Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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Women's foil
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'hiver
DatesJuly 2–4
Competitors25 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellen Osiier  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gladys Davis  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grete Heckscher  Denmark
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Fencing at the
1924 Summer Olympics
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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  E. 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  Michele 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  E. 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ellen Osiier (DEN) 5 0 25 14 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Gladys Davis (GBR) 4 1 23 16 3–5 5–4 5–2 5–4 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[]

  • Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Foil, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 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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