Competition format
The 1984 tournament used a three-phase format similar to that of 1976 and 1980, though the final phase was different. 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 6 pools of 7 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing. * The second round had 6 pools of 5 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. (This was changed from a 6-woman final round-robin pool in previous years.) Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 8 touches.Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Round 1 Pool B
Round 1 Pool C
A barrage was necessary because Bradford and Sinigaglia finished with identical win–loss records, touches against, and touches for. Sinigaglia had won the round-robin bout between the two, but Bradford prevailed 5–0 in the barrage to advance to the second round. ; BarrageRound 1 Pool D
Round 1 Pool E
Round 1 Pool F
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
=Losers brackets
=Losers group 1
==Losers group 2
==Losers group 3
==Losers group 4
=Final round
Final classification
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's foil Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Foil women 1984 in women's fencing Women's events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Fen