Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 September 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.^[1]

Women's foil at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
Dates	21–22 September 1988
Competitors	45 from 19 nations
Medalists
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz  West Germany Sabine Bau  West Germany Zita-Eva Funkenhauser  West Germany
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Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the men's foil and épée competitions (but like the men's sabre), the women's foil tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for men's foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

• The first round had 9 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
• The second round had 6 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
• The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 8 touches (unlike men's fencing, which had bouts to 10 touches).

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		ZEF	BLG	TO	EK	SK
1	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	4	0	20	6	Q			5–1	5–1	5–0	5–4
2	Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA)	2	2	15	12			1–5		5–2	4–5	5–0
3	Tomoko Oka (JPN)	2	2	13	13			1–5	2–5		5–2	5–1
4	Edit Kovács (HUN)	2	2	12	14			0–5	5–4	2–5		5–0
5	Silvia Koeswandi (INA)	0	4	5	20			4–5	0–5	1–5	0–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool B

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		LMC	ZNJ	SM	LAM	AC
1	Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA)	4	0	20	16	Q			5–4	5–4	5–4	5–4
2	Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	3	1	19	11			4–5		5–3	5–2	5–1
3	Sharon Monplaisir (USA)	2	2	17	15			4–5	3–5		5–4	5–1
4	Linda Ann Martin (GBR)	1	3	15	17			4–5	2–5	4–5		5–2
5	Andrea Chaplin (AUS)	0	4	8	20			4–5	1–5	1–5	2–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool C

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		CB	AS	JL	SSJ	YYK
1	Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	3	1	18	10	Q			5–3	3–5	5–2	5–0
2	Anna Sobczak (POL)	3	1	18	11			3–5		5–2	5–4	5–0
3	Jujie Luan (CHN)	2	2	16	13			5–3	2–5		4–5	5–0
4	Sin Seong-Ja (KOR)	2	2	16	16			2–5	4–5	5–4		5–2
5	Yung Yim King (HKG)	0	4	2	20			0–5	0–5	0–5	2–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool D

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		DV	TS	ZQ	MO	MM
1	Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	4	0	20	11	Q			5–3	5–4	5–0	5–4
2	Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	3	1	18	14			3–5		5–2	5–4	5–3
3	Zhu Qingyuan (CHN)	2	2	16	14			4–5	2–5		5–1	5–3
4	Mary O'Neill (USA)	1	3	10	18			0–5	4–5	1–5		5–3
5	Mieko Miyahara (JPN)	0	4	13	20			4–5	3–5	3–5	3–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool E

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		AF	SH	AD	FM	PEH
1	Anja Fichtel (FRG)	4	0	20	6	Q			5–0	5–4	5–1	5–1
2	Sun Hongyun (CHN)	3	1	15	10			0–5		5–4	5–1	5–0
3	Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL)	2	2	18	15			4–5	4–5		5–4	5–1
4	Fiona McIntosh (GBR)	1	3	11	18			1–5	1–5	4–5		5–3
5	Park Eun-Hui (KOR)	0	4	5	20			1–5	0–5	1–5	3–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool F

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		LT	EGT	IS	TT	AP
1	Liz Thurley (GBR)	4	0	20	13	Q			5–4	5–1	5–4	5–4
2	Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU)	3	1	19	9			4–5		5–3	5–0	5–1
3	Isabelle Spennato (FRA)	2	2	14	14			1–5	3–5		5–3	5–1
4	Thalie Tremblay (CAN)	1	3	12	18			4–5	0–5	3–5		5–3
5	Andrea Piros (SUI)	0	4	9	20			4–5	1–5	1–5	3–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool G

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		MZ	GS	MP	JK	AM
1	Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	3	1	17	8	Q			2–5	5–1	5–1	5–1
2	Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	2	2	18	14			5–2		4–5	4–5	5–2
3	Madeleine Philion (CAN)	2	2	12	16			1–5	5–4		5–2	1–5
4	Jolanta Królikowska (POL)	2	2	13	17			1–5	5–4	2–5		5–3
5	Akemi Morikawa (JPN)	1	3	11	16			1–5	2–5	5–1	3–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool H

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		SB	YG	KP	RZLS	FL
1	Sabine Bau (FRG)	4	3	20	14	Q			5–2	5–4	5–4	5–4
2	Yelena Glikina (URS)	3	1	17	11			2–5		5–2	5–3	5–1
3	Kerstin Palm (SWE)	2	2	16	15			4–5	2–5		5–1	5–4
4	Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU)	1	3	13	15			4–5	3–5	1–5		5–0
5	Fabiana López (MEX)	0	4	9	20			4–5	1–5	4–5	0–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 1 Pool I

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		TJI	OV	AG	JP	AM
1	Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	3	1	17	13	Q			5–4	5–3	2–5	5–1
2	Olga Voshchakina (URS)	2	2	17	14			4–5		5–3	3–5	5–1
3	Annapia Gandolfi (ITA)	2	2	16	14			3–5	3–5		5–1	5–3
4	Jacynthe Poirier (CAN)	2	2	11	15			5–2	5–3	1–5		0–5
5	Alessandra Mariéthoz (SUI)	1	3	10	15			1–5	1–5	3–5	5–0

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		YG	SH	ZEF	TO	KP	MO
1	Yelena Glikina (URS)	4	1	24	11	Q			4–5	5–2	5–0	5–2	5–2
2	Sun Hongyun (CHN)	4	1	20	19			5–4		0–5	5–3	5–3	5–4
3	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	3	2	19	13			2–5	5–0		2–5	5–3	5–0
4	Tomoko Oka (JPN)	3	2	18	17			0–5	3–5	5–2		5–2	5–3
5	Kerstin Palm (SWE)	2	3	15	21			2–5	3–5	3–5	2–5		5–1
6	Mary O'Neill (USA)	0	5	10	25			2–5	4–5	0–5	3–5	1–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool B

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		TJI	AF	IS	AS	AG	TT
1	Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	5	0	25	17	Q			5–4	5–4	5–3	5–2	5–4
2	Anja Fichtel (FRG)	3	2	22	14			4–5		3–5	5–3	5–1	5–0
3	Isabelle Spennato (FRA)	2	3	19	19			4–5	5–3		1–5	4–5	5–1
4	Anna Sobczak (POL)	2	3	20	20			3–5	3–5	5–1		4–5	5–4
5	Annapia Gandolfi (ITA)	2	3	15	23			2–5	1–5	5–4	5–4		2–5
6	Thalie Tremblay (CAN)	1	4	14	22			4–5	0–5	1–5	4–5	5–2

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool C

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		TS	DV	ZNJ	SSJ	LAM	SM
1	Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	4	1	22	12	Q			2–5	5–3	5–1	5–3	5–0
2	Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	3	2	20	15			5–2		2–5	3–5	5–3	5–0
3	Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	3	2	22	18			3–5	5–2		5–4	5–2	4–5
4	Sin Seong-Ja (KOR)	3	2	20	21			1–5	5–3	4–5		5–4	5–4
5	Linda Ann Martin (GBR)	1	4	17	22			3–5	3–5	2–5	4–5		5–2
6	Sharon Monplaisir (USA)	1	4	11	24			0–5	0–5	5–4	4–5	2–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool D

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		CB	GS	LT	FM	JP	ZQ
1	Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	4	1	22	14	Q			2–5	5–2	5–1	5–4	5–2
2	Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	4	1	20	14			5–2		0–5	5–4	5–0	5–3
3	Liz Thurley (GBR)	3	2	19	17			2–5	5–0		5–3	2–5	5–4
4	Fiona McIntosh (GBR)	2	3	18	20			1–5	4–5	3–5		5–3	5–2
5	Jacynthe Poirier (CAN)	1	4	15	22			4–5	0–5	5–2	3–5		3–5
6	Zhu Qingyuan (CHN)	1	4	16	23			2–5	3–5	4–5	2–5	5–3

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 401

Round 2 Pool E

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		MZ	SB	RZLS	EK	BLG	AD
1	Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	4	1	22	16	Q			2–5	5–3	5–4	5–2	5–2
2	Sabine Bau (FRG)	4	1	20	15			5–2		0–5	5–1	5–3	5–4
3	Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU)	2	3	16	16			3–5	5–0		2–5	1–5	5–1
4	Edit Kovács (HUN)	2	3	19	21			4–5	1–5	5–2		4–5	5–4
5	Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA)	2	3	17	20			2–5	3–5	5–1	5–4		2–5
6	Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL)	1	4	16	22			2–5	4–5	1–5	4–5	5–2

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 2 Pool F

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		EGT	OV	MP	JK	JL	LMC
1	Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU)	4	1	21	18	Q			5–2	5–4	1–5	5–4	5–3
2	Olga Voshchakina (URS)	3	2	21	19			2–5		4–5	5–3	5–4	5–2
3	Madeleine Philion (CAN)	3	2	23	21			4–5	5–4		5–3	4–5	5–4
4	Jolanta Królikowska (POL)	2	3	18	18			5–1	3–5	3–5		2–5	5–2
5	Jujie Luan (CHN)	2	3	21	21			4–5	4–5	5–4	5–2		3–5
6	Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA)	1	4	16	23			3–5	2–5	4–5	2–5	5–3

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3

Round 3 Pool A

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		SH	OV	EK	TJI	EGT	TO
1	Sun Hongyun (CHN)	4	1	23	16	Q			3–5	5–4	5–0	5–3	5–4
2	Olga Voshchakina (URS)	3	2	20	17			5–3		5–4	1–5	4–5	5–0
3	Edit Kovács (HUN)	2	3	21	21			4–5	4–5		5–3	5–3	3–5
4	Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	2	3	16	17			0–5	5–1	3–5		3–5	5–1
5	Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU)	2	3	20	22			3–5	5–4	3–5	5–3		4–5
6	Tomoko Oka (JPN)	2	3	15	22			4–5	0–5	5–3	1–5	5–4

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool B

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		SSJ	DV	YG	SB	MP	FM
1	Sin Seong-Ja (KOR)	5	0	25	10	Q			5–2	5–4	5–2	5–1	5–1
2	Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	4	1	22	15			2–5		5–0	5–4	5–4	5–2
3	Yelena Glikina (URS)	2	3	16	16			4–5	0–5		2–5	5–1	5–0
4	Sabine Bau (FRG)	2	3	19	20			2–5	4–5	5–2		3–5	5–3
5	Madeleine Philion (CAN)	2	3	16	21			1–5	4–5	1–5	5–3		5–3
6	Fiona McIntosh (GBR)	0	5	9	25			1–5	2–5	0–5	3–5	3–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool C

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		MZ	TS	AF	ZNJ	RZLS	AS
1	Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	4	1	24	10	Q			4–5	5–1	5–1	5–2	5–1
2	Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	4	1	22	18			5–4		5–3	2–5	5–4	5–2
3	Anja Fichtel (FRG)	3	2	19	17			1–5	3–5		5–1	5–3	5–3
4	Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	3	2	17	17			1–5	5–2	1–5		5–1	5–4
5	Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU)	1	4	15	22			2–5	4–5	3–5	1–5		5–2
6	Anna Sobczak (POL)	0	5	12	25			1–5	2–5	3–5	4–5	2–5

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Round 3 Pool D

Pos	Fencer	W	L	TF	TA	Qual.		GS	CB	ZEF	JK	LT	IS
1	Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	4	1	23	19	Q			5–4	5–3	5–4	3–5	5–3
2	Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	3	2	20	17			4–5		5–1	1–5	5–4	5–2
3	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	3	2	19	18			3–5	1–5		5–4	5–3	5–1
4	Jolanta Królikowska (POL)	2	3	20	17			4–5	5–1	4–5		2–5	5–1
5	Liz Thurley (GBR)	2	3	18	20			5–3	4–5	3–5	5–2		1–5
6	Isabelle Spennato (FRA)	1	4	12	21			3–5	2–5	1–5	1–5	5–1

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 402

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets

Winners group 1

	Round of 16				Round of 8
	Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	8
	Edit Kovács (HUN)	5			Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	7
	Yelena Glikina (URS)	8			Yelena Glikina (URS)	8
	Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	7

Winners group 2

	Round of 16				Round of 8
	Sun Hongyun (CHN)	8
	Olga Voshchakina (URS)	6			Sun Hongyun (CHN)	5
	Sabine Bau (FRG)	7			Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	8
	Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	8

Winners group 3

	Round of 16				Round of 8
	Sin Seong-Ja (KOR)	3
	Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	8			Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	4
	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	8			Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	8
	Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	7

Winners group 4

	Round of 16				Round of 8
	Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	1
	Anja Fichtel (FRG)	8			Anja Fichtel (FRG)	8
	Jolanta Królikowska (POL)	6			Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	4
	Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	8

Repechages

Repechage 1

	Round of 4				Round of 2
	Edit Kovács (HUN)	7
	Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	8			Tak Jeong-Im (KOR)	4
					Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	8

Repechage 2

	Round of 4				Round of 2
	Olga Voshchakina (URS)	2
	Sabine Bau (FRG)	8			Sabine Bau (FRG)	8
					Margherita Zalaffi (ITA)	7

Repechage 3

	Round of 4				Round of 2
	Sin Seong-Ja (KOR)	1
	Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	8			Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA)	3
					Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	8

Repechage 4

	Round of 4				Round of 2
	Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	8
	Jolanta Królikowska (POL)	6			Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA)	5
					Sun Hongyun (CHN)	8

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN)	6
	Sabine Bau (FRG)	8
					Sabine Bau (FRG)	8
					Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	3
	Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS)	5
	Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	8
									Sabine Bau (FRG)	5
									Anja Fichtel (FRG)	8
	Anja Fichtel (FRG)	8
	Sun Hongyun (CHN)	4
					Anja Fichtel (FRG)	8			Third place
					Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	5
	Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	8							Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG)	8
	Yelena Glikina (URS)	4							Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN)	7

Final classification

Fencer	Country
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	West Germany
Sabine Bau	West Germany
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser	West Germany
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi	Hungary
Tatyana Sadovskaya	Soviet Union
Gertrúd Stefanek	Hungary
Sun Hongyun	China
Yelena Glikina	Soviet Union
Margherita Zalaffi	Italy
Dorina Vaccaroni	Italy
Caitlin Bilodeaux	United States
Tak Jeong-Im	South Korea
Sin Seong-Ja	South Korea
Olga Voshchakina	Soviet Union
Jolanta Królikowska	Poland
Edit Kovács	Hungary
Liz Thurley	Great Britain
Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan	Romania
Madeleine Philion	Canada
Tomoko Oka	Japan
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo	Romania
Isabelle Spennato	France
Anna Sobczak	Poland
Fiona McIntosh	Great Britain
Jujie Luan	China
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin	France
Annapia Gandolfi	Italy
Linda Ann Martin	Great Britain
Kerstin Palm	Sweden
Agnieszka Dubrawska	Poland
Jacynthe Poirier	Canada
Zhu Qingyuan	China
Laurence Modaine-Cessac	France
Thalie Tremblay	Canada
Sharon Monplaisir	United States
Mary O'Neill	United States
Alessandra Mariéthoz	Switzerland
Akemi Morikawa	Japan
Mieko Miyahara	Japan
Andrea Piros	Switzerland
Fabiana López	Mexico
Andrea Chaplin	Australia
Silvia Koeswandi	Indonesia
Park Eun-Hui	South Korea
Yung Yim King	Hong Kong

References

1. "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2011.