Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

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]

Women's foil
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates31 July – 2 August
Competitors39 from 15 nations
Medalists
Ilona Elek-Schacherer  Hungary
Karen Lachmann  Denmark
Ellen Müller-Preis  Austria
Fencing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

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

Round 1

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

Pool 1
RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Maria Cerra United States51Q
2Anna Klüpfel Switzerland42Q
3Éva Kun Hungary42Q
4Grete Olsen Denmark32Q
5Mary Meyer-van der Sluis Netherlands24
6Irena Nawrocka Poland24
7Dorothy Dermody Ireland06

Pool 2
RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Karen Lachmann Denmark60Q
2Renée Garilhe France51Q
3Irene Camber-Corno Italy33Q
4Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria33Q
5Anja Secrève Netherlands24
6Nadia Boudesoque Mexico24
7Emilie Schwindt Belgium06

Pool 3

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ilona Elek-Schacherer Hungary50Q
2Jan York-Romary United States41Q
3Jenny Addams Belgium32Q
4Gytte Minton Great Britain14Q
5Rhoda Martin Canada14
6Nélida Fullone Argentina14

Pool 4
RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Gabriele Zeilinger Austria41Q
2Françoise Gouny France32Q
3Kate Mahaut Denmark32Q
4Velleda Cesari Italy32Q
5Enriqueta Mayora Mexico23
6Betty Hamilton Canada05

Pool 5
RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Margit Elek Hungary41Q
2Louisette Malherbaud France31Q
3Elena Libera Italy31Q
4Elsa Irigoyen Argentina23Q
5Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott Great Britain14
6Victoria Hagemann Switzerland14

Pool 6

Dow defeated Rieder in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ellen Müller-Preis Austria51Q
2Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain51Q
3Irma de Antequeda Argentina42Q
4Helena Dow United States33Q
5Hedwig Rieder Switzerland33
6Adèle Christiaens Belgium15
7Emma Ruíz Mexico06

Round 2

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

Pool 1
RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Maria Cerra United States41Q
2Jenny Addams Belgium41Q
3Gytte Minton Great Britain32Q
4Irma de Antequeda Argentina23
5Louisette Malherbaud France23
6Gabriele Zeilinger Austria05

Pool 2

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain50Q
2Ilona Elek-Schacherer Hungary32Q
3Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria32Q
4Renée Garilhe France32
5Elena Libera Italy04
5Kate Mahaut Denmark04

Pool 3

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ellen Müller-Preis Austria41Q
2Margit Elek Hungary41Q
3Irene Camber-Corno Italy32Q
4Grete Olsen Denmark23
5Françoise Gouny France14
6Helena Dow United States14

Pool 4

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Karen Lachmann Denmark41Q
2Éva Kun Hungary41Q
3Velleda Cesari Italy32Q
4Jan York-Romary United States32
5Elsa Irigoyen Argentina14
6Anna Klüpfel Switzerland05

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ilona Elek-Schacherer Hungary50Q
2Karen Lachmann Denmark32Q
3Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain32Q
4Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria23Q
5Irene Camber-Corno Italy23
6Éva Kun Hungary05

Semifinal 2

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ellen Müller-Preis Austria41Q
2Maria Cerra United States32Q
2Velleda Cesari Italy32Q
4Margit Elek Hungary32Q
5Jenny Addams Belgium23
6Gytte Minton Great Britain05

Final

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.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
Ilona Elek-Schacherer Hungary612715
Karen Lachmann Denmark522411
Ellen Müller-Preis Austria522416
4Maria Cerra United States522316
5Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria432021
6Margit Elek Hungary161626
7Velleda Cesari Italy161527
8Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain161027

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