The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 to 6 August 1984. 48 fencers from 10 nations competed.
Rosters
Argentina María Alicia Sinigaglia Sandra Giancola Constanza Oriani Silvana Giancola Canada Caroline Mitchell Shelley Steiner Madeleine Philion Jacynthe Poirier Marie-Huguette Cormier China Jujie Luan Zhu Qingyuan Li Huahua Wu Qiuhua Zhu Minzhu France Laurence Modaine-Cessac Pascale Trinquet-Hachin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Véronique Brouquier Anne Meygret Great Britain Ann Brannon Linda Ann Martin Fiona McIntosh Liz Thurley Katie Arup Italy Dorina Vaccaroni Clara Mochi Margherita Zalaffi Lucia Traversa Carola Cicconetti Japan Mieko Miyahara Azusa Oikawa Miyuki Maekawa Tomoko Oka Romania Aurora Dan Monika Weber-Koszto Rozalia Oros Marcela Moldovan-Zsak Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan United States Vincent Bradford Sharon Monplaisir Susan Badders Debra Waples Jana Angelakis West Germany Christiane Weber Cornelia Hanisch Sabine Bischoff Ute Kircheis-Wessel Zita-Eva Funkenhauser
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
The United States and France each defeated Great Britain, 9–7 and 9–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–2.
Round 1 Pool B
Romania and China each defeated Canada, 9–0 and 9–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Romania won 9–4.
Round 1 Pool C
In the first set of matches, West Germany beat Argentina 9–1 and Italy defeated Japan 9–3. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the loser both lose again (resulting in elimination), as West Germany prevailed over Japan 9–4 and Italy won against Argentina 9–0. Finally, West Germany took the top spot in the group by beating Italy 9–4 while Argentina finished last after losing to Japan 9–1.
Elimination rounds
References