Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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Women's foil
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueImperial Sports Field, Berlin
Dates4 – 5 August
Competitors41 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helene Mayer  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria
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1936 Summer Olympics
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The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 5 August 1936. 41 fencers from 17 nations competed, with one additional fencer entered but withdrawing. Nations were limited to three fencers.[1][2]

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Two points were awarded for each bout won. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placement in earlier rounds).[3]

Results[]

Round 1[]

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[4]

Pool 1[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 8 4 0 20 5 Q
2 Elisabeth Grasser  Austria 8 4 1 24 13 Q
3 Denise Kramer-Scholer  Switzerland 8 4 1 21 15 Q
4 Toos van der Klaauw  Netherlands 6 3 2 16 15 Q
5 Joanna de Tuscan  United States 2 1 4 15 21
6 Carmen Raisová  Czechoslovakia 2 1 4 15 23
7 Andrée Boisson  France 0 0 5 6 25

Pool 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Helene Mayer  Germany 12 6 0 30 6 Q
2 Erna Bogen-Bogáti  Hungary 10 5 1 27 18 Q
3 Margit Kristian  Yugoslavia 8 4 2 25 21 Q
4 Hilda von Puttkammer  Brazil 6 3 3 19 20 Q
5 Berit Granquist  Sweden 4 2 4 20 26
6 Betty Arbuthnott  Great Britain 0 0 5 12 25
6 Nancy Archibald  Canada 0 0 5 8 25

Pool 3[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 8 4 1 21 11 Q
2 Marion Lloyd  United States 6 3 2 19 15 Q
3 Adèle Christiaens  Belgium 6 3 2 19 17 Q
4 Olga Oelkers  Germany 6 3 2 20 18 Q
5 Marie Šedivá  Czechoslovakia 4 2 3 14 20
6 Marguerite Reuche  Great Britain 0 0 5 13 25

Pool 4[]

Scheel won the play-off between herself, Aşani, and Thomas. It is unclear why Aşani did not face Vargha; in general, matches unnecessary to determine qualification were not played (and this reason is given in the official report, but Aşani would have advanced without the need for a play-off pool had she had the opportunity to, and successfully did, beat Vargha.[4]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Hedwig Haß  Germany 12 6 0 30 5 Q
2 Ulla Barding-Poulsen  Denmark 8 4 1 21 11 Q
3 Ilona Vargha  Hungary 6 3 1 17 9 Q
4 Ingeborg Scheel  Switzerland 4 2 4 14 24 Q
5 Suat Aşani  Turkey 4 2 3 16 18
6 Aileen Thomas  Canada 4 2 4 20 28
7 Thea Kellner  Romania 0 0 6 7 30

Pool 5[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 10 5 0 25 7 Q
2 Agathe Turgis  France 6 3 1 19 12 Q
3 Madeleine Scrève  Belgium 6 3 1 17 12 Q
4 Grete Olsen  Denmark 6 3 1 17 15 Q
5 Yvonne Bornand  Switzerland 2 1 4 13 21
6 Ebba Gripenstedt  Sweden 4 2 4 18 28
7 Halet Çambel  Turkey 0 0 5 10 25

Pool 6[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 10 5 0 25 9 Q
2 Jenny Addams  Belgium 8 4 1 24 14 Q
3 Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain 6 3 3 22 23 Q
4 Dorothy Locke  United States 6 3 3 22 24 Q
5 Ivka Tavčar  Yugoslavia 4 2 4 22 24
6 Gerda Gantz  Romania 4 2 4 15 24
7 Kathleen Hughes-Hallett  Canada 2 1 5 16 27

Round 2[]

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Pool 1[]

Locke defeated Bogen-Bogáti in the tie-breaker bout, repeating the result of the pool bout between the two.[5]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Elisabeth Grasser  Austria 10 5 0 25 15 Q
2 Jenny Addams  Belgium 8 4 1 24 14 Q
3 Dorothy Locke  United States 4 2 3 20 20 Q
4 Erna Bogen-Bogáti  Hungary 4 2 3 19 21
5 Ulla Barding-Poulsen  Denmark 2 1 4 16 24
5 Ingeborg Scheel  Switzerland 2 1 4 14 24

Pool 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 10 5 0 25 11 Q
2 Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain 8 4 1 24 19 Q
3 Olga Oelkers  Germany 6 3 2 23 16 Q
4 Grete Olsen  Denmark 4 2 3 19 22
5 Margit Kristian  Yugoslavia 2 1 4 13 22
6 Adèle Christiaens  Belgium 0 0 5 11 25

Pool 3[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Helene Mayer  Germany 8 4 0 20 2 Q
2 Marion Lloyd  United States 6 3 1 16 12 Q
3 Ilona Vargha  Hungary 6 3 1 18 15 Q
4 Madeleine Scrève  Belgium 2 1 3 10 15
5 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 2 1 3 13 16
6 Hilda von Puttkammer  Brazil 0 0 5 11 25

Pool 4[]

Elek-Schacherer won the play-off against van der Klaauw. The bout between Elek-Schacherer and Kramer-Scholer is shown in the official report as a 5–5 bout with neither given credit for a win; this score is generally not possible under the competition format in use but the official report contains no explanation of the result.[5]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Hedwig Haß  Germany 10 5 0 25 6 Q
2 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 8 4 1 21 9 Q
3 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 4 2 3 20 19 Q
4 Toos van der Klaauw  Netherlands 4 2 3 15 23
5 Denise Kramer-Scholer  Switzerland 2 1 4 15 21
6 Agathe Turgis  France 0 0 5 7 25

Semifinals[]

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[6]

Semifinal 1[]

Locke defeated Bogen-Bogáti in the tie-breaker bout, repeating the result of the pool bout between the two.[5]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Jenny Addams  Belgium 6 3 1 18 10 Q
2 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 6 3 1 19 13 Q
2 Ilona Vargha  Hungary 6 3 1 17 13 Q
4 Hedwig Haß  Germany 4 2 2 16 16 Q
5 Marion Lloyd  United States 2 1 4 19 20
6 Olga Oelkers  Germany 2 1 4 7 24

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 10 5 0 25 10 Q
2 Helene Mayer  Germany 8 4 1 21 11 Q
3 Elisabeth Grasser  Austria 4 2 3 19 17 Q
3 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 4 2 3 17 17 Q
5 Dorothy Locke  United States 2 1 4 8 21
6 Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain 2 1 4 10 24

Final[]

The final eight fencers competed in a round-robin. Ties, including the three-way tie for second, were broken by touches received in this round rather than play-off bouts as in previous rounds.[6]

Rank Fencer Nation Points Wins Losses TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 12 6 1 33 17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helene Mayer  Germany 10 5 2 33 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 10 5 2 32 20
4 Hedwig Haß  Germany 10 5 2 30 23
5 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 6 3 4 23 24
6 Jenny Addams  Belgium 4 2 5 18 28
7 Ilona Vargha  Hungary 4 2 5 17 31
8 Elisabeth Grasser  Austria 0 0 7 11 35

References[]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1936 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 756.
  4. ^ a b Official Report, p. 757.
  5. ^ a b c d Official Report, p. 758.
  6. ^ a b Official Report, p. 759.
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