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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellen Osiier  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gladys Davis  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grete Heckscher  Denmark
1928 →

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

Results edit

Quarterfinals edit

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 edit

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   Emma 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: [citation needed]

Pool B edit

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: [citation needed]

Pool C edit

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   Marcelle 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: [citation needed]

Pool D edit

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: [citation needed]

Semifinals edit

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 edit

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: [citation needed]

Pool B edit

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   Emma 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: [citation needed]

Final edit

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: [citation needed]

References edit

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Foil, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
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