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Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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Women's foil
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates31 July – 2 August
Competitors39 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Lachmann  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria
← 1936
1952 →

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1948 to 2 August 1948. 39 fencers from 15 nations competed.[1]

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to four touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).[2]

Results

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Round 1

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

Pool 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Maria Cerra  United States 5 1 Q
2 Anna Klüpfel  Switzerland 4 2 Q
3 Éva Kun  Hungary 4 2 Q
4 Grete Olsen  Denmark 3 2 Q
5 Mary Meyer-van der Sluis  Netherlands 2 4
6 Irena Nawrocka  Poland 2 4
7 Dorothy Dermody  Ireland 0 6

Pool 2

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 6 0 Q
2 Renée Garilhe  France 5 1 Q
3 Irene Camber-Corno  Italy 3 3 Q
4 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 3 3 Q
5 Anja Secrève  Netherlands 2 4
6 Nadia Haro Oliva  Mexico 2 4
7 Emilie Schwindt  Belgium 0 6

Pool 3

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Minton defeated Martin and Fullone in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 5 0 Q
2 Jan York-Romary  United States 4 1 Q
3 Jenny Addams  Belgium 3 2 Q
4 Gytte Minton  Great Britain 1 4 Q
5 Rhoda Martin  Canada 1 4
6 Nélida Fullone  Argentina 1 4

Pool 4

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Gabriele Zeilinger  Austria 4 1 Q
2 Françoise Gouny  France 3 2 Q
3 Kate Mahaut  Denmark 3 2 Q
4 Velleda Cesari  Italy 3 2 Q
5 Enriqueta Mayora  Mexico 2 3
6 Betty Hamilton  Canada 0 5

Pool 5

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Margit Elek  Hungary 4 1 Q
2 Louisette Malherbaud  France 3 1 Q
3 Elena Libera  Italy 3 1 Q
4 Elsa Irigoyen  Argentina 2 3 Q
5 Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott  Great Britain 1 4
6 Victoria Hagemann  Switzerland 1 4

Pool 6

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Dow defeated Rieder in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 5 1 Q
2 Mary Glen-Haig  Great Britain 5 1 Q
3 Irma de Antequeda  Argentina 4 2 Q
4 Helena Dow  United States 3 3 Q
5 Hedwig Rieder  Switzerland 3 3
6 Adèle Christiaens  Belgium 1 5
7 Emma Ruíz  Mexico 0 6

Round 2

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

Pool 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Maria Cerra  United States 4 1 Q
2 Jenny Addams  Belgium 4 1 Q
3 Gytte Minton  Great Britain 3 2 Q
4 Irma de Antequeda  Argentina 2 3
5 Louisette Malherbaud  France 2 3
6 Gabriele Zeilinger  Austria 0 5

Pool 2

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Elek-Schacherer and Wenisch-Filz defeated Garilhe in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Mary Glen-Haig  Great Britain 5 0 Q
2 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 3 2 Q
3 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 3 2 Q
4 Renée Garilhe  France 3 2
5 Elena Libera  Italy 0 4
5 Kate Mahaut  Denmark 0 4

Pool 3

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Minton defeated Martin and Fullone in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 4 1 Q
2 Margit Elek  Hungary 4 1 Q
3 Irene Camber-Corno  Italy 3 2 Q
4 Grete Olsen  Denmark 2 3
5 Françoise Gouny  France 1 4
6 Helena Dow  United States 1 4

Pool 4

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Cesari defeated York-Romary in a barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 4 1 Q
2 Éva Kun  Hungary 4 1 Q
3 Velleda Cesari  Italy 3 2 Q
4 Jan York-Romary  United States 3 2
5 Elsa Irigoyen  Argentina 1 4
6 Anna Klüpfel  Switzerland 0 5

Semifinals

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The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Wenisch-Filz defeated Camber-Corno in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 5 0 Q
2 Karen Lachmann  Denmark 3 2 Q
3 Mary Glen-Haig  Great Britain 3 2 Q
4 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 2 3 Q
5 Irene Camber-Corno  Italy 2 3
6 Éva Kun  Hungary 0 5

Semifinal 2

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Elek-Schacherer and Wenisch-Filz defeated Garilhe in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 4 1 Q
2 Maria Cerra  United States 3 2 Q
2 Velleda Cesari  Italy 3 2 Q
4 Margit Elek  Hungary 3 2 Q
5 Jenny Addams  Belgium 2 3
6 Gytte Minton  Great Britain 0 5

Final

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The final resulted in two different three-way ties in the standings: second, third, and fourth place at 5–2 and sixth, seventh, and eighth place at 1–6. Elek-Schacherer took gold with a 6–1 final record, losing only to fifth-place finished Wenisch-Filz. Lachmann took silver, with only 11 touches received compared to 16 each for Müller-Preis and Cerra. Müller-Preis then took bronze, on the strength of one more touch scored (24 to Cerra's 23). The other tie was broken similarly; Elek finished sixth with 26 touches received to Cesari and Glen-Haig's 27 apiece, while Cesari prevailed over Glen-Haig due to her 15 touches scored to the latter's 10.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary 6 1 27 15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Lachmann  Denmark 5 2 24 11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria 5 2 24 16
4 Maria Cerra  United States 5 2 23 16
5 Fritzi Wenisch-Filz  Austria 4 3 20 21
6 Margit Elek  Hungary 1 6 16 26
7 Velleda Cesari  Italy 1 6 15 27
8 Mary Glen-Haig  Great Britain 1 6 10 27

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b Official Report, p. 379.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 380.