Fencing at the Olympics of Grace – team foil

The women's team foil competition at the Olympics of Grace in Firenze was one of the three fencing events at the Olympics of Grace and the only team event. It was held at the Teatro della Pergola on 20 May 1931. Nine athletes from three countries competed in the event.

Women's team foil
at the Olympics of Grace
VenueTeatro della Pergola
Date20 May 1931
Competitors9 from 3 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    France

The British team beated Italy in the final, with France finishing in third position.

Entrants

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Originally the tree nations that registered for the event were Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. However, after the father of German world champion Helene Mayer died the German team withdrew. France replaced the German team. However, the French team did not officially represent the French national team.[1]

Competition format

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The competitions consisted of two perliminaries followed by the final. Each clash consisted of nine matches where every fencer competed once against every fencer of the other nation. The nation winning the first clash continued to the final. The nation that lost competed against the third nation. The winner of that clash also continued to the final with the losing nation ranked third.

Results

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The tournament started with Italian against France where the French team one. Afterwards also the British team beated France. In the final the United Kingdom won from Italy with five victories for the British team against four victories for the Italian team.[1]

Preliminary roundPreliminary roundFinal
             
20 May
  Italy 
  France 
20 May
  Italy4
  Great Britain5
20 May
  Great Britain 
  France 

Final standing

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Rank Team Athlete
    Great Britain Gladys Daniell
Peggy Butler
Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott
    Italy Germana Schwaiger
Marisa Cerani
Teresa Musso
    France Augustine Angreville
Teresa Vandevalle
Georgina Veite

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "L'Olimpiade della Grazia. La squadra inglese vince al fioretto". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 21 May 1931. p. 8.