Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 2–4
Competitors	25 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ellen Osiier  Denmark Gladys Davis  Great Britain Grete Heckscher  Denmark

Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time an Olympic fencing competition was held for women.

The competition was held from Tuesday July 2, 1924, to Thursday July 4, 1924. 25 fencers from 9 nations competed.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top three fencers in each pool advanced. Bouts were to five touches. Times touched was the first tie-breaker if fencers had equal records for their bouts.

Pool A

Rank

Fencer

EO

GD

EF

EH

YC

IH

JS-dJ

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Ellen Osiier (DEN)

5–2

5–4

5–0

5–3

5–1

5–0

6

0

30

10

Q

2

Gladys Davis (GBR)

2–5

5–2

5–3

5–2

2–5

5–0

4

2

24

17

Q

3

E. Fitting (SUI)

4–5

2–5

3–5

5–2

5–4

5–1

3

3

24

22

Q

4

Elsa Hellquist (SWE)

0–5

3–5

5–3

4–5

5–4

5–1

3

3

22

23

5

Yvonne Conte (FRA)

3–5

2–5

2–5

5–4

5–4

5–2

3

3

22

25

6

Irma Hopper (USA)

1–5

5–2

4–5

4–5

4–5

5–2

2

4

23

24

7

Johanna Stokhuyzen-de Jong (NED)

0–5

0–5

1–5

1–5

2–5

2–5

0

6

6

30

Pool B

Rank

Fencer

LP

MF

HO

IB

AA-M

JM

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Lucienne Prost (FRA)

4–5

5–2

5–0

5–2

5–1

4

1

24

10

Q

2

Muriel Freeman (GBR)

5–4

4–5

5–1

5–1

5–3

4

1

24

12

Q

3

Hanna Olsen (SWE)

2–5

5–4

1–5

5–1

5–2

3

2

18

17

Q

4

Ingeborg Buhl (DEN)

0–5

1–5

5–1

5–4

4–5

2

3

15

20

5

Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink (NED)

2–5

1–5

1–5

4–5

5–2

1

4

13

22

6

Jeanne Morgenthaler (SUI)

1–5

3–5

2–5

5–4

2–5

1

4

13

24

Pool C

Rank

Fencer

GD

EH

JB

MB

JdB

WD

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Gladys Daniell (GBR)

5–1

5–3

5–0

5–2

5–0

5

0

25

6

Q

2

Ellen Hamilton (SWE)

1–5

3–5

5–2

5–1

5–1

3

2

19

14

Q

3

Yutta Barding (DEN)

3–5

5–3

4–5

5–2

5–0

3

2

22

15

Q

4

Michele Bory (FRA)

0–5

2–5

5–4

5–3

5–1

3

2

17

18

5

Johanna de Boer (NED)

2–5

1–5

2–5

3–5

5–0

1

4

13

20

6

Wanda Dubieńska (POL)

0–5

1–5

0–5

1–5

0–5

0

5

2

25

Pool D

Rank

Fencer

GH

FT

GT

AG

SB

AW

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Grete Heckscher (DEN)

5–1

5–0

5–4

5–3

5–2

5

0

25

10

Q

2

Fernande Tassy (FRA)

1–5

4–5

5–2

5–2

5–3

3

2

20

17

Q

3

Gizella Tary (HUN)

0–5

5–4

5–4

2–5

5–2

3

2

17

20

Q

4

Adelaide Gehrig (USA)

4–5

2–5

4–5

5–4

5–3

2

3

20

22

5

S. Bonnard (SUI)

3–5

2–5

5–2

4–5

3–5

1

4

17

22

6

Alice Walker (GBR)

2–5

3–5

2–5

3–5

5–3

1

4

15

23

Semifinals

The top three fencers in each pool advanced. Bouts were to five touches. Times touched was the first tie-breaker if fencers had equal records for their bouts.

Pool A

Rank

Fencer

EO

MF

YB

HO

GD

FT

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Ellen Osiier (DEN)

5–2

5–1

5–2

5–3

5–2

5

0

25

10

Q

2

Muriel Freeman (GBR)

2–5

5–1

5–2

5–4

5–3

4

1

22

15

Q

3

Yutta Barding (DEN)

1–5

1–5

5–3

5–1

4–5

2

3

16

19

Q

4

Hanna Olsen (SWE)

2–5

2–5

3–5

5–4

5–1

2

3

17

20

5

Gladys Daniell (GBR)

3–5

4–5

1–5

4–5

5–0

1

4

17

20

6

Fernande Tassy (FRA)

2–5

3–5

5–4

1–5

0–5

1

4

11

24

Pool B

Rank

Fencer

GD

GH

GT

LP

EF

EH

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Qual.

1

Gladys Davis (GBR)

5–4

5–2

5–4

5–3

5–2

5

0

25

15

Q

2

Grete Heckscher (DEN)

4–5

5–1

5–2

5–1

5–1

4

1

24

10

Q

3

Gizella Tary (HUN)

2–5

1–5

5–3

5–4

5–1

3

2

18

18

Q

4

Lucienne Prost (FRA)

4–5

2–5

3–5

5–3

5–0

2

3

19

18

5

E. Fitting (SUI)

3–5

1–5

4–5

3–5

5–3

1

4

16

23

6

Ellen Hamilton (SWE)

1–5

1–5

1–5

0–5

3–5

0

5

6

25

Final

Bouts were to five touches.

Rank

Fencer

EO

GD

GH

MF

YB

GT

Wins

Losses

Touches

Touched

Ellen Osiier (DEN)

5–3

5–3

5–2

5–4

5–2

5

0

25

14

Gladys Davis (GBR)

3–5

5–4

5–2

5–4

5–1

4

1

23

16

Grete Heckscher (DEN)

3–5

4–5

5–3

5–3

5–0

3

2

22

16

4

Muriel Freeman (GBR)

2–5

2–5

3–5

5–3

5–1

2

3

17

19

5

Yutta Barding (DEN)

4–5

4–5

3–5

3–5

5–2

1

4

19

22

6

Gizella Tary (HUN)

2–5

1–5

0–5

1–5

2–5

0

5

6

25

References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Foil, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.