Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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.

Women's foil
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'hiver
DatesJuly 2–4
Competitors25 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ellen Osiier  Denmark
Gladys Davis  Great Britain
Grete Heckscher  Denmark
Fencing at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

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
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. EO GD EF EH YC IH JS-dJ
1  Ellen Osiier (DEN) 6 0 30 10 Q 5–2 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–1 5–0
2  Gladys Davis (GBR) 4 2 24 17 2–5 5–2 5–3 5–2 2–5 5–0
3  E. Fitting (SUI) 3 3 24 22 4–5 2–5 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–1
4  Elsa Hellquist (SWE) 3 3 22 23 0–5 3–5 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–1
5  Yvonne Conte (FRA) 3 3 22 25 3–5 2–5 2–5 5–4 5–4 5–2
6  Irma Hopper (USA) 2 4 23 24 1–5 5–2 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–2
7  Johanna Stokhuyzen-de Jong (NED) 0 6 6 30 0–5 0–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 2–5
Source:

Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LP MF HO IB AA-M JM
1  Lucie Prost (FRA) 4 1 24 10 Q 4–5 5–2 5–0 5–2 5–1
2  Muriel Freeman (GBR) 4 1 24 12 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–1 5–3
3  Hanna Olsen (SWE) 3 2 18 17 2–5 5–4 1–5 5–1 5–2
4  Ingeborg Buhl (DEN) 2 3 15 20 0–5 1–5 5–1 5–4 4–5
5  Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink (NED) 1 4 13 22 2–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 5–2
6  Jeanne Morgenthaler (SUI) 1 4 13 24 1–5 3–5 2–5 5–4 2–5
Source:

Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GD EH JB MB JdB WD
1  Gladys Daniell (GBR) 5 0 25 6 Q 5–1 5–3 5–0 5–2 5–0
2  Ellen Hamilton (SWE) 3 2 19 14 1–5 3–5 5–2 5–1 5–1
3  Yutta Barding (DEN) 3 2 22 15 3–5 5–3 4–5 5–2 5–0
4  Michele Bory (FRA) 3 2 17 18 0–5 2–5 5–4 5–3 5–1
5  Johanna de Boer (NED) 1 4 13 20 2–5 1–5 2–5 3–5 5–0
6  Wanda Dubieńska (POL) 0 5 2 25 0–5 1–5 0–5 1–5 0–5
Source:

Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GH FT GT AG SB AW
1  Grete Heckscher (DEN) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–1 5–0 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Fernande Tassy (FRA) 3 2 20 17 1–5 4–5 5–2 5–2 5–3
3  Gizella Tary (HUN) 3 2 17 20 0–5 5–4 5–4 2–5 5–2
4  Adelaide Gehrig (USA) 2 3 20 22 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–3
5  S. Bonnard (SUI) 1 4 17 22 3–5 2–5 5–2 4–5 3–5
6  Alice Walker (GBR) 1 4 15 23 2–5 3–5 2–5 3–5 5–3
Source:

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
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. EO MF YB HO GD FT
1  Ellen Osiier (DEN) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–2 5–1 5–2 5–3 5–2
2  Muriel Freeman (GBR) 4 1 22 15 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–3
3  Yutta Barding (DEN) 2 3 16 19 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–1 4–5
4  Hanna Olsen (SWE) 2 3 17 20 2–5 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–1
5  Gladys Daniell (GBR) 1 4 17 20 3–5 4–5 1–5 4–5 5–0
6  Fernande Tassy (FRA) 1 4 11 24 2–5 3–5 5–4 1–5 0–5
Source:

Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GD GH GT LP EF EH
1  Gladys Davis (GBR) 5 0 25 15 Q 5–4 5–2 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Grete Heckscher (DEN) 4 1 24 10 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–1
3  Gizella Tary (HUN) 3 2 18 18 2–5 1–5 5–3 5–4 5–1
4  Lucie Prost (FRA) 2 3 19 18 4–5 2–5 3–5 5–3 5–0
5  E. Fitting (SUI) 1 4 16 23 3–5 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–3
6  Ellen Hamilton (SWE) 0 5 6 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 0–5 3–5
Source:

Final

Bouts were to five touches.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA EO GD GH MF YB GT
 Ellen Osiier (DEN) 5 0 25 14 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–2
 Gladys Davis (GBR) 4 1 23 16 3–5 5–4 5–2 5–4 5–1
 Grete Heckscher (DEN) 3 2 22 16 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–3 5–0
4  Muriel Freeman (GBR) 2 3 17 19 2–5 2–5 3–5 5–3 5–1
5  Yutta Barding (DEN) 1 4 19 22 4–5 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–2
6  Gizella Tary (HUN) 0 5 6 25 2–5 1–5 0–5 1–5 2–5
Source:

References
  • Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Foil, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
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