Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

Women's foil at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Wembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates	31 July-2 August
Competitors	39 from 15 nations
Medalists
Ilona Elek-Schacherer   Hungary   Karen Lachmann   Denmark   Ellen Müller-Preis   Austria

Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1948 to 2 August 1948. 39 fencers from 15 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Fencer	Country
Ilona Elek-Schacherer	Hungary
Karen Lachmann	Denmark
Ellen Müller-Preis	Austria
Maria Cerra	United States
Fritzi Wenisch-Filz	Austria
Margit Elek	Hungary
Velleda Cesari	Italy
Mary Glen-Haig	Great Britain
Irene Camber-Corno	Italy
Jenny Addams	Belgium
Éva Kun	Hungary
Gytte Minton	Great Britain
Irma de Antequeda	Argentina
Renée Garilhe	France
Grete Olsen	Denmark
Jan York-Romary	United States
Lylian Malherbaud-Lecomte-Guyonneau	France
Françoise Gouny	France
Elsa Irigoyen	Argentina
Elena Libera	Italy
Kate Mahaut	Denmark
Gabriele Zeilinger	Austria
Helena Dow	United States
Anna Klüpfel	Switzerland
Mary Meyer-van der Sluis	Netherlands
Anja Secrève	Netherlands
Rhoda Martin	Canada
Enriqueta Mayora	Mexico
Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott	Great Britain
Hedwig Rieder	Switzerland
Irena Nawrocka	Poland
Nadia Boudesoque	Mexico
Nélida Fullone	Argentina
Betty Hamilton	Canada
Victoria Hagemann	Switzerland
Adèle Christiaens	Belgium
Dorothy Dermody	Ireland
Emilie Schwindt	Belgium
Emma Ruíz	Mexico

References

1. "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-08.