Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| 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 1972 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Sports Hall in Munich from August 27 through September 1.
Format of competition
The gymnastics competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages:
- Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
- Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.
- Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.
No limits were imposed as to how many gymnasts each country could enter into the individual all-around final or apparatus finals.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team all-around |
.svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS)Lyubov Burda Olga Korbut Antonina Koshel Tamara Lazakovich Elvira Saadi Ludmila Tourischeva |
 East Germany (GDR)Irene Abel Angelika Hellmann Karin Janz Richarda Schmeisser Christine Schmitt Erika Zuchold |
 Hungary (HUN)Ilona Bekesi Monika Csaszar Marta Kelemen Aniko Kery Krisztina Medveczky Zsuzsa Nagy |
| Individual all-around |
Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union (URS) |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union (URS) |
| Vault |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Erika Zuchold East Germany (GDR) |
Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union (URS) |
| Uneven bars |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Olga Korbut Soviet Union (URS) Erika ZucholdEast Germany (GDR) |
None awarded |
| Balance beam |
Olga Korbut Soviet Union (URS) |
Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union (URS) |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
| Floor |
Olga Korbut Soviet Union (URS) |
Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union (URS) |
Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union (URS) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Japan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | East Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 | |
See also
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
References
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