Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Olympic fencing event

Women's foil
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue160th Regiment State Armory
Dates2–4 August
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erna Bogen-Bogáti  Hungary
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The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 4 August 1932. 17 fencers from 11 nations competed, with one additional fencer entered but withdrawing.[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. Bout wins were used for placement, regardless of losses if fencers had competed in a different number of bouts (e.g., 3–3 Gorordo and 3–2 Every were tied in the first round). Touches against was used as the tie-breaker, except for the tie for the first two places in the final which resulted in a fence-off.[2]

Results

Round 1

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

Pool 1

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Jenny Addams  Belgium 6 2 36 23 Q
2 Erna Bogen-Bogáti  Hungary 5 1 27 19 Q
3 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 5 1 29 21 Q
4 Grete Olsen  Denmark 5 2 33 22 Q
5 Peggy Butler  Great Britain 4 3 29 21 Q
6 Dorothy Locke  United States 3 5 28 32
7 Inger Klint  Denmark 2 5 16 31
8 Joan Archibald  Canada 1 5 16 26
9 Eugenia Escudero  Mexico 0 6 11 30

Pool 2

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Helene Mayer  Germany 7 0 35 6 Q
2 Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain 5 2 32 25 Q
3 Gerda Munck  Denmark 4 3 28 19 Q
4 Marion Lloyd  United States 4 3 25 24 Q
5 Jo de Boer  Netherlands 4 3 27 25 Q
6 Margit Danÿ  Hungary 3 4 24 28
7 Muriel Guggolz  United States 1 6 14 31
8 Jeanne Vical  France 0 7 8 35

Final

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 8 1 44 27 Defeated Penn-Hughes 5–3 in fence-off
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes  Great Britain 8 1 43 19 Lost to Müller-Preis 3–5 in fence-off
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erna Bogen-Bogáti  Hungary 7 2 38 30
4 Jenny Addams  Belgium 6 3 37 29
5 Helene Mayer  Germany 5 4 38 27
6 Jo de Boer  Netherlands 5 4 30 35
7 Gerda Munck  Denmark 2 7 29 39
8 Grete Olsen  Denmark 2 7 31 42
8 Marion Lloyd  United States 2 7 26 42
10 Peggy Butler  Great Britain 0 9 19 45

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Official Olympic Report Archived 2 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, la84.org. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 521.