List of Olympic medal Leaders in Women 's gymnastics - wikipedia List of Olympic medal Leaders in Women 's gymnastics Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania ( 7 ), United States ( 5 ), Hungary ( 4 ), East Germany ( 2 ), Russia ( 2 ), and Czechoslovakia ( 1 ) are also represented. Eight female gymnasts have won at least eight medals at the Olympic Games : Larisa Latynina ( 18 ), Věra Čáslavská ( 11 ), Ágnes Keleti ( 10 ), Polina Astakhova ( 10 ), Nadia Comăneci ( 9 ), Ludmilla Tourischeva ( 9 ), Margit Korondi ( 8 ), and Sofia Muratova ( 8 ). Larisa Latynina and Polina Astakhova each competed for the Soviet Union in 1956, 1960, and 1964. Latynina has the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history, with 18. She won six medals in each Olympic Games that she competed in, winning the individual all - around titles in 1956 and 1960. Astakhova won two medals in 1956, four medals in 1960, and four medals in 1964. She won the uneven bars golds in 1960 and 1964. Sofia Muratova was Latynina 's and Astakhova 's teammate in 1956 and 1960. Muratova won a total of eight medals. Ludmilla Tourischeva also competed for the Soviet Union. She won one medal in 1968, four medals in 1972, and four medals in 1976. Ágnes Keleti and Margit Korondi both competed for Hungary in 1956 and 1960. Keleti won 10 medals, including two golds on floor exercise. Korondi won eight total medals. Czechoslovakia 's Věra Čáslavská won 11 total Olympic medals, the second-most of any female gymnast. She won one in 1960, four in 1964, and six in 1968. She won the individual all - around golds in 1964 and 1968. Nadia Comăneci, who competed for Romania in 1976 and 1980, won nine medals. In 1976, she became the first gymnast to earn a perfect 10 and eventually achieved that mark seven times during the Games. She also won the individual all - around gold that year. Gymnasts Rank Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Total medals Ref. Larisa Latynina Soviet Union 1956, 1960, 1964 9 5 18 Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia 1960, 1964, 1968 7 0 11 Ágnes Keleti Hungary 1952, 1956 5 10 Polina Astakhova Soviet Union 1956, 1960, 1964 5 10 5 Nadia Comăneci Romania 1976, 1980 5 9 6 Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union 1968, 1972, 1976 9 7 Margit Korondi Hungary 1952, 1956 8 7 Sofia Muratova Soviet Union 1956, 1960 8 9 Simona Amânar Romania 1996, 2000 7 10 Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union 1952 5 0 7 11 Svetlana Khorkina Russia 1996, 2000, 2004 7 12 Karin Büttner - Janz East Germany 1968, 1972 7 13 Shannon Miller United States 1992, 1996 7 13 Aliya Mustafina Russia 2012, 2016 7 15 Nellie Kim Soviet Union 1976, 1980 5 0 6 16 Olga Korbut Soviet Union 1972, 1976 0 6 17 Daniela Silivaș Romania 6 17 Aly Raisman United States 2012, 2016 6 19 Tamara Manina Soviet Union 1956, 1964 6 20 Lavinia Miloșovici Romania 1992, 1996 6 21 Olga Lemhényi - Tass Hungary 1948, 1952, 1956 6 22 Ecaterina Szabo Romania 1984 0 5 23 Simone Biles United States 2016 0 5 24 Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union 1988, 1992 5 24 Cătălina Ponor Romania 2004, 2012, 2016 5 26 Erzsébet Gulyás - Köteles Hungary 1948, 1952, 1956 5 26 Nastia Liukin United States 2008 5 28 Mary Lou Retton United States 1984 5 29 Erika Zuchold East Germany 1968, 1972 0 5 30 Gina Gogean Romania 1992, 1996 0 5 See also Gymnastics portal Olympics portal List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Olympic medalists List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics ( women ) List of top female medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships References Jump up ^ Gutman, Dan ( 1996 ). Gymnastics. Puffin Books. p. 8. ^ Jump up to : `` Women 's Gymnastics Career Medal Leaders ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Larysa Latynina ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Polina Astakhova ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Sofiya Muratova ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Lyudmila Turishcheva ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Ágnes Keleti ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Margit Korondi ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Věra Čáslavská ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Nadia Comăneci ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Simona Amânar ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Mariya Horokhovska ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Svetlana Khorkina ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Karin Janz ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Shannon Miller ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Aliya Mustafina ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Nelli Kim ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Olga Korbut ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Daniela Silivaş ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Tamara Manina ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lavinia Miloşovici ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Olga Tass - Lemhényi ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ecaterina Szabo ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Svetlana Boginskaya ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Cătălina Ponor ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Erzsébet Gulyás - Köteles ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Nastia Liukin ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Mary Lou Retton ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Erika Zuchold ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Gina Gogean ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013. 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Question: who has the most gold medals in gymnastics
Answer: Larisa Latynina