Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueSt Kilda Town Hall
Dates29 November
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Romania
   France
Fencing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Épée men  
Team épée men
Foil men women
Team foil men
Sabre men
Team sabre men

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 29 November 1956. 23 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Results

Fencer Country
Gillian Sheen Great Britain
Olga Orban-Szabo Romania
Renée Garilhe France
Jan York-Romary United States
Catherine Delbarre France
Karen Lachmann Denmark
Ellen Müller-Preis Austria
Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Italy
Emma Yefimova Soviet Union
Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky Hungary
Maxine Mitchell United States
Pilar Roldán Mexico
Velleda Cesari Italy
Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Romania
Valentina Rastvorova Soviet Union
Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain
Nadezhda Shitikova Soviet Union
Judy Goodrich United States
Denise O'Brien Australia
Régine Veronnet France
Magda Nyári-Kovács Hungary
Lois Joseph Australia
Joy Hardon Australia

References

  1. "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-11.