Competition format
The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the men's foil and épée competitions (but like the men's sabre), the women's foil tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for men's foil and épée). The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds: * The first round had 9 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing. * The second round had 6 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing. * The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing. The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage. The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 8 touches (unlike men's fencing, which had bouts to 10 touches).Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Round 1 Pool B
Round 1 Pool C
Round 1 Pool D
Round 1 Pool E
Round 1 Pool F
Round 1 Pool G
Round 1 Pool H
Round 1 Pool I
Round 2
Round 2 Pool A
Round 2 Pool B
Round 2 Pool C
Round 2 Pool D
Round 2 Pool E
Round 2 Pool F
Round 3
Round 3 Pool A
Round 3 Pool B
Round 3 Pool C
Round 3 Pool D
Double elimination rounds
Winners brackets
=Winners group 1
==Winners group 2
==Winners group 3
==Winners group 4
=Repechages
=Repechage 1
==Repechage 2
==Repechage 3
==Repechage 4
=Final round
Final classification
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's foil Foil women 1988 in women's fencing Fen