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Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) performs on the uneven bars

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

  • 1952 (Helsinki, Finland)
    GOLD Margit Korondi, Hungary 19.400
    SILVER Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR 19.260
    BRONZE Agnes Keleti, Hungary 19.160

  • 1956 (Melbourne, Australia)
    GOLD Larissa Latynina, USSR 18.833
    SILVER Tamara Manina, USSR 18.80
    BRONZE (tie) Olga Tass, Hungary 18.733; Ann-Sofi Volling, Sweden 18.733

  • 1960 (Rome, Italy)
    GOLD Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.616
    SILVER Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.416
    BRONZE Tamara Lyukhina, USSR 19.399

  • 1964 (Tokyo, Japan)
    GOLD Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.332
    SILVER Katalin Makray, Hungary 19.216
    BRONZE Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.199

  • 1968 (Mexico City, Mexico)
    GOLD Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia 19.650
    SILVER Karin Janz, East Germany 19.500
    BRONZE Zinaida Voronina, USSR 19.425

  • 1972 (Munich, Germany)
    GOLD Karin Janz, East Germany 19.675
    SILVER (tie) Olga Korbut, USSR 19.450; Erika Zuchold, East Germany 19.450

  • 1976 (Montreal, Canada)
    GOLD Nadia Comaneci, Romania 20.000
    SILVER Teodora Ungureanu, Romania 19.800
    BRONZE Marta Egervari, Hungary 19.775

  • 1980 (Moscow, USSR)
    GOLD Maxi Gnauck, East Germany 19.875
    SILVER Emilia Eberle, Romania 19.850
    BRONZE (tie) Steffi Kraker, East Germany 19.775; Melita Ruhn, Romania 19.775; Maria Filatova, USSR 19.775

  • 1984 (Los Angeles, USA)*
    GOLD (tie) Ma Yanhong, China 19.950; Julianne McNamara, USA 19.950
    BRONZE Mary Lou Retton, USA 19.800

  • 1988 (Seoul, Korea)
    GOLD Daniela Silivas, Romania 20.000
    SILVER Dagmar Kersten, East Germany 19.987
    BRONZE Elena Shushunova, USSR 19.962

  • 1992 (Barcelona, Spain)
    GOLD Lu Li, China 10.000
    SILVER Tatiana Gutsu, The Unified Team** 9.975
    BRONZE Shannon Miller, USA 9.962

  • 1996 (Atlanta, USA)
    GOLD Svetlana Khorkina, Russia 9.850
    SILVER (tie) Amy Chow, USA 9.837; Bi Wenjing, China 9.837

  • 2000 (Sydney, Australia)
    GOLD Svetlana Khorkina, Russia 9.862
    SILVER Ling Jie, China 9.837
    BRONZE Yang Yun, China 9.787

  • 2004 (Athens, Greece)
    GOLD Emilie Lepennec, France 9.687
    SILVER Terin Humphrey, USA 9.662
    BRONZE Courtney Kupets, USA 9.637

  • 2008 (Beijing, China)
    GOLD He Kexin, China 16.725
    SILVER Nastia Liukin, USA 16.725***
    BRONZE Yang Yilin, China 16.650

* 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

*** This tie was broken. More on tie breaks


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