22	15		3–5	5–3		4–5	5–2	5–0
4	Marcelle Bory (FRA)	3	2	17	18		0–5	2–5	5–4		5–3	5–1
5	Johanna de Boer (NED)	1	4	13	20		2–5	1–5	2–5	3–5		5–0
6	Wanda Dubieńska (POL)	0	5	2	25		0–5	1–5	0–5	1–5	0–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool D

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	GH	FT	GT	AG	SB	AW
1	Grete Heckscher (DEN)	5	0	25	10	Q		5–1	5–0	5–4	5–3	5–2
2	Fernande Tassy (FRA)	3	2	20	17		1–5		4–5	5–2	5–2	5–3
3	Gizella Tary (HUN)	3	2	17	20		0–5	5–4		5–4	2–5	5–2
4	Adelaide Gehrig (USA)	2	3	20	22		4–5	2–5	4–5		5–4	5–3
5	S. Bonnard (SUI)	1	4	17	22		3–5	2–5	5–2	4–5		3–5
6	Alice Walker (GBR)	1	4	15	23		2–5	3–5	2–5	3–5	5–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

The top three fencers in each pool advanced. Bouts were to five touches. Times touched was the first tie-breaker if fencers had equal records for their bouts.

Pool A

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	EO	MF	YB	HO	GD	FT
1	Ellen Osiier (DEN)	5	0	25	10	Q		5–2	5–1	5–2	5–3	5–2
2	Muriel Freeman (GBR)	4	1	22	15		2–5		5–1	5–2	5–4	5–3
3	Yutta Barding (DEN)	2	3	16	19		1–5	1–5		5–3	5–1	4–5
4	Hanna Olsen (SWE)	2	3	17	20		2–5	2–5	3–5		5–4	5–1
5	Gladys Daniell (GBR)	1	4	17	20		3–5	4–5	1–5	4–5		5–0
6	Fernande Tassy (FRA)	1	4	11	24		2–5	3–5	5–4	1–5	0–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.	GD	GH	GT	LP	EF	EH
1	Gladys Davis (GBR)	5	0	25	15	Q		5–4	5–2	5–4	5–3	5–2
2	Grete Heckscher (DEN)	4	1	24	10		4–5		5–1	5–2	5–1	5–1
3	Gizella Tary (HUN)	3	2	18	18		2–5	1–5		5–3	5–4	5–1
4	Lucie Prost (FRA)	2	3	19	18		4–5	2–5	3–5		5–3	5–0
5	Emma Fitting (SUI)	1	4	16	23		3–5	1–5	4–5	3–5		5–3
6	Ellen Hamilton (SWE)	0	5	6	25		1–5	1–5	1–5	0–5	3–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

Bouts were to five touches.

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	EO	GD	GH	MF	YB	GT
	Ellen Osiier (DEN)	5	0	25	14		5–3	5–3	5–2	5–4	5–2
	Gladys Davis (GBR)	4	1	23	16	3–5		5–4	5–2	5–4	5–1
	Grete Heckscher (DEN)	3	2	22	16	3–5	4–5		5–3	5–3	5–0
4	Muriel Freeman (GBR)	2	3	17	19	2–5	2–5	3–5		5–3	5–1
5	Yutta Barding (DEN)	1	4	19	22	4–5	4–5	3–5	3–5		5–2
6	Gizella Tary (HUN)	0	5	6	25	2–5	1–5	0–5	1–5	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Foil, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.

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