# Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

The women's floor exercise competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall II from 22 to 23 July. It was the first appearance of the event.

## Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The four apparatus that would become standard (floor, balance beam, uneven bars, and vault) were all used in the same Games for the first time.
No separate finals were contested.
For each individual exercise, five judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments. The top and bottom scores were discarded and the remaining three scores averaged to give the exercise total. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.
The competitor had the option to make a second try only on the compulsory exercise—with the second attempt counting regardless of whether it was better than the first. For voluntary exercises, only one attempt could be made.

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total |
| | Ágnes Keleti | Hungary | 9.50 | 9.86 | 19.36 |
| | Maria Gorokhovskaya | Soviet Union | 9.50 | 9.70 | 19.20 |
| | Margit Korondi | Hungary | 9.40 | 9.60 | 19.00 |
| 4 | Galina Urbanovich | Soviet Union | 9.43 | 9.56 | 18.99 |
| 4 | Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles | Hungary | 9.26 | 9.73 | 18.99 |
| 6 | Galina Minaicheva | Soviet Union | 9.36 | 9.60 | 18.96 |
| 7 | Olga Tass | Hungary | 9.23 | 9.66 | 18.89 |
| 8 | Galina Shamrai | Soviet Union | 9.23 | 9.63 | 18.86 |
| 9 | Edit Perényi-Weckinger | Hungary | 9.16 | 9.66 | 18.82 |
| 10 | Nina Bocharova | Soviet Union | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 |
| 11 | Pelageya Danilova | Soviet Union | 9.23 | 9.43 | 18.60 |
| 12 | Medea Jugeli | Soviet Union | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 |
| 13 | Eva Věchtová | Czechoslovakia | 9.36 | 9.23 | 18.59 |
| 13 | Mária Kövi-Zalai | Hungary | 9.16 | 9.43 | 18.59 |
| 15 | Tsvetanka Stancheva | Bulgaria | 9.16 | 9.20 | 18.36 |
| 16 | Karin Lindberg | Sweden | 9.23 | 9.10 | 18.33 |
| 17 | Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling | Sweden | 8.90 | 9.40 | 18.30 |
| 18 | Helena Rakoczy | Poland | 9.26 | 9.03 | 18.29 |
| 19 | Andrea Bodó | Hungary | 9.16 | 9.10 | 18.26 |
| 20 | Alena Chadimová | Czechoslovakia | 9.20 | 9.03 | 18.23 |
| 20 | Gun Röring | Sweden | 9.30 | 8.93 | 18.23 |
| 22 | Stefania Świerzy | Poland | 9.26 | 8.90 | 18.16 |
| 23 | Stela Perin | Romania | 9.00 | 9.13 | 18.13 |
| 24 | Hanna Grages | Germany | 9.06 | 9.03 | 18.09 |
| 24 | Miranda Cicognani | Italy | 8.83 | 0.26 | 18.09 |
| 26 | Stefania Reindl | Poland | 9.06 | 9.00 | 18.06 |
| 26 | Clara Schroth-Lomady | United States | 9.10 | 8.96 | 18.06 |
| 28 | Irén Daruházi-Karcsics | Hungary | 9.03 | 9.00 | 18.03 |
| 28 | Rayna Grigorova | Bulgaria | 9.23 | 8.80 | 18.03 |
| 29 | Ivanka Dolzheva | Bulgaria | 9.06 | 8.96 | 18.02 |
| 31 | Lydia Zeitlhofer | Germany | 9.13 | 8.86 | 17.99 |
| 31 | Vanja Blomberg | Sweden | 9.03 | 8.96 | 17.99 |
| 33 | Věra Vančurová | Czechoslovakia | 9.20 | 8.76 | 17.96 |
| 33 | Alexandra Lemoine | France | 8.80 | 9.16 | 17.96 |
| 33 | Luciana Reali | Italy | 8.83 | 9.10 | 17.93 |
| 36 | Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen | Finland | 9.16 | 8.76 | 17.92 |
| 37 | Evy Berggren | Sweden | 8.86 | 9.03 | 17.89 |
| 37 | Göta Pettersson | Sweden | 8.86 | 9.03 | 17.89 |
| 37 | Ida Kadlec | Austria | 9.16 | 8.73 | 17.89 |
| 37 | Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska | Poland | 9.16 | 8.73 | 17.89 |
| 41 | Vappu Salonen | Finland | 9.10 | 8.76 | 17.86 |
| 41 | Arja Lehtinen | Finland | 9.03 | 8.83 | 17.86 |
| 43 | Jana Rabasová | Czechoslovakia | 9.03 | 8.76 | 17.79 |
| 44 | Grazia Bozzo | Italy | 8.43 | 9.33 | 17.76 |
| 44 | Elisabetta Durelli | Italy | 8.86 | 8.90 | 17.76 |
| 44 | Tereza Kočiš | Yugoslavia | 8.93 | 8.83 | 17.76 |
| 45 | Ekaterina Kalinchuk | Soviet Union | 8.83 | 8.90 | 17.73 |
| 47 | Irma Walther | Germany | 8.80 | 8.93 | 17.73 |
| 47 | Hana Bobková | Czechoslovakia | 9.13 | 8.60 | 17.73 |
| 47 | Hjördis Nordin | Sweden | 8.93 | 8.80 | 17.73 |
| 51 | Zofia Kowalczyk | Poland | 8.86 | 8.83 | 17.69 |
| 52 | Liliana Scaricabarozzi | Italy | 8.70 | 8.96 | 17.66 |
| 52 | Ginette Durand | France | 8.60 | 9.06 | 17.66 |
| 52 | Inge Sedlmaier | Germany | 8.96 | 8.70 | 17.66 |
| 52 | Olga Munteanu | Romania | 8.93 | 8.73 | 17.66 |
| 56 | Licia Macchini | Italy | 8.90 | 8.73 | 17.63 |
| 56 | Elisabeth Ostermeyer | Germany | 9.00 | 8.63 | 17.63 |
| 58 | Ingrid Sandahl | Sweden | 9.40 | 8.20 | 17.60 |
| 59 | Ruth Grulkowski | United States | 8.96 | 8.63 | 17.59 |
| 59 | Hedwig Traindl | Austria | 9.06 | 8.53 | 17.59 |
| 61 | Božena Srncová | Czechoslovakia | 9.00 | 8.56 | 17.56 |
| 61 | Olga Göllner | Romania | 8.73 | 8.83 | 17.56 |
| 61 | Ileana Gyarfaş | Romania | 8.73 | 8.83 | 17.56 |
| 61 | Sonja Rožman | Yugoslavia | 8.70 | 8.86 | 17.56 |
| 61 | Anka Drinić | Yugoslavia | 8.93 | 8.63 | 17.56 |
| 61 | Penka Prisadashka | Bulgaria | 9.06 | 8.50 | 17.56 |
| 67 | Gerti Fesl | Austria | 8.90 | 8.60 | 17.50 |
| 67 | Madeleine Jouffroy | France | 8.90 | 8.60 | 17.50 |
| 63 | Lidia Pitteri | Italy | 8.63 | 8.86 | 17.49 |
| 69 | Alena Reichová | Czechoslovakia | 9.06 | 8.43 | 17.49 |
| 71 | Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova | Bulgaria | 9.03 | 8.43 | 17.46 |
| 71 | Wolfgard Voß | Germany | 8.93 | 8.53 | 17.46 |
| 73 | Vasilka Stancheva | Bulgaria | 9.10 | 8.33 | 17.43 |
| 73 | Matylda Šínová | Czechoslovakia | 9.03 | 8.40 | 17.43 |
| 73 | Brigitte Kiesler | Germany | 9.13 | 8.30 | 17.43 |
| 76 | Meta Elste | United States | 8.96 | 8.46 | 17.42 |
| 77 | Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel | Poland | 8.66 | 8.70 | 17.36 |
| 78 | Renata Bianchi | Italy | 8.36 | 8.96 | 17.32 |
| 79 | Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | Austria | 8.86 | 8.43 | 17.29 |
| 80 | Ada Smolnikar | Yugoslavia | 8.63 | 8.60 | 17.23 |
| 81 | Maila Nisula | Finland | 8.86 | 8.36 | 17.22 |
| 82 | Grethe Werner | Norway | 8.40 | 8.80 | 17.20 |
| 83 | Helga Bîrsan | Romania | 8.86 | 8.30 | 17.16 |
| 83 | Colette Hué | France | 8.90 | 8.26 | 17.16 |
| 85 | Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard | Great Britain | 8.70 | 8.43 | 17.13 |
| 86 | Urszula Łukomska | Poland | 8.46 | 8.66 | 17.12 |
| 87 | Colette Fanara | France | 8.80 | 8.30 | 17.10 |
| 88 | Trude Gollner-Kolar | Austria | 8.83 | 8.23 | 17.06 |
| 89 | Tanja Žutić | Yugoslavia | 8.63 | 8.40 | 17.03 |
| 89 | Pirkko Pyykönen | Finland | 8.73 | 8.30 | 17.03 |
| 91 | Eveline Slavici | Romania | 8.36 | 8.66 | 17.02 |
| 91 | Pirkko Vilppunen | Finland | 8.76 | 8.26 | 17.02 |
| 93 | Honorata Marcińczak | Poland | 8.50 | 8.50 | 17.00 |
| 94 | Irène Pittelioen | France | 8.46 | 8.53 | 16.99 |
| 95 | Hilde Koop | Germany | 8.66 | 8.30 | 16.96 |
| 96 | Marie Hoesly | United States | 8.70 | 8.20 | 16.90 |
| 97 | Lenie Gerrietsen | Netherlands | 8.33 | 8.56 | 16.89 |
| 97 | Pat Hirst | Great Britain | 8.43 | 8.46 | 16.89 |
| 99 | Milica Rožman | Yugoslavia | 8.56 | 8.30 | 16.86 |
| 100 | Teofila Băiașu | Romania | 8.30 | 8.53 | 16.83 |
| 101 | Nada Spasić | Yugoslavia | 8.63 | 8.16 | 16.79 |
| 101 | Raili Hoviniemi | Finland | 8.53 | 8.26 | 16.79 |
| 103 | Marian Barone | United States | 8.30 | 8.46 | 16.76 |
| 103 | Liliane Montagne | France | 8.73 | 8.03 | 16.76 |
| 103 | Dorothy Dalton | United States | 8.43 | 8.33 | 16.76 |
| 103 | Edeltraud Schramm | Austria | 8.80 | 7.96 | 16.76 |
| 103 | Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen | Norway | 8.40 | 8.36 | 16.76 |
| 103 | Raija Simola | Finland | 8.86 | 7.90 | 16.76 |
| 109 | Ruth Topalian | United States | 8.33 | 8.33 | 16.66 |
| 110 | Stoyanka Angelova | Bulgaria | 8.63 | 8.00 | 16.63 |
| 111 | Yordanka Yovkova | Bulgaria | 8.60 | 8.00 | 16.60 |
| 111 | Jeanette Vogelbacher | France | 8.40 | 8.20 | 16.60 |
| 113 | Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh | Netherlands | 8.03 | 8.50 | 16.53 |
| 113 | Dália da Cunha-Sammer | Portugal | 8.10 | 8.43 | 16.53 |
| 115 | Norveig Karlsen | Norway | 8.10 | 8.40 | 16.50 |
| 116 | Nanny Simon | Netherlands | 8.50 | 7.93 | 16.43 |
| 117 | Toetie Selbach | Netherlands | 8.36 | 8.06 | 16.42 |
| 118 | Annie Ros | Netherlands | 8.36 | 8.03 | 16.39 |
| 119 | Jo Cox-Ladru | Netherlands | 8.20 | 8.13 | 16.33 |
| 119 | Elisabeta Abrudeanu | Romania | 7.83 | 8.50 | 16.33 |
| 121 | Gertrude Gries | Austria | 8.36 | 7.90 | 16.26 |
| 122 | Maria Laura Amorim | Portugal | 8.20 | 8.03 | 16.23 |
| 123 | Hildegard Grill | Austria | 8.70 | 7.46 | 16.16 |
| 124 | Marija Ivandekić | Yugoslavia | 8.53 | 7.53 | 16.06 |
| 125 | Tootje Selbach | Netherlands | 8.03 | 7.86 | 15.89 |
| 125 | Margo Morgan | Great Britain | 8.06 | 7.83 | 15.89 |
| 125 | Irene Hirst | Great Britain | 8.06 | 7.83 | 15.89 |
| 128 | Cissy Davies | Great Britain | 8.03 | 7.70 | 15.73 |
| 128 | Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman | Netherlands | 7.80 | 7.93 | 15.73 |
| 130 | Valerie Mullins | Great Britain | 8.06 | 7.66 | 15.72 |
| 131 | Margaret Thomas-Neale | Great Britain | 7.63 | 7.83 | 15.46 |
| 132 | Marjorie Raistrick | Great Britain | 7.93 | 6.96 | 14.89 |
| 133 | Natália Silva | Portugal | 6.96 | 7.33 | 14.29 |
| 134 | Doris Kirkman | United States | 7.96 | — | 7.96 |