Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue St Kilda Town Hall
Dates 29 November
Competitors 23 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gillian Sheen  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Olga Orban-Szabo  Romania
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Renée Garilhe  France

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 29 November 1956. 23 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Results

FencerCountry
Gillian Sheen Great Britain
Olga Orban-Szabo Romania
Renée Garilhe France
Jan York-Romary United States
Catherine Delbarre France
Karen Lachmann Denmark
Ellen Müller-Preis Austria
Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Italy
Emma Yefimova Soviet Union
Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky Hungary
Maxine Mitchell United States
Pilar Roldán Mexico
Velleda Cesari Italy
Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Romania
Valentina Rastvorova Soviet Union
Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain
Nadezhda Shitikova Soviet Union
Judy Goodrich United States
Denise O'Brien Australia
Régine Veronnet France
Magda Nyári-Kovács Hungary
Lois Joseph Australia
Joy Hardon Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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