# List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for the Soviet Union

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. Soviet female gymnasts participated in every Olympic Games from 1952 to 1988, except for 1984. A total of 41 female gymnasts represented the Soviet Union. Soviet women won 88 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 2 in team portable apparatus, 18 in individual all-around, 15 in balance beam, 17 in floor exercise, 15 in vault, and 12 in uneven bars. The medals included 33 golds. The Soviet Union won the gold medal in team all-around in all nine Summer Olympics that they participated in. The Soviet Union's success might be explained by a heavy state's investment in elite sports to fulfill its political agenda on an international stage.
Eight Soviet female gymnasts won at least six medals at the Olympic Games: Larisa Latynina (18), Polina Astakhova (10), Ludmilla Tourischeva (9), Sofia Muratova (8), Maria Gorokhovskaya (7), Nellie Kim (6), Olga Korbut (6), and Tamara Manina (6).
Competing at her only Olympics in 1952, Maria Gorokhovskaya won seven medals, setting a record for the most medals ever won in a single Olympics by a woman. She won golds in team all-around and individual all-around.
Larisa Latynina competed at three Olympic Games from 1956 to 1964, and her 18 career Olympic medals is a record for any female athlete. She won six medals in each Olympics that she participated in. Nine of her medals were gold, and she won three straight floor exercise titles. Polina Astakhova also competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Games. She won 10 total medals and ranks second to Latynina for the most medals among Soviet female gymnasts. Astakhova won uneven bars gold medals in 1960 and 1964.
Latynina's and Astakhova's teammates included Sofia Muratova and Tamara Manina. Muratova won eight total medals in 1956 and 1960, and Manina won six total medals in the 1956 and 1964 Games.
Ludmilla Tourischeva competed at three Olympics and won nine total medals – one in 1968, four in 1972, and four in 1976. Her golds included the 1972 individual all-around. Olga Korbut, who competed at her first Olympics in 1972, was popular with fans and the media for her daring moves. That year, she won four medals, including golds in balance beam and floor exercise. She won two more medals in 1976 and finished her career with six overall. Nellie Kim, who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, also had six total medals. She won two golds in floor exercise.

## Gymnasts

| Gymnast | Years | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total medals |
| Polina Astakhova | 1956, 1960, 1964 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Svetlana Baitova | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nina Bocharova | 1952 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Svetlana Boginskaya | 1988 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Lyubov Burda | 1968, 1972 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pelageya Danilova | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yelena Davydova | 1980 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Maria Filatova | 1976, 1980 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Lyudmila Gromova | 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Svetlana Grozdova | 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lidiya Ivanova | 1956, 1960 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Medeya Jugeli | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ekaterina Kalinchuk | 1952 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Olga Karasyova | 1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nellie Kim | 1976, 1980 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Olga Korbut | 1972, 1976 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Antonina Koshel | 1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Natalia Kuchinskaya | 1968 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Larisa Latynina | 1956, 1960, 1964 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| Tamara Lazakovich | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Natalia Lashchenova | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tamara Manina | 1956, 1964 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Galina Minaicheva | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sofia Muratova | 1956, 1960 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Yelena Naimushina | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Margarita Nikolaeva | 1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larisa Petrik | 1968 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Elvira Saadi | 1972, 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Galina Shamrai | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Natalia Shaposhnikova | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yelena Shevchenko | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yelena Shushunova | 1988 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Olga Strazheva | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ludmilla Tourischeva | 1968, 1972, 1976 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Galina Urbanovich | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Elena Volchetskaya | 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zinaida Voronina | 1968 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Lyudmila Yegorova | 1956 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stella Zakharova | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tamara Zamotaylova | 1960, 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
| Gold | Bocharova, Danilova, Gorokhovskaya, Jugeli, Kalinchuk, Minaicheva, Shamrai, Urbanovich | 1952 Helsinki | Women's team |
| Silver | Bocharova, Danilova, Gorokhovskaya, Jugeli, Kalinchuk, Minaicheva, Shamrai, Urbanovich | 1952 Helsinki | Women's team portable apparatus |
| Gold | Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 Helsinki | Women's all-around |
| Silver | Nina Bocharova | 1952 Helsinki | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Ekaterina Kalinchuk | 1952 Helsinki | Women's vault |
| Silver | Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 Helsinki | Women's vault |
| Bronze | Galina Minaicheva | 1952 Helsinki | Women's vault |
| Silver | Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 Helsinki | Women's uneven bars |
| Gold | Nina Bocharova | 1952 Helsinki | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 Helsinki | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Maria Gorokhovskaya | 1952 Helsinki | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Astakhova, Yegorova, Kalinina, Latynina, Manina, Muratova | 1956 Melbourne | Women's team |
| Bronze | Astakhova, Yegorova, Kalinina, Latynina, Manina, Muratova | 1956 Melbourne | Women's team portable apparatus |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Sofia Muratova | 1956 Melbourne | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's vault |
| Silver | Tamara Manina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's vault |
| Silver | Larisa Latynina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's uneven bars |
| Bronze | Sofia Muratova | 1956 Melbourne | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Tamara Manina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1956 Melbourne | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Astakhova, Ivanova, Latynina, Lyukhina, Muratova, Nikolaeva | 1960 Rome | Women's team |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1960 Rome | Women's all-around |
| Silver | Sofia Muratova | 1960 Rome | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Polina Astakhova | 1960 Rome | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Margarita Nikolaeva | 1960 Rome | Women's vault |
| Silver | Sofia Muratova | 1960 Rome | Women's vault |
| Bronze | Larisa Latynina | 1960 Rome | Women's vault |
| Gold | Polina Astakhova | 1960 Rome | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Larisa Latynina | 1960 Rome | Women's uneven bars |
| Bronze | Tamara Lyukhina | 1960 Rome | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Larisa Latynina | 1960 Rome | Women's balance beam |
| Bronze | Sofia Muratova | 1960 Rome | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1960 Rome | Women's floor exercise |
| Silver | Polina Astakhova | 1960 Rome | Women's floor exercise |
| Bronze | Tamara Lyukhina | 1960 Rome | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Astakhova, Gromova, Latynina, Manina, Volchetskaya, Zamotaylova | 1964 Tokyo | Women's team |
| Silver | Larisa Latynina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Polina Astakhova | 1964 Tokyo | Women's all-around |
| Silver | Larisa Latynina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's vault |
| Gold | Polina Astakhova | 1964 Tokyo | Women's uneven bars |
| Bronze | Larisa Latynina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Tamara Manina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's balance beam |
| Bronze | Larisa Latynina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Larisa Latynina | 1964 Tokyo | Women's floor exercise |
| Silver | Polina Astakhova | 1964 Tokyo | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Burda, Karasyova, Kuchinskaya, Petrik, Tourischeva, Voronina | 1968 Mexico City | Women's team |
| Silver | Zinaida Voronina | 1968 Mexico City | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Natalia Kuchinskaya | 1968 Mexico City | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Zinaida Voronina | 1968 Mexico City | Women's vault |
| Bronze | Zinaida Voronina | 1968 Mexico City | Women's uneven bars |
| Gold | Natalia Kuchinskaya | 1968 Mexico City | Women's balance beam |
| Bronze | Larisa Petrik | 1968 Mexico City | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Larisa Petrik | 1968 Mexico City | Women's floor exercise |
| Bronze | Natalia Kuchinskaya | 1968 Mexico City | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Burda, Korbut, Koshel, Lazakovich, Saadi, Tourischeva | 1972 Munich | Women's team |
| Gold | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1972 Munich | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Tamara Lazakovich | 1972 Munich | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1972 Munich | Women's vault |
| Silver | Olga Korbut | 1972 Munich | Women's uneven bars |
| Gold | Olga Korbut | 1972 Munich | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Tamara Lazakovich | 1972 Munich | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Olga Korbut | 1972 Munich | Women's floor exercise |
| Silver | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1972 Munich | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Filatova, Grozdova, Kim, Korbut, Saadi, Tourischeva | 1976 Montreal | Women's team |
| Silver | Nellie Kim | 1976 Montreal | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1976 Montreal | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Nellie Kim | 1976 Montreal | Women's vault |
| Silver | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1976 Montreal | Women's vault |
| Silver | Olga Korbut | 1976 Montreal | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Nellie Kim | 1976 Montreal | Women's floor exercise |
| Silver | Ludmila Tourischeva | 1976 Montreal | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Davydova, Filatova, Kim, Naimushina, Shaposhnikova, Zakharova | 1980 Moscow | Women's team |
| Gold | Elena Davydova | 1980 Moscow | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Natalia Shaposhnikova | 1980 Moscow | Women's vault |
| Bronze | Maria Filatova | 1980 Moscow | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Elena Davydova | 1980 Moscow | Women's balance beam |
| Bronze | Natalia Shaposhnikova | 1980 Moscow | Women's balance beam |
| Gold | Nellie Kim | 1980 Moscow | Women's floor exercise |
| Bronze | Natalia Shaposhnikova | 1980 Moscow | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Baitova, Boginskaya, Laschenova, Shevchenko, Shushunova, Strazheva | 1988 Seoul | Women's team |
| Gold | Elena Shushunova | 1988 Seoul | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Svetlana Boginskaya | 1988 Seoul | Women's all-around |
| Gold | Svetlana Boginskaya | 1988 Seoul | Women's vault |
| Bronze | Elena Shushunova | 1988 Seoul | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Elena Shushunova | 1988 Seoul | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Svetlana Boginskaya | 1988 Seoul | Women's floor exercise |
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| Gold | Boginskaya, Chusovitina, Galiyeva, Grudneva, Gutsu, Lysenko | 1992 Barcelona | Women's team |
| Gold | Tatiana Gutsu | 1992 Barcelona | Women's all-around |
| Bronze | Tatiana Lysenko | 1992 Barcelona | Women's vault |
| Silver | Tatiana Gutsu | 1992 Barcelona | Women's uneven bars |
| Gold | Tatiana Lysenko | 1992 Barcelona | Women's balance beam |
| Bronze | Tatiana Gutsu | 1992 Barcelona | Women's floor exercise |