The women's foil was one of eight fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types , but women competed only in foil events.-Medal summary:...

programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 14 – 15, 1964. 39 fencers from 17 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Round 1

Pool A
1.		5-1	Q2
2.		4-2	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		3-3	QB
		3-3	QB
6.		1-5
7.		1-5

Barrage A
4.		1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool B
1.		6-0	Q2
2.		5-1	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		2-4	QB
		2-4	QB
6.		1-5
7.		1-5

Barrage B
4.		1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool C
1.		3-2	Q2
		3-2	Q2
		3-2	Q2
		3-2	Q2
5.		2-3
6.		1-5

Pool D
1.		4-1	Q2
2.		3-2	Q2
3.		3-2	Q2
4.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage D
4.		1-0	Q2
5.		0-1

Pool E
1.		6-0	Q2
2.		5-1	Q2
3.		4-2	Q2
4.		3-3	Q2
5.		2-4
6.		1-5
7.		0-6

Pool F
1.		4-1	Q2
2.		4-1	Q2
3.		3-2	Q2
4.		2-3	Q2
5.		1-4
6.		1-4

Round 2

Pool A
1.		3-2	Q3
2.		3-2	Q3
3.		3-2	Q3
4.		3-2	Q3
5.		2-3
6.		1-4

Pool B
1.		4-1	Q3
2.		4-1	Q3
3.		3-2	Q3
4.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		0-5

Barrage B
4.		1-0	Q3
5.		0-1

Pool C
1.		4-1	Q3
2.		4-1	Q3
3.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage C
3.		1-0	Q3
4.		1-0	Q3
5.		0-2

Pool D
1.		5-0	Q3
2.		3-2	Q3
3.		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
		2-3	QB
6.		1-4

Barrage D
3.		1-0	Q3
4.		1-0	Q3
5.		0-2

Knockout rounds

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Fifth place semifinal

Final

Final pool
1.		2-1
		2-1
		2-1
4.		0-3

Medals barrage
		2-0
		1-1
		0-2