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Foil, Team, Women

Date	25 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	33 from 11 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Italy were hot favourites to win as they could potentially field three of the top four fencers in the world. The Italians suffered a setback when Diana Bianchedi was forced to pull out after being injured in the individual event. Her replacement, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, struggled in the semi-final against Hungary but the rest of the team were able to scrape out a 45-42 victory. Italy’s opponents in the final were Romania who fielded individual gold medallist Laura Badea but lacked the depth of talent that the Italians had to offer. The Italian trio completed an easy victory to claim the Olympic title.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella • Giovanna Trillini • Valentina Vezzali
2	Romania	ROU	Silver
	Laura Badea • Reka Szabo • Roxana Scarlat
3	Germany	GER	Bronze
	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz • Monika Weber-Koszto • Sabine Bau
4	Hungary	HUN
	Aida Mohamed • Gabriella Lantos • Zsuzsa Jánosi-Németh
5	France	FRA
	Adeline Wuillème • Clothilde Magnan • Laurence Modaine-Cessac
6	Russian Federation	RUS
	Olga Sharkova • Olga Velichko • Svetlana Boyko
7	People's Republic of China	CHN
	Liang Jun • Wang Huifeng • Xiao Aihua
8	Poland	POL
	Anna Rybicka • Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk • Katarzyna Felusiak
9	Israel	ISR
	Ayelet Ohayon • Lilach Parisky • Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel
10	United States	USA
	Ann Marsh • Felicia Zimmermann • Suzie Paxton
11	Argentina	ARG
	Alejandra Carbone • Yanina Iannuzzi • Dolores Pampin

Round One

Date	25 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul		Italy	ITA				bye
Match #2	25 Jul	Piste 1	People's Republic of China	CHN	45 – 29	Israel	ISR
Match #3	25 Jul		France	FRA				bye
Match #4	25 Jul		Hungary	HUN				bye
Match #5	25 Jul		Romania	ROU				bye
Match #6	25 Jul	Piste 3	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 20	Argentina	ARG
Match #7	25 Jul	Piste 5	Poland	POL	45 – 44	United States	USA
Match #8	25 Jul		Germany	GER				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	45 – 24	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	25 Jul	Piste 4	Hungary	HUN	45 – 26	France	FRA
Match #3	25 Jul	Piste 6	Romania	ROU	45 – 41	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #4	25 Jul	Piste 5	Germany	GER	45 – 35	Poland	POL

Semi-Finals

Date	25 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Piste 4	Italy	ITA	45 – 42	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	25 Jul	Piste 5	Romania	ROU	45 – 33	Germany	GER

Classification Round 9-12

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Piste 3	United States	USA	45 – 12	Argentina	ARG

Classification Round 5-8

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Piste 6	France	FRA	45 – 44	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	25 Jul	Piste 1	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 44	Poland	POL

Final Round

Date	25 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	25 Jul	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	45 – 33	Romania	ROU
Match 3/4	25 Jul	Piste 1	Germany	GER	45 – 42	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	25 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	45 – 44	Russian Federation	RUS
Match 7/8	25 Jul	Piste 6	People's Republic of China	CHN	45 – 32	Poland	POL
Match 9/10	25 Jul	Piste 3	Israel	ISR	45 – 39	United States	USA