Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 26 to 27 July 1980. 43 fencers from 9 nations competed.^[1]

Women's team foil at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Army Sports Club Complex
Dates	26–27 July 1980
Competitors	43 from 9 nations
Medalists
Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Christine Muzio, Isabelle Boéri-Bégard, Véronique Brouquier  France Valentina Sidorova, Nailya Gilyazova, Yelena Novikova-Belova, Irina Ushakova, Larisa Tsagarayeva  Soviet Union Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek  Hungary
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Rosters

Cuba
Margarita Rodríguez Marlene Font María Esther García Clara Alfonso

East Germany
Mandy Niklaus Gabriele Janke Sabine Hertrampf Beate Schubert

France
Pascale Trinquet-Hachin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Christine Muzio Isabelle Boéri-Bégard Véronique Brouquier

Great Britain
Susan Wrigglesworth Ann Brannon Wendy Ager-Grant Linda Ann Martin Hilary Cawthorne

Hungary
Magda Maros Edit Kovács Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi Zsuzsa Szőcs Gertrúd Stefanek

Italy
Dorina Vaccaroni Anna Rita Sparaciari Susanna Batazzi Carola Mangiarotti Clara Mochi

Poland
Delfina Skąpska Agnieszka Dubrawska Jolanta Królikowska Barbara Wysoczańska Kamilla Składanowska

Romania
Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Marcela Moldovan-Zsak Viorica Țurcanu Suzana Ardeleanu Aurora Dan

Soviet Union
Valentina Sidorova Nailya Gilyazova Yelena Novikova-Belova Irina Ushakova Larisa Tsagarayeva

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Cuba and France each defeated East Germany, 8–8 (68–67 on touches) and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–5.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	CUB	GDR
1	France	2	0	20	10	QS			9–5	11–5
2	Cuba	1	1	13	17	QQ		5–9		8.68–8.67
3	East Germany	0	2	13	19			5–11	8.67–8.68

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 265

Round 1 Pool B

Italy and the Soviet Union each defeated Romania, 9–7 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–4.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	ITA	ROU
1	Soviet Union	2	0	20	9	QS			9–4	11–5
2	Italy	1	1	13	16	QQ		4–9		9–7
3	Romania	0	2	12	20			5–11	7–9

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 265–66

Round 1 Pool C

Great Britain defeated Hungary, 8–8 with a touches tie-breaker of 61–58. Hungary then beat Poland, 10–6. Great Britain needed only a win or narrow loss to advance (8–8 would be sufficient to ensure Great Britain's advancement through the bouts tie-breaker, while a 9–7 loss would require looking to the touches tie-breaker), but Poland won decisively at 12–4 to set a three-way tie at 1–1. The bouts tie-breaker left Great Britain out of the elimination rounds. Poland had a 122–106 touches record to Hungary's 119–113, giving the Polish team the first place in the group.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POL	HUN	GBR
1	Poland	1	1	18	14	QQ			6–10	12–4
2	Hungary	1	1	18	14			10–6		8.58–8.61
3	Great Britain	1	1	12	20			4–12	8.61–8.58

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 266–67

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

C2

Hungary

9

B2

Italy

6

C2

Hungary

6

A1

France

9

A1

France

Bye

A1

France

9

B1

Soviet Union

6

C1

Poland

9

A2

Cuba

7

C1

Poland

3

Third place

B1

Soviet Union

9

B1

Soviet Union

C2

Hungary

9

Bye

C1

Poland

7

	Fifth Place
	B2	Italy	9
	A2	Cuba	6