Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil
# Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 September 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.

## Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the men's foil and épée competitions (but like the men's sabre), the women's foil tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for men's foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

* The first round had 9 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
* The second round had 6 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
* The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 8 touches (unlike men's fencing, which had bouts to 10 touches).

## Results

### Round 1

**Round 1 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZEF | BLG | TO | EK | SK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Tomoko Oka (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Edit Kovács (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | Q | 0–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Silvia Koeswandi (INA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LMC | ZNJ | SM | LAM | AC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 16 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Sharon Monplaisir (USA) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Linda Ann Martin (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Andrea Chaplin (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CB | AS | JL | SSJ | YYK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Jujie Luan (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | Q | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Yung Yim King (HKG) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | DV | TS | ZQ | MO | MM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Zhu Qingyuan (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Mary O'Neill (USA) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | Q | 0–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Mieko Miyahara (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool E**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AF | SH | AD | FM | PEH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Park Eun-Hui (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool F**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LT | EGT | IS | TT | AP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liz Thurley (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 13 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | Q | 4–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Andrea Piros (SUI) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool G**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MZ | GS | MP | JK | AM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Madeleine Philion (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–2 | 1–5 |
| 4 | Jolanta Królikowska (POL) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Akemi Morikawa (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool H**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SB | YG | KP | RZLS | FL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Yelena Glikina (URS) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Fabiana López (MEX) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool I**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | TJI | OV | AG | JP | AM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Olga Voshchakina (URS) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Annapia Gandolfi (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Jacynthe Poirier (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | Q | 5–2 | 5–3 | 1–5 | | 0–5 |
| 5 | Alessandra Mariéthoz (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–0 | |

### Round 2

**Round 2 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YG | SH | ZEF | TO | KP | MO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yelena Glikina (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 19 | Q | 5–4 | | 0–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 5–0 | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Tomoko Oka (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | Q | 0–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Kerstin Palm (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Mary O'Neill (USA) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | TJI | AF | IS | AS | AG | TT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 17 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | Q | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Annapia Gandolfi (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | | 2–5 |
| 6 | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | |

**Round 2 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | TS | DV | ZNJ | SSJ | LAM | SM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 1–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Linda Ann Martin (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Sharon Monplaisir (USA) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CB | GS | LT | FM | JP | ZQ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Q | 5–2 | | 0–5 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Liz Thurley (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | 5–0 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Jacynthe Poirier (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Zhu Qingyuan (CHN) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | |

**Round 2 Pool E**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MZ | SB | RZLS | EK | BLG | AD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | Q | 5–2 | | 0–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–0 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Edit Kovács (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | | 2–5 |
| 6 | Agnieszka Dubrawska (POL) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | |

**Round 2 Pool F**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EGT | OV | MP | JK | JL | LMC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 18 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Olga Voshchakina (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Madeleine Philion (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Jolanta Królikowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | Q | 5–1 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 2–5 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Jujie Luan (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | |

### Round 3

**Round 3 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SH | OV | EK | TJI | EGT | TO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Olga Voshchakina (URS) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Edit Kovács (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | Q | 0–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 4–5 |
| 6 | Tomoko Oka (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–4 | |

**Round 3 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SSJ | DV | YG | SB | MP | FM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Yelena Glikina (URS) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | 0–5 | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Madeleine Philion (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | |

**Round 3 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MZ | TS | AF | ZNJ | RZLS | AS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 3 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GS | CB | ZEF | JK | LT | IS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 19 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jolanta Królikowska (POL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 5–1 | 4–5 | | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Liz Thurley (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 1–5 |
| 6 | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–1 | |

### Double elimination rounds

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 1**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 8 | | |
| Edit Kovács (HUN) | 5 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 7 |
| Yelena Glikina (URS) | 8 | Yelena Glikina (URS) | 8 |
| Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 7 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 2**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 8 | | |
| Olga Voshchakina (URS) | 6 | Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 5 |
| Sabine Bau (FRG) | 7 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 8 |
| Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 8 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 3**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 3 | | |
| Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 8 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 4 |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 8 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 8 |
| Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 7 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 4**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 1 | | |
| Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 |
| Jolanta Królikowska (POL) | 6 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 4 |
| Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 8 | | |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 1**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Edit Kovács (HUN) | 7 | | |
| Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 8 | Tak Jeong-Im (KOR) | 4 |
| | | Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 8 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 2**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Olga Voshchakina (URS) | 2 | | |
| Sabine Bau (FRG) | 8 | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 8 |
| | | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 7 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 3**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 1 | | |
| Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 8 | Dorina Vaccaroni (ITA) | 3 |
| | | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 8 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 4**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 8 | | |
| Jolanta Królikowska (POL) | 6 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 5 |
| | | Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 8 |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 6 | | | | |
| Sabine Bau (FRG) | 8 | | | | |
| Sabine Bau (FRG) | 8 | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 8 | | |
| | | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 3 | | |
| Tatyana Sadovskaya (URS) | 5 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 3 | | |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 8 | | | | |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 8 | | | Sabine Bau (FRG) | 5 |
| | | | | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 |
| Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 | | | | | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 |
| Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 4 | | |
| Sun Hongyun (CHN) | 4 | Anja Fichtel (FRG) | 8 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 5 |
| Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 8 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 5 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (FRG) | 8 |
| Yelena Glikina (URS) | 4 | | | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 7 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Country |
| - | - |
| Anja Fichtel-Mauritz | West Germany |
| Sabine Bau | West Germany |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | West Germany |
| Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | Hungary |
| Tatyana Sadovskaya | Soviet Union |
| Gertrúd Stefanek | Hungary |
| Sun Hongyun | China |
| Yelena Glikina | Soviet Union |
| Margherita Zalaffi | Italy |
| Dorina Vaccaroni | Italy |
| Caitlin Bilodeaux | United States |
| Tak Jeong-Im | South Korea |
| Sin Seong-Ja | South Korea |
| Olga Voshchakina | Soviet Union |
| Jolanta Królikowska | Poland |
| Edit Kovács | Hungary |
| Liz Thurley | Great Britain |
| Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | Romania |
| Madeleine Philion | Canada |
| Tomoko Oka | Japan |
| Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | Romania |
| Isabelle Spennato | France |
| Anna Sobczak | Poland |
| Fiona McIntosh | Great Britain |
| Jujie Luan | China |
| Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin | France |
| Annapia Gandolfi | Italy |
| Linda Ann Martin | Great Britain |
| Kerstin Palm | Sweden |
| Agnieszka Dubrawska | Poland |
| Jacynthe Poirier | Canada |
| Zhu Qingyuan | China |
| Laurence Modaine-Cessac | France |
| Thalie Tremblay | Canada |
| Sharon Monplaisir | United States |
| Mary O'Neill | United States |
| Alessandra Mariéthoz | Switzerland |
| Akemi Morikawa | Japan |
| Mieko Miyahara | Japan |
| Andrea Piros | Switzerland |
| Fabiana López | Mexico |
| Andrea Chaplin | Australia |
| Silvia Koeswandi | Indonesia |
| Park Eun-Hui | South Korea |
| Yung Yim King | Hong Kong |
