Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1928 to 1 August 1928. 27 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Women's foil at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	31 July–1 August 1928
Competitors	27 from 11 nations
Medalists
Helene Mayer  Germany Muriel Freeman  Great Britain Olga Oelkers  Germany

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Muriel Freeman	Great Britain	5	Q
2	Helene Mayer	Germany	5	Q
3	Marion Lloyd	United States	4	Q
4	Jeanne Morgenthaler	Switzerland	3	Q
5	Edith Addams	Belgium	3
6	Marguerite Reuche	France	1
7	Hanna Olsen	Sweden	0

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Erna Sondheim	Germany	5	Q
2	Margit Danÿ	Hungary	5	Q
3	Peggy Butler	Great Britain	3	Q
4	Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink	Netherlands	3	Q
5	Hilda Deswarte	Belgium	2
6	Inger Klint	Denmark	2
7	Oda Mahaut	France	1

Pool C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Jo de Boer	Netherlands	5	Q
2	Jarmila Chalupová	Czechoslovakia	5	Q
3	Jenny Addams	Belgium	4	Q
4	Erna Bogen-Bogáti	Hungary	4	Q
5	Ebba Gripenstedt	Sweden	2
6	Irma Hopper	United States	1
7	Else Ahlmann-Ohlsen	Denmark	0

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Olga Oelkers	Germany	4	Q
2	Lucie Prost	France	4	Q
3	Gladys Daniell	Great Britain	3	Q
4	Gizella Tary	Hungary	2	Q
5	Margot Bærentzen	Denmark	2
6	Friederike Koderitsch	Netherlands	0

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Helene Mayer	Germany	6	Q
2	Muriel Freeman	Great Britain	4	Q
3	Olga Oelkers	Germany	4	Q
4	Gladys Daniell	Great Britain	4	Q
5	Gizella Tary	Hungary	3
6	Marion Lloyd	United States	3
7	Lucie Prost	France	2
8	Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink	Netherlands	2

Semifinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Jo de Boer	Netherlands	7	Q
2	Margit Danÿ	Hungary	5	Q
3	Erna Sondheim	Germany	4	Q
4	Jenny Addams	Belgium	4	Q
5	Jeanne Morgenthaler	Switzerland	3
6	Peggy Butler	Great Britain	3
7	Jarmila Chalupová	Czechoslovakia	1
8	Erna Bogen-Bogáti	Hungary	1

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins
	Helene Mayer	Germany	7
	Muriel Freeman	Great Britain	6
	Olga Oelkers	Germany	4
4	Erna Sondheim	Germany	3
5	Gladys Daniell	Great Britain	2
6	Jenny Addams	Belgium	2
	Margit Danÿ	Hungary	2
8	Jo de Boer	Netherlands	2

References

1. "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
3. "Fencing 1928".