The women's foil was one of seven fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

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Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. A women's event, the individual foil, was held for the first time.After the Olympic Games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel...

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.

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									Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		6	0	30	10	Q
2		4	2	24	17	Q
3		3	3	24	22	Q
4		3	3	22	23
5		3	3	22	25
6		2	4	23	24
7		0	6	6	30

Pool B

Rank	Fencer								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		4	1	24	10	Q
2		4	1	24	12	Q
3		3	2	18	17	Q
4		2	3	15	20
5		1	4	13	22
6		1	4	13	24

Pool C

Rank	Fencer								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		5	0	25	6	Q
2		3	2	19	14	Q
3		3	2	22	15	Q
4		3	2	17	18
5		1	4	13	20
6		0	5	2	25

Pool D

Rank	Fencer								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		5	0	25	10	Q
2		3	2	20	17	Q
3		3	2	17	20	Q
4		2	3	20	22
5		1	4	17	22
6		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								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		5	0	25	10	Q
2		4	1	22	15	Q
3		2	3	16	19	Q
4		2	3	17	20
5		1	4	17	20
6		1	4	11	24

Pool B

Rank	Fencer								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
1		5	0	25	15	Q
2		4	1	24	10	Q
3		3	2	18	18	Q
4		2	3	19	18
5		1	4	16	23
6		0	5	6	25

Final

Bouts were to five touches.

Rank	Fencer								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched
		5	0	25	14
		4	1	23	16
		3	2	22	16
4		2	3	17	19
5		1	4	19	22
6		0	5	6	25