Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's foil
The women's foil was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 22 July 1996. 40 fencers from 17 nations competed.
Draw
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Results
| Rank | Fencer | Country |
| Laura Cârlescu-Badea | ||
| Valentina Vezzali | ||
| Giovanna Trillini | ||
| 4 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac | |
| 5 | Monika Weber-Koszto | |
| 6 | Xiao Aihua | |
| 7 | Ann Marsh | |
| 8 | Aida Mohamed | |
| 9 | Diana Bianchedi | |
| 10 | Anja Fichtel-Mauritz | |
| 11 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | |
| 12 | Sabine Bau | |
| 13 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | |
| 14 | Adeline Wuillème | |
| 15 | Roxana Scarlat | |
| 16 | Olga Velichko | |
| 17 | Gabriella Lantos | |
| 18 | Svetlana Boyko | |
| 19 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | |
| 20 | Olga Sharkova-Sidorova | |
| 21 | Felicia Zimmermann | |
| 22 | Anna Rybicka | |
| 23 | Clothilde Magnan | |
| 24 | Anna Angelova | |
| 25 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | |
| 26 | Ayelet Ohayon | |
| 27 | Liang Jun | |
| 28 | Katarzyna Felusiak | |
| 29 | Wang Huifeng | |
| 30 | Lilach Parisky | |
| 31 | Ivana Georgieva | |
| 32 | Jeon Mi-Gyeong | |
| 33 | Suzanne Paxton | |
| 34 | Fiona McIntosh | |
| 35 | Yanina Iannuzzi | |
| 36 | Alejandra Carbone | |
| 37 | Ferial Salhi | |
| 38 | Dolores Pampin | |
| 39 | Henda Zaouali | |
| 40 | Carmen Rodríguez |