The women's

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competition in

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at the

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was held on 28 July at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. The medalists were all from

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Elisa Di Francisca Elisa Di Francisca (; born 13 December 1982) is an Italian former Foil (fencing), foil Fencing, fencer, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2010 and three-time European champion. She won the 2010–11 Fencing World Cup, 2010–11 World C ...

won the gold medal, beating

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in the final, while

Valentina Vezzali Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired Olympic and World Champion foil fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five a ...

took bronze.

Schedule

All times are

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(UTC+1)

Results

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Results

References

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