Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	11 August 2008
Competitors	41 from 24 nations
Medalists
Valentina Vezzali   Italy   Nam Hyun-Hee   South Korea   Margherita Granbassi   Italy

Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Épée		men		women
Team épée		men
Foil		men		women
Team foil				women
Sabre		men		women
Team sabre		men		women

The women's foil fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 11 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

The foil competition consisted of a six-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reached 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Bracket

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	10
	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
					Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	5
					Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	6
					Bronze medal match
	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	3		Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	12
	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	12			Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	15

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
	33	Misleydis Compañy (CUB)	15			33	Misleydis Compañy (CUB)	7
	32	Joanna Halls (AUS)	13								1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
											16	Aida Chanaeva (RUS)	3
						17	Sylwia Gruchała (POL)	11
						16	Aida Chanaeva (RUS)	12
																1	Giovanna Trillini (ITA)	15
																24	Katja Wachter (GER)	8
						9	Cristina Stahl (ROU)	6
	41	María Luisa Doig (PER)	4			24	Katja Wachter (GER)	15
	24	Katja Wachter (GER)	15								24	Katja Wachter (GER)	15
	25	Erinn Smart (USA)	15								8	Corinne Maitrejean (FRA)	10
	40	Martina Emanuel (GBR)	7			25	Erinn Smart (USA)	9
						8	Corinne Maitrejean (FRA)	15

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						5	Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)	13
	37	Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG)	2			28	Hanna Thompson (USA)	5
	28	Hanna Thompson (USA)	11								5	Carolin Golubytskyi (GER)	5
											12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	6
						21	Jung Gil-Ok (KOR)	9
						12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	11
																12	Chieko Sugawara (JPN)	10
																4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
						13	Gabriella Varga (HUN)	15
						20	Mariana González (VEN)	2
											13	Gabriella Varga (HUN)	4
	29	Shaimaa El Gammal (EGY)	12								4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15
	36	Iman Shaban (EGY)	15			36	Iman Shaban (EGY)	6
						4	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR)	15

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	11
	35	Eman El Gammal (EGY)	4			30	Indra Angad-Gaur (NED)	6
	30	Indra Angad-Gaur (NED)	13								3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	11
											19	Victoria Nikichina (RUS)	4
						19	Victoria Nikichina (RUS)	10
						14	Delila Hatuel (ISR)	9
																3	Margherita Granbassi (ITA)	12
																11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	7
						11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	15
						22	Anja Schache (GER)	2
											11	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS)	15
	27	Ines Boubakri (TUN)	9								6	Aida Mohamed (HUN)	5
	38	Jujie Luan (CAN)	13			38	Jujie Luan (CAN)	7
						6	Aida Mohamed (HUN)	15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						7	Emily Cross (USA)	7
	39	Debora Nogueira (POR)	4			26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	15
	26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	15								26	Su Wanwen (CHN)	10
											10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	15
						23	Sun Chao (CHN)	13
						10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	15
																10	Edina Knapek (HUN)	3
																2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	15
						15	Zhang Lei (CHN)	15
						18	Malgorzata Wojtkowiak (POL)	8
											15	Zhang Lei (CHN)	7
	31	Magdalena Mroczkiewicz (POL)	15								2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	10
	34	Olha Leleyko (UKR)	9			31	Magdalena Mroczkiewicz (POL)	3
						2	Valentina Vezzali (ITA)	15

Final classification

Rank	Athlete	Nation
	Vezzali, ValentinaValentina Vezzali	Italy
	Nam, Hyun-HeeHyun-Hee Nam	South Korea
	Granbassi, MargheritaMargherita Granbassi	Italy
4	Trillini, GiovannaGiovanna Trillini	Italy
5	Knapek, EdinaEdina Knapek	Hungary
6	Lamonova, EvgeniaEvgenia Lamonova	Russia
7	Sugawara, ChiekoChieko Sugawara	Japan
8	Wachter, KatjaKatja Wachter	Germany
9	Golubytskyi, CarolinCarolin Golubytskyi	Germany
10	Mohamed, AidaAida Mohamed	Hungary
11	Maitrejean, CorinneCorinne Maitrejean	France
12	Varga, GabriellaGabriella Varga	Hungary
13	Zhang, LeiLei Zhang	China
14	Chanaeva, AidaAida Chanaeva	Russia
15	Nikichina, VictoriaVictoria Nikichina	Russia
16	Su, WanwenWanwen Su	China
17	Cross, EmilyEmily Cross	United States
18	Stahl, CristinaCristina Stahl	Romania
19	Hatuel, DelilaDelila Hatuel	Israel
20	Gruchała, SylwiaSylwia Gruchała	Poland
21	Wojtkowiak, MalgorzataMalgorzata Wojtkowiak	Poland
22	González, MarianaMariana González	Venezuela
23	Schache, AnjaAnja Schache	Germany
24	Jung, Gil-OkGil-Ok Jung	South Korea
25	Sun, ChaoChao Sun	China
26	Smart, ErinnErinn Smart	United States
27	Thompson, HannaHanna Thompson	United States
28	Angad-Gaur, IndraIndra Angad-Gaur	Netherlands
29	Mroczkiewicz, MagdalenaMagdalena Mroczkiewicz	Poland
30	Compañy, MisleydisMisleydis Compañy	Cuba
31	Shaban, ImanIman Shaban	Egypt
32	Luan, JujieJujie Luan	Canada
33	Boubakri, InesInes Boubakri	Tunisia
34	El Gammal, ShaimaaShaimaa El Gammal	Egypt
35	Halls, JoannaJoanna Halls	Australia
36	Leleyko, OlhaOlha Leleyko	Ukraine
37	El Gammal, EmanEman El Gammal	Egypt
38	Khelfaoui, AnissaAnissa Khelfaoui	Algeria
39	Emanuel, MartinaMartina Emanuel	Great Britain
40	Nogueira, DeboraDebora Nogueira	Portugal
41	Doig, María LuisaMaría Luisa Doig	Peru

References

• Competition format

External links

• Official site for Women's Foil