Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's foil
The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 July 1992. 46 fencers from 19 nations competed.
Competition format
The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.The first phase was a single round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage were used to rank the fencers. The top 36 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.
The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 28 fencers received a bye to the second round, while the 8 fencers ranked 29–36 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.
The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.
All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.
Results
Group round
Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket, was used to seed the elimination round brackets.| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Pool | Rank | Wins | Losses | Win % | TF - TA | Qual. | ||
| 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 13 | 17 | ||
| 2 | Sin Seong-Ja | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 26 | 12 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 25 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 21 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Olga Velichko | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Glikina | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Wang Huifeng | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 13 | 13 | ||
| 12 | Isabelle Spennato | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Margherita Zalaffi | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 17 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Anna Sobczak | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 15 | Monika Maciejewska | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 16 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 17 | 7 | ||
| 17 | E Jie | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 18 | 7 | ||
| 18 | Thalie Tremblay | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 22 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Caitlin Bilodeaux | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 23 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Claudia Grigorescu | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 20 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Xiao Aihua | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 19 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 22 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Giovanna Trillini | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 25 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 24 | I Jeong-Suk | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 25 | Rosa María Castillejo | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Gisèle Meygret | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Tamara Savić-Šotra | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 23 | -1 | ||
| 30 | Yuko Takayanagi | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 25 | -1 | ||
| 31 | Sabine Bau | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 19 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Annette Dobmeier | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 20 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 33 | Fiona McIntosh | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 15 | 20 | -5 | ||
| 34 | Montserat Esquerdo | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 17 | 21 | -4 | ||
| 35 | Mary O'Neill | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 21 | -10 | ||
| 36 | Renée Aubin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 14 | 24 | -10 | ||
| 37 | Linda Strachan | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 24 | -13 | ||
| 37 | Kim Jin-sun | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 24 | -13 | ||
| 39 | Molly Sullivan | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 21 | -14 | ||
| 40 | Andrea Chiuchich | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 15 | 25 | -10 | ||
| 41 | Julia Bracewell | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 16 | 29 | -13 | ||
| 42 | Sandra Giancola | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9 | 27 | -18 | ||
| 43 | Yanina Iannuzzi | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 11 | 30 | -19 | ||
| 44 | Heidi Botha | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 8 | 30 | -22 | ||
| 45 | Elvia Reyes | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 | 30 | -25 | ||
| 46 | Rencia Nasson | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3 | 30 | -27 |
Elimination rounds
Main brackets
Main bracket 1
O'Neill was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Stefanek beating Maciejewska and I beating Castillejo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Tremblay and Funkenhauser, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Wang, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. McIntosh won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 1
Main bracket 2
Takayanagi was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Spennato beating Savić-Šotra and Grigorescu beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Xiao and Némethné Jánosi, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Velichko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Zalaffi won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 2
Main bracket 3
Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Bortolozzi-Borella beating Bilodeaux and Czuckermann-Hatuel beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Sobczak and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Modaine-Cessac, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Bau won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 3
Main bracket 4
Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Sadovskaya beating Mincza and Meygret beating E to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Wolnicka-Szewczyk and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Sin, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lazăr-Szabo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 4
Repechage rounds 1 and 2
The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #1 Stefanek was reseeded as #9 because she was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Seeds were adjusted to avoid rematches from the main bracket—Meygret and Sadovskaya were swapped to avoid a Meygret–Sin rematch. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4
Repechage round 3
The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.Repechage round 3 bracket 1
Repechage round 3 bracket 2
Repechage round 3 bracket 3
Repechage round 3 bracket 4
Final rounds
The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.Final classification
| Fencer | Country |
| Giovanna Trillini | |
| Wang Huifeng | |
| Tatyana Sadovskaya | |
| Laurence Modaine-Cessac | |
| Margherita Zalaffi | |
| Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | |
| Sabine Bau | |
| Fiona McIntosh | |
| Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | |
| Olga Velichko | |
| Anna Sobczak | |
| Claudia Grigorescu | |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | |
| Thalie Tremblay | |
| Xiao Aihua | |
| I Jeong-Suk | |
| Gertrúd Stefanek | |
| Sin Seong-Ja | |
| Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella | |
| Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | |
| Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | |
| Isabelle Spennato | |
| Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | |
| Gisèle Meygret | |
| Yelena Glikina | |
| Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza | |
| Monika Maciejewska | |
| E Jie | |
| Caitlin Bilodeaux | |
| Rosa María Castillejo | |
| Tamara Savić-Šotra | |
| Renée Aubin | |
| Yuko Takayanagi | |
| Annette Dobmeier | |
| Montserat Esquerdo | |
| Mary O'Neill | |
| Linda Strachan | |
| Kim Jin-sun | |
| Molly Sullivan | |
| Andrea Chiuchich | |
| Julia Bracewell | |
| Sandra Giancola | |
| Yanina Iannuzzi | |
| Heidi Botha | |
| Elvia Reyes | |
| Rencia Nasson |