Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

Women's vault
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Medalists
    Soviet Union
    Soviet Union
    Soviet Union
«1956 1964»
Gymnastics at the
1960 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 vault competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Contents

Results

Qualification

One-hundred twenty-four gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.

Final

Rank Gymnast C & V/2 Final Total
 Margarita Nikolaeva (URS) 9.550 9.766 19.316
 Sofia Muratova (URS) 9.516 9.533 19.049
 Larisa Latynina (URS) 9.483 9.533 19.016
4  Adolfína Tkačíková (TCH) 9.383 9.400 18.783
5  Sonia Iovan (ROU) 9.366 9.400 18.766
6  Polina Astakhova (URS) 9.383 9.333 18.716

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