Fencing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Women's Foil, Individual Final Pool

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Town Hall, St. Kilda, Victoria
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 29, 1956

Gold:	Gillian Sheen
Silver:	Olga Orban-Szabo
Bronze:	Renée Garilhe

Final Pool

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	TG	TR
1T	Gillian Sheen	28	Great Britain	GBR	6	26	20
1T	Olga Orban-Szabo	18	Romania	ROU	6	27	17
3	Renée Garilhe	33	France	FRA	5	26	14
4	Jan York-Romary	29	United States	USA	4	21	23
5	Kate Delbarre	31	France	FRA	3	20	25
6	Karen Lachmann	40	Denmark	DEN	2	17	20
7	Ellen Müller-Preis	44	Austria	AUT	1	20	25
8	Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini	20	Italy	ITA	1	14	27

Final Pool Barrage for 1/2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	TG	TR
1	Gillian Sheen	28	Great Britain	GBR	1	4	2
2	Olga Orban-Szabo	18	Romania	ROU	0	2	4

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bout #1	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, Sheen (GBR) 2
Bout #2	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, Garilhe (FRA) 3
Bout #3	1956-11-29	Garilhe (FRA) 4, Orban-Szabo (ROU) 3
Bout #4	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, York-Romary (USA) 2
Bout #5	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, York-Romary (USA) 3
Bout #6	1956-11-29	Garilhe (FRA) 4, York-Romary (USA) 0
Bout #7	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, Delbarre (FRA) 3
Bout #8	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, Delbarre (FRA) 3
Bout #9	1956-11-29	Delbarre (FRA) 4, Garilhe (FRA) 3
Bout #10	1956-11-29	York-Romary (USA) 4, Delbarre (FRA) 2
Bout #11	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, Lachmann (DEN) 3
Bout #12	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, Lachmann (DEN) 2
Bout #13	1956-11-29	Garilhe (FRA) 4, Lachmann (DEN) 0
Bout #14	1956-11-29	York-Romary (USA) 4, Lachmann (DEN) 3
Bout #15	1956-11-29	Lachmann (DEN) 4, Delbarre (FRA) 0
Bout #16	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 3
Bout #17	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 3
Bout #18	1956-11-29	Garilhe (FRA) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 1
Bout #19	1956-11-29	York-Romary (USA) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 3
Bout #20	1956-11-29	Delbarre (FRA) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 3
Bout #21	1956-11-29	Müller-Preis (AUT) 4, Lachmann (DEN) 1
Bout #22	1956-11-29	Sheen (GBR) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 2
Bout #23	1956-11-29	Orban-Szabo (ROU) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 0
Bout #24	1956-11-29	Garilhe (FRA) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 2
Bout #25	1956-11-29	York-Romary (USA) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 3
Bout #26	1956-11-29	Delbarre (FRA) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 3
Bout #27	1956-11-29	Lachmann (DEN) 4, Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 0
Bout #28	1956-11-29	Colombetti-Peroncini (ITA) 4, Müller-Preis (AUT) 3

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