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Foil, Team, Women

Date	26 – 27 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Futbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants	45 from 9 countries

The Soviet Union had won three successive Olympic titles and every World Championship since 1974 so were considered amongst the most certain victors of the 1980 Olympics before the Games began. The events of the individual foil, where no Soviet had managed to reach the final pool, gave a little pause for thought but that could be explained away as a minor hiccough.

The Soviets were in dominant form in the early stages and swept away all opposition to reach the final. Their opponents were to be France who had beaten Hungary to progress to the final. Inspired by the performance of newly crowned individual champion, Pascale Trinquet, the youthful French team sprung a major surprise by winning the Olympic championship on a 9-6 score line.

After waiting 56 years for a French victory in women’s fencing this was their second Olympic gold within a week. The average age of the victorious team was only just over 22.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	France	👁 Image FRA	Gold
Pascale Trinquet • Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin • Christine Muzio • Isabelle Boéri-Bégard • Véronique Brouquier
2	–	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	Silver
Valentina Sidorova • Nailya Gilyazova • Yelena Belova • Irina Ushakova • Larisa Tsagarayeva
3	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	Bronze
Magda Maros • Edit Kovács • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Zsuzsa Szőcs • Gertrúd Stefanek
4	–	Poland	👁 Image POL
Delfina Skąpska • Agnieszka Dubrawska • Jolanta Królikowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska
5	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Dorina Vaccaroni • Anna Rita Sparaciari • Susanna Batazzi • Carola Mangiarotti • Clara Mochi
6	–	Cuba	👁 Image CUB
Margarita Rodríguez • Marlene Font • María Esther García • Clara Alfonso • Mercedes del Risco
7	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Susan Wrigglesworth • Ann Brannon • Wendy Grant • Linda Ann Martin • Hilary Cawthorne
8	–	East Germany	👁 Image GDR
Mandy Niklaus • Gabriele Janke • Sabine Hertrampf • Beate Schubert • Marion Schulze
9	–	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Ecaterina Stahl • Marcela Moldovan • Viorica Țurcanu • Suzana Ardeleanu • Aurora Dan

Round One

Date	26 July 1980
Format	Top two teams, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round semi-finals. Teams ranked 3-6, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Won %%%	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	2-0	1.000	20-9	11
2	France	👁 Image FRA	2-0	1.000	20-10	10
3	Poland	👁 Image POL	1-1	0.500	18-14	4
4	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1-1	0.500	18-14	4
5	Italy	👁 Image ITA	1-1	0.500	13-16	-3
6	Cuba	👁 Image CUB	1-1	0.500	13-17	-4
7	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-1	0.500	12-20	-8
8	East Germany	👁 Image GDR	0-2	0.000	13-19	-6
9	Romania	👁 Image ROU	0-2	0.000	12-20	-8

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	👁 Image FRA	2-0	20-10
Pascale Trinquet • Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin • Christine Muzio • Isabelle Boéri-Bégard • Véronique Brouquier
2	–	Cuba	👁 Image CUB	1-1	13-17
Margarita Rodríguez • Marlene Font • María Esther García • Clara Alfonso • Mercedes del Risco
3	–	East Germany	👁 Image GDR	0-2	13-19
Mandy Niklaus • Gabriele Janke • Sabine Hertrampf • Beate Schubert • Marion Schulze

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Piste 6	France	👁 Image FRA	11 – 5	East Germany	👁 Image GDR
Match #2	26 Jul	Piste 6	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 5	Cuba	👁 Image CUB
Match #3	26 Jul	Piste 6	Cuba 1	👁 Image CUB	8 – 8	East Germany	👁 Image GDR

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	2-0	20-9
Valentina Sidorova • Nailya Gilyazova • Yelena Belova • Irina Ushakova • Larisa Tsagarayeva
2	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	1-1	13-16
Dorina Vaccaroni • Anna Rita Sparaciari • Susanna Batazzi • Clara Mochi • Carola Mangiarotti
3	–	Romania	👁 Image ROU	0-2	12-20
Aurora Dan • Marcela Moldovan • Viorica Țurcanu • Suzana Ardeleanu • Ecaterina Stahl

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Piste 10	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	9 – 4	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	26 Jul	Piste 10	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	11 – 5	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Match #3	26 Jul	Piste 10	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 7	Romania	👁 Image ROU

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	👁 Image POL	1-1	18-14
Delfina Skąpska • Agnieszka Dubrawska • Jolanta Królikowska • Barbara Wysoczańska • Kamilla Składanowska
2	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1-1	18-14
Magda Maros • Edit Kovács • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi • Zsuzsa Szőcs • Gertrúd Stefanek
3	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-1	12-20
Susan Wrigglesworth • Ann Brannon • Wendy Grant • Linda Ann Martin • Hilary Cawthorne

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Piste 7	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 7	Poland	👁 Image POL
Match #2	26 Jul	Piste Yellow	Poland	👁 Image POL	12 – 4	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Match #3	26 Jul	Piste 7	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	8 – 8	Hungary	👁 Image HUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1980
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to round three. Losers to 5-6 placement match.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 2	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 6	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 3	Poland	👁 Image POL	9 – 7	Cuba	👁 Image CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Piste 5	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	9 – 3	Poland	👁 Image POL
Match #2	27 Jul	Piste 3	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 6	Hungary	👁 Image HUN

Final Pool

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Piste Final	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 6	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Match 3/4	27 Jul	Piste 1	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 7	Poland	👁 Image POL
Match 5/6	27 Jul	Piste 1	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 6	Cuba	👁 Image CUB

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/105157

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