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Fencing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:
Women's Foil, Individual Round One
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Location: St. Kilda Town Hall
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 29, 1956
Format: Top four finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals.
| Gold: |  Gillian Sheen |
| Silver: |  Olga Orban-Szabo |
| Bronze: |  Renée Garilhe |
Round One Pool One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BW | TG | TR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxine Mitchell | 39 | United States | USA | 5 | 21 | 15 | QU |
| 2 | Emma Yefimova | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 4 | 21 | 10 | QU |
| 3 | Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics | 20 | Hungary | HUN | 4 | 19 | 14 | QU |
| 4 | Catherine Delbarre | 31 | France | FRA | 3 | 17 | 14 | QU |
| 5 | Velleda Cesari | 36 | Italy | ITA | 3 | 17 | 17 | |
| 6 | Mary Glen-Haig | 38 | Great Britain | GBR | 2 | 12 | 21 | |
| 7 | Denise O'Brien | 19 | Australia | AUS | 0 | 8 | 24 |
Round One Pool Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BW | TG | TR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan York-Romary | 29 | United States | USA | 5 | 23 | 17 | QU |
| 2 | Ellen Müller-Preis | 44 | Austria | AUT | 5 | 22 | 19 | QU |
| 3 | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini | 20 | Italy | ITA | 4 | 25 | 19 | QU |
| 4 | Pilar Roldán | 17 | Mexico | MEX | 4 | 22 | 23 | QU |
| 5 | Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr | 21 | Romania | ROU | 3 | 18 | 18 | |
| 6 | Nadezhda Shitikova | Soviet Union | URS | 3 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 7 | Régine Veronnet | 27 | France | FRA | 3 | 22 | 23 | |
| 8 | Lois Joseph | Australia | AUS | 1 | 18 | 29 |
Round One Pool Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BW | TG | TR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Sheen | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 6 | 27 | 10 | QU |
| 2 | Olga Orban-Szabo | 18 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 21 | 17 | QU |
| 3 | Renée Garilhe | 33 | France | FRA | 5 | 24 | 19 | QU |
| 4 | Karen Lachmann | 40 | Denmark | DEN | 4 | 21 | 20 | QU |
| 5 | Valentina Rastvorova | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 3 | 22 | 21 | |
| 6 | Judy Goodrich | 17 | United States | USA | 3 | 17 | 24 | |
| 7 | Magda Nyári-Kovács | 35 | Hungary | HUN | 1 | 15 | 20 | |
| 8 | Joy Hardon | Australia | AUS | 0 | 12 | 28 |
Round One Pool 1 Barrage for 4/5
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BW | TG | TR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catherine Delbarre | 31 | France | FRA | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | Velleda Cesari | 36 | Italy | ITA | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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