Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 11 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

Women's foil at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	11 August 2008
Competitors	41 from 24 nations
Medalists
Valentina Vezzali  Italy Nam Hyun-Hee  South Korea Margherita Granbassi  Italy

The foil competition consisted of a six-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Bracket

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	10
	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
					Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	5
					Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	6
	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	3
	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	12
					Bronze medal match
					Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	12
					Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	15

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
	33	Misleydis Compañy (CUB)	15			33	Misleydis Compañy (CUB)	7
	32	Joanna Halls (AUS)	13								1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
											16	Aida Chanaeva (RUS)	3
						17	Sylwia Gruchała (POL)	11
						16	Aida Chanaeva (RUS)	12
																1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
																24	Katja Wächter (GER)	8
						9	Cristina Stahl (ROU)	6
	41	María Luisa Doig (PER)	4			24	Katja Wächter (GER)	15
	24	Katja Wächter (GER)	15								24	Katja Wächter (GER)	15
	25	Erinn Smart (USA)	15								8	Corinne Maîtrejean (FRA)	10
	40	Martina Emanuel (GBR)	7			25	Erinn Smart (USA)	9
						8	Corinne Maîtrejean (FRA)	15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						5	Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)	13
	37	Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG)	2			28	Hanna Thompson (USA)	5
	28	Hanna Thompson (USA)	11								5	Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)	5
											12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	6
						21	Jung Gil-Ok (KOR)	9
						12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	11
																12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	10
																4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
						13	Gabriella Varga (HUN)	15
						20	Mariana González (VEN)	2
											13	Gabriella Varga (HUN)	4
	29	Shaimaa El Gammal (EGY)	12								4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
	36	Iman Shaban (EGY)	15			36	Iman Shaban (EGY)	6
						4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	11
	35	Eman El Gammal (EGY)	4			30	Indra Angad-Gaur (NED)	6
	30	Indra Angad-Gaur (NED)	13								3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	11
											19	Victoria Nikichina (RUS)	4
						19	Victoria Nikichina (RUS)	10
						14	Delila Hatuel (ISR)	9
																3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	12
																11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	7
						11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	15
						22	Anja Schache (GER)	2
											11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	15
	27	Ines Boubakri (TUN)	9								6	Aida Mohamed (HUN)	5
	38	Jujie Luan (CAN)	13			38	Jujie Luan (CAN)	7
						6	Aida Mohamed (HUN)	15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						7	Emily Cross (USA)	7
	39	Debora Nogueira (POR)	4			26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	15
	26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	15								26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	10
											10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	15
						23	Sun Chao (CHN)	13
						10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	15
																10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	3
																2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	15
						15	Zhang Lei (CHN)	15
						18	Malgorzata Wojtkowiak (POL)	8
											15	Zhang Lei (CHN)	7
	31	Magdalena Mroczkiewicz (POL)	15								2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	10
	34	Olha Leleyko (UKR)	9			31	Magdalena Mroczkiewicz (POL)	3
						2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	15

Final classification

Rank	Athlete	Nation
	Valentina Vezzali	Italy
	Hyun-Hee Nam	South Korea
	Margherita Granbassi	Italy
4	Giovanna Trillini	Italy
5	Edina Knapek	Hungary
6	Yevgeniya Lamonova	Russia
7	Chieko Sugawara	Japan
8	Katja Wächter	Germany
9	Carolin Golubytskyi	Germany
10	Aida Mohamed	Hungary
11	Corinne Maîtrejean	France
12	Gabriella Varga	Hungary
13	Lei Zhang	China
14	Aida Shanayeva	Russia
15	Viktoria Nikishina	Russia
16	Wanwen Su	China
17	Emily Cross	United States
18	Cristina Stahl	Romania
19	Delila Hatuel	Israel
20	Sylwia Gruchała	Poland
21	Małgorzata Wojtkowiak	Poland
22	Mariana González	Venezuela
23	Anja Schache	Germany
24	Gil-Ok Jung	South Korea
25	Chao Sun	China
26	Erinn Smart	United States
27	Hanna Thompson	United States
28	Indra Angad-Gaur	Netherlands
29	Magdalena Mroczkiewicz	Poland
30	Misleydis Compañy	Cuba
31	Iman Shaban	Egypt
32	Jujie Luan	Canada
33	Inès Boubakri	Tunisia
34	Shaimaa El-Gammal	Egypt
35	Joanna Halls	Australia
36	Olha Leleiko	Ukraine
37	Eman El Gammal	Egypt
38	Anissa Khelfaoui	Algeria
39	Martina Emanuel	Great Britain
40	Débora Nogueira	Portugal
41	María Luisa Doig	Peru

References

• Competition format

External links

• Official site for Women's Foil