The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 to 8 September 1972. 53 fencers from 11 nations competed.
Rosters
Austria Ingrid Gosch Hannelore Hradez Adrienne Krebitz Elke Radlingmaier Waltraut Peck-Repa Cuba Irene Forbes María Esther García Marlene Infante Margarita Rodríguez Nereida Rodríguez France Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti Claudie Herbster-Josland Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Great Britain Sue Green Clare Henley Sally Anne Littlejohns Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Susan Wrigglesworth Hungary Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi Mária Szolnoki Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák Italy Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Giulia Lorenzoni Der Reka Cipriani Maria Consolata Collino Giuseppina Bersani Poland Halina Balon Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Romania Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu Soviet Union Yelena Novikova-Belova Galina Gorokhova Aleksandra Zabelina Svetlana Tširkova Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko United States Ruth White Natalia Clovis Tatyana Adamovich Harriet King Ann O'Donnell West Germany Gundi Theuerkauff Irmela Broniecki Karin Rutz-Gießelmann Monika Pulch Erika Bethmann
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Romania and France each defeated Great Britain, 9–7 and 10–6, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Romania won 8–7, with a 44–38 touches advantage making the final bout irrelevant.
Round 1 Pool B
Round 1 Pool C
Elimination rounds
References