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Fencing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:
Women's Foil, Individual
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Location: St. Kilda Town Hall
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 29, 1956
| Gold: |  Gillian Sheen |
| Silver: |  Olga Orban-Szabo |
| Bronze: |  Renée Garilhe |
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Sheen | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | Gold | |
| 2 | Olga Orban-Szabo | 18 | Romania | ROU | Silver | |
| 3 | Renée Garilhe | 33 | France | FRA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Jan York-Romary | 29 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | Catherine Delbarre | 31 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 | Karen Lachmann | 40 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 7 | Ellen Müller-Preis | 44 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 8 | Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini | 20 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 p1 r2/3 | Emma Yefimova | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5 p2 r2/3 | Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics | 20 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 6 p1 r2/3 | Maxine Mitchell | 39 | United States | USA | ||
| 6 p2 r2/3 | Pilar Roldán | 17 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 p1 r1/3 | Velleda Cesari | 36 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 p2 r1/3 | Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr | 21 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 5 p3 r1/3 | Valentina Rastvorova | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 p1 r1/3 | Mary Glen-Haig | 38 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 p2 r1/3 | Nadezhda Shitikova | Soviet Union | URS | |||
| 6 p3 r1/3 | Judy Goodrich | 17 | United States | USA | ||
| 7 p1 r1/3 | Denise O'Brien | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 7 p2 r1/3 | Régine Veronnet | 27 | France | FRA | ||
| 7 p3 r1/3 | Magda Nyári-Kovács | 35 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 8 p2 r1/3 | Lois Joseph | Australia | AUS | |||
| 8 p3 r1/3 | Joy Hardon | Australia | AUS |
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