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Olympic Gymnastics Medalists

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Olga Korbut on floor at the 1972 Olympics

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The Olympic floor medalists from 1952 (the first year women's floor competition was held), through 2008.

  • 1952 (Helsinki, Finland)
    GOLD Agnes Keleti, Hungary 19.360
    SILVER Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR 19.200
    BRONZE Margit Korondi, Hungary 19.000

  • 1956 (Melbourne, Australia)
    GOLD (tie) Agnes Keleti, Hungary 18.733; Larissa Latynina, USSR 18.733
    SILVER Elena Leustean, Romania 18.700

  • 1960 (Rome, Italy)
    GOLD Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.583
    SILVER Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.532
    BRONZE Tamara Lyukhina, USSR 19.449

  • 1964 (Tokyo, Japan)
    GOLD Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.599
    SILVER Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.500
    BRONZE Aniko Janosi-Ducza 19.300

  • 1968 (Mexico City, Mexico)
    GOLD (tie) Larissa Petrik, USSR 19.675; Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia 19.675
    BRONZE Natalia Kuchinskaya, USSR 19.650

  • 1972 (Munich, Germany)
    GOLD Olga Korbut, USSR 19.575
    SILVER Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR 19.550
    BRONZE Tamara Lazakovich, USSR 19.450

  • 1976 (Montreal, Canada)
    GOLD Nellie Kim, USSR 19.850
    SILVER Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR 19.825
    BRONZE Nadia Comaneci, Romania 19.750

  • 1980 (Moscow, USSR)
    GOLD (tie) Nadia Comaneci, Romania 19.875; Nellie Kim, USSR 19.875
    BRONZE (tie) Maxi Gnauck, East Germany 19.825; Natalia Shaposhnikova, USSR 19.825

  • 1984 (Los Angeles, USA)*
    GOLD Ecaterina Szabo, Romania 19.975
    SILVER Julianne McNamara, USA 19.950
    BRONZE Mary Lou Retton, USA 19.775

  • 1988 (Seoul, Korea)
    GOLD Daniela Silivas, Romania 19.937
    SILVER Svetlana Boguinskaya, USSR 19.887
    BRONZE Diana Doudeva, Bulgaria 19.850

  • 1992 (Barcelona, Spain)
    GOLD Lavinia Milosovici, Romania 10.000
    SILVER Henrietta Onodi, Hungary 9.950
    BRONZE (tie) Cristina Bontas, Romania 9.912; Tatiana Gustu, The Unified Team** 9.912; Shannon Miller, USA 9.912

  • 1996 (Atlanta, USA)
    GOLD Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukraine 9.887
    SILVER Simona Amanar, Romania 9.850
    BRONZE Dominique Dawes, USA 9.837

  • 2000 (Sydney, Australia)
    GOLD Elena Zamolodchikova, Russia 9.850
    SILVER Svetlana Khorkina, Russia 9.812
    BRONZE Simona Amanar, Romania 9.712

  • 2004 (Athens, Greece)
    GOLD Catalina Ponor, Romania 9.750
    SILVER Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie, Romania 9.562
    BRONZE Patricia Moreno, Spain 9.487

  • 2008 (Beijing, China)
    GOLD Sandra Izbasa, Romania 15.650
    SILVER Shawn Johnson, USA 15.500
    BRONZE Nastia Liukin, USA 15.425

* In 1984 the USSR -- the most dominant team of the era -- boycotted the Games, possibly affecting the results

** In 1992, the former USSR competed as the Unified Team, then split into independent republics starting in 1996


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