Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around

Gymnastics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Team all-around   men   women

Individual all-around men women
Vault men women
Floor men women
Pommel horse men
Rings men
Parallel bars men
Horizontal bar men
Uneven bars women
Balance beam women

These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The compulsory and optional rounds took place on August 27th and 28th at the Sports Hall.

Medalists

Gold  Lyubov Burda, Antonina Koshel, Olga Korbut,
Tamara Lazakovich, Elvira Saadi, and Ludmila Tourischeva
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver  Irene Abel, Angelika Hellmann, Karin Janz,
Richarda Schmeisser, Christine Schmitt, and Erika Zuchold
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze  Ilona Bekesi, Monika Csaszar, Marta Kelemen,
Aniko Kery, Krisztina Medveczky, and Zsuzsa Negy
Hungary (HUN)

Results

The final score for each team was determined by combining all of the scores earned by the team on each apparatus during the compulsory and optional rounds. If all six gymnasts on a team performed a routine on a single apparatus during compulsories or optionals, only the five highest scores on that apparatus counted toward the team total.

Rank Team Total
 Soviet Union (URS) 380.050
 East Germany (GDR) 376.550
 Hungary (HUN) 368.250
4  United States (USA) 365.900
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 365.000
6  Romania (ROU) 360.700
7  Japan (JPN) 359.750
8  West Germany (FRG) 357.950
9  Netherlands (NED) 353.500
10  Poland (POL) 350.900
11  Canada (CAN) 350.250
12  Italy (ITA) 349.800
13  Switzerland (SUI) 348.300
14  Norway (NOR) 346.800
15  France (FRA) 346.200
16  Bulgaria (BUL) 346.050
17  Yugoslavia (YUG) 339.550
18  Great Britain (GBR) 333.950
19  Mexico (MEX) 333.900

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