Romania won the Bronze medal in the women’s sabre competition in Montreal after defeating Poland in the game that pitted the teams that lost the semifinals, score 35-34. The competition was part of the World Cup. Romania (Ana Branza, Anca Maroiu, Simona Alexandru and Loredana Iordachioiu) defeated Sweden in last-16 stage (44-42) and Russia in the quarterfinals (45-36) but lost to Italy in the semifinals (37-45). Russia’s Tatiana Logunova won the singles event. Anca Maroiu finished on 10th, Olympic runner-up Ana Maria Branza finished on 36th, Simona Alexandru finished on 41st and Loredana Iordachioiu finished on 47th place.