Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
| Gymnastics at the 1968 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 | |||
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the National Auditorium in Mexico City from October 21 through October 26.
Format of competition
The scoring in all the events was basically the same, as for gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
Results
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team all-around |
.svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS)Lyubov Burda Olga Karasyova Natalia Kuchinskaya Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)Věra Čáslavská Marianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková Hana Lišková Bohumila Řimnáčová Miroslava Skleničková |
 East Germany (GDR)Maritta Bauerschmidt Karin Janz Marianne Noack Magdalena Schmidt Ute Starke Erika Zuchold |
| Individual all-around |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (URS) |
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union (URS) |
| Vault |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Erika Zuchold East Germany (GDR) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (URS) |
| Uneven bars |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (URS) |
| Balance beam |
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union (URS) |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union (URS) |
| Floor |
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union (URS) |
none awarded | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union (URS) |
| Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 | |
See also
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
References
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