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

The women's vault 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, though vault exercises were part of the women's team all-around events in 1928, 1936, and 1948.

## 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.
Each competitor had two tries for each of the compulsory and voluntary vaults, with the better score to count.

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total |
| | Ekaterina Kalinchuk | Soviet Union | 9.70 | 9.50 | 19.20 |
| | Maria Gorokhovskaya | Soviet Union | 9.63 | 9.56 | 19.19 |
| | Galina Minaicheva | Soviet Union | 9.73 | 9.43 | 19.16 |
| 4 | Medea Jugeli | Soviet Union | 9.73 | 9.40 | 19.13 |
| 5 | Galina Urbanovich | Soviet Union | 9.70 | 9.40 | 19.10 |
| 6 | Nina Bocharova | Soviet Union | 9.80 | 9.23 | 19.03 |
| 7 | Karin Lindberg | Sweden | 9.36 | 9.43 | 18.79 |
| 7 | Helena Rakoczy | Poland | 9.53 | 9.26 | 18.79 |
| 9 | Mária Kövi-Zalai | Hungary | 9.46 | 9.30 | 18.76 |
| 9 | Lidia Pitteri | Italy | 9.50 | 9.23 | 18.73 |
| 11 | Edit Perényi-Weckinger | Hungary | 9.33 | 9.30 | 18.63 |
| 12 | Pelageya Danilova | Soviet Union | 9.46 | 9.16 | 18.62 |
| 13 | Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles | Hungary | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 |
| 14 | Licia Macchini | Italy | 9.43 | 9.16 | 18.59 |
| 14 | Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling | Sweden | 9.36 | 9.23 | 18.59 |
| 16 | Olga Tass | Hungary | 9.26 | 9.30 | 18.56 |
| 16 | Miranda Cicognani | Italy | 9.43 | 9.13 | 18.56 |
| 18 | Stefania Reindl | Poland | 9.46 | 9.00 | 18.46 |
| 18 | Stefania Świerzy | Poland | 9.53 | 8.93 | 18.46 |
| 20 | Elisabeth Ostermeyer | Germany | 9.30 | 9.13 | 18.43 |
| 20 | Stela Perin | Romania | 9.43 | 9.00 | 18.43 |
| 22 | Margit Korondi | Hungary | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 |
| 23 | Galina Shamrai | Soviet Union | 9.03 | 9.36 | 18.39 |
| 23 | Andrea Bodó | Hungary | 9.23 | 9.16 | 18.39 |
| 25 | Vasilka Stancheva | Bulgaria | 9.40 | 8.96 | 18.36 |
| 26 | Evy Berggren | Sweden | 9.10 | 9.20 | 18.30 |
| 27 | Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova | Bulgaria | 9.33 | 8.96 | 18.29 |
| 27 | Brigitte Kiesler | Germany | 9.13 | 9.16 | 18.29 |
| 27 | Wolfgard Voß | Germany | 9.13 | 9.16 | 18.29 |
| 30 | Hanna Grages | Germany | 9.23 | 9.03 | 18.26 |
| 31 | Göta Pettersson | Sweden | 9.03 | 9.20 | 18.23 |
| 31 | Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh | Netherlands | 9.13 | 9.10 | 18.23 |
| 33 | Eva Věchtová | Czechoslovakia | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 |
| 33 | Božena Srncová | Czechoslovakia | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 |
| 35 | Jana Rabasová | Czechoslovakia | 9.10 | 9.06 | 18.16 |
| 35 | Liliana Scaricabarozzi | Italy | 9.30 | 8.86 | 18.16 |
| 35 | Gun Röring | Sweden | 9.13 | 9.03 | 18.16 |
| 38 | Irma Walther | Germany | 9.20 | 8.93 | 18.13 |
| 38 | Matylda Šínová | Czechoslovakia | 9.40 | 8.73 | 18.13 |
| 40 | Elisabetta Durelli | Italy | 9.36 | 8.76 | 18.12 |
| 41 | Ágnes Keleti | Hungary | 8.90 | 9.20 | 18.10 |
| 41 | Luciana Reali | Italy | 9.20 | 8.90 | 18.10 |
| 43 | Grazia Bozzo | Italy | 9.03 | 9.06 | 18.09 |
| 44 | Tsvetanka Stancheva | Bulgaria | 9.16 | 8.90 | 18.06 |
| 44 | Alena Chadimová | Czechoslovakia | 9.23 | 8.83 | 18.06 |
| 44 | Ida Kadlec | Austria | 8.93 | 9.13 | 18.06 |
| 44 | Hilde Koop | Germany | 9.03 | 9.03 | 18.06 |
| 43 | Penka Prisadashka | Bulgaria | 9.30 | 8.76 | 18.06 |
| 49 | Alena Reichová | Czechoslovakia | 9.10 | 8.93 | 18.03 |
| 49 | Ivanka Dolzheva | Bulgaria | 9.20 | 8.83 | 18.03 |
| 49 | Tanja Žutić | Yugoslavia | 9.10 | 8.66 | 18.03 |
| 52 | Ingrid Sandahl | Sweden | 8.80 | 9.20 | 18.00 |
| 53 | Lenie Gerrietsen | Netherlands | 8.93 | 9.06 | 17.99 |
| 54 | Pat Hirst | Great Britain | 8.93 | 9.03 | 17.96 |
| 54 | Nada Spasić | Yugoslavia | 9.10 | 8.86 | 17.96 |
| 54 | Marjorie Raistrick | Great Britain | 9.10 | 8.86 | 17.96 |
| 57 | Hana Bobková | Czechoslovakia | 8.93 | 9.00 | 17.93 |
| 57 | Renata Bianchi | Italy | 9.26 | 8.66 | 17.92 |
| 58 | Ruth Topalian | United States | 8.96 | 8.96 | 17.92 |
| 58 | Alexandra Lemoine | France | 9.16 | 8.76 | 17.92 |
| 61 | Sonja Rožman | Yugoslavia | 8.93 | 8.96 | 17.89 |
| 62 | Ginette Durand | France | 8.86 | 8.96 | 17.82 |
| 62 | Arja Lehtinen | Finland | 8.86 | 8.96 | 17.82 |
| 64 | Vappu Salonen | Finland | 8.96 | 8.83 | 17.79 |
| 65 | Marian Barone | United States | 8.90 | 8.86 | 17.76 |
| 65 | Eveline Slavici | Romania | 9.36 | 8.40 | 17.76 |
| 65 | Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | Austria | 9.10 | 8.66 | 17.76 |
| 65 | Hjördis Nordin | Sweden | 8.73 | 9.03 | 17.76 |
| 65 | Norveig Karlsen | Norway | 8.93 | 8.83 | 17.76 |
| 70 | Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard | Great Britain | 9.13 | 8.60 | 17.73 |
| 71 | Inge Sedlmaier | Germany | 9.16 | 8.56 | 17.72 |
| 72 | Irén Daruházi-Karcsics | Hungary | 8.66 | 9.03 | 17.69 |
| 73 | Trude Gollner-Kolar | Austria | 8.80 | 8.86 | 17.66 |
| 73 | Irene Hirst | Great Britain | 8.93 | 8.70 | 17.63 |
| 74 | Grethe Werner | Norway | 8.93 | 8.70 | 17.63 |
| 76 | Věra Vančurová | Czechoslovakia | 9.16 | 8.46 | 17.62 |
| 76 | Margo Morgan | Great Britain | 8.90 | 8.63 | 17.53 |
| 78 | Nanny Simon | Netherlands | 8.90 | 8.60 | 17.50 |
| 79 | Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel | Poland | 9.13 | 8.36 | 17.49 |
| 79 | Cissy Davies | Great Britain | 8.86 | 8.63 | 17.49 |
| 81 | Clara Schroth-Lomady | United States | 8.63 | 8.83 | 17.46 |
| 81 | Valerie Mullins | Great Britain | 8.83 | 8.63 | 17.46 |
| 83 | Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen | Finland | 8.60 | 8.83 | 17.43 |
| 84 | Irène Pittelioen | France | 8.43 | 8.96 | 17.39 |
| 84 | Anka Drinić | Yugoslavia | 8.73 | 8.93 | 17.39 |
| 86 | Honorata Marcińczak | Poland | 8.96 | 8.40 | 17.36 |
| 86 | Tootje Selbach | Netherlands | 8.36 | 9.00 | 17.36 |
| 86 | Ada Smolnikar | Yugoslavia | 8.73 | 8.63 | 17.36 |
| 86 | Dália da Cunha-Sammer | Portugal | 8.33 | 9.03 | 17.36 |
| 86 | Maria Laura Amorim | Portugal | 8.80 | 8.56 | 17.36 |
| 91 | Helga Bîrsan | Romania | 9.06 | 8.26 | 17.32 |
| 91 | Elisabeta Abrudeanu | Romania | 9.06 | 8.26 | 17.32 |
| 93 | Zofia Kowalczyk | Poland | 8.96 | 8.33 | 17.29 |
| 94 | Ileana Gyarfaş | Romania | 8.70 | 8.56 | 17.26 |
| 94 | Margaret Thomas-Neale | Great Britain | 8.83 | 8.43 | 17.26 |
| 96 | Vanja Blomberg | Sweden | 8.23 | 9.00 | 17.23 |
| 96 | Ruth Grulkowski | United States | 8.90 | 8.30 | 17.20 |
| 98 | Hedwig Traindl | Austria | 8.66 | 8.53 | 17.19 |
| 98 | Colette Hué | France | 8.86 | 8.33 | 17.19 |
| 100 | Yordanka Yovkova | Bulgaria | 9.13 | 8.03 | 17.16 |
| 101 | Gertrude Gries | Austria | 8.40 | 8.66 | 17.06 |
| 101 | Dorothy Dalton | United States | 8.46 | 8.66 | 17.06 |
| 103 | Annie Ros | Netherlands | 8.00 | 8.93 | 16.93 |
| 104 | Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen | Norway | 8.53 | 8.36 | 16.89 |
| 105 | Colette Fanara | France | 8.76 | 8.10 | 16.86 |
| 106 | Jo Cox-Ladru | Netherlands | 8.03 | 8.80 | 16.83 |
| 107 | Gerti Fesl | Austria | 8.96 | 7.80 | 16.76 |
| 108 | Rayna Grigorova | Bulgaria | 8.80 | 7.93 | 16.73 |
| 109 | Madeleine Jouffroy | France | 9.00 | 7.70 | 16.70 |
| 101 | Marija Ivandekić | Yugoslavia | 8.40 | 8.16 | 16.56 |
| 111 | Olga Göllner | Romania | 8.13 | 8.40 | 16.53 |
| 112 | Liliane Montagne | France | 8.73 | 7.70 | 16.43 |
| 113 | Pirkko Vilppunen | Finland | 8.16 | 8.26 | 16.42 |
| 114 | Marie Hoesly | United States | 7.73 | 8.60 | 16.33 |
| 115 | Olga Munteanu | Romania | 8.16 | 8.06 | 16.22 |
| 116 | Raili Hoviniemi | Finland | 7.90 | 8.30 | 16.20 |
| 117 | Lydia Zeitlhofer | Germany | 7.50 | 8.63 | 16.13 |
| 118 | Edeltraud Schramm | Austria | 7.36 | 8.40 | 15.76 |
| 118 | Maila Nisula | Finland | 7.86 | 7.90 | 15.76 |
| 120 | Milica Rožman | Yugoslavia | 6.83 | 8.83 | 15.66 |
| 121 | Urszula Łukomska | Poland | 7.36 | 8.26 | 15.62 |
| 121 | Pirkko Pyykönen | Finland | 7.76 | 7.86 | 15.62 |
| 123 | Hildegard Grill | Austria | 7.86 | 7.73 | 15.59 |
| 124 | Jeanette Vogelbacher | France | 8.00 | 7.56 | 15.56 |
| 125 | Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska | Poland | 7.33 | 7.96 | 15.29 |
| 126 | Toetie Selbach | Netherlands | 7.36 | 7.90 | 15.26 |
| 127 | Raija Simola | Finland | 8.16 | 6.73 | 14.89 |
| 128 | Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman | Netherlands | 7.26 | 6.33 | 13.59 |
| 129 | Stoyanka Angelova | Bulgaria | 5.93 | 7.40 | 13.33 |
| 130 | Tereza Kočiš | Yugoslavia | 0.00 | 9.10 | 9.10 |
| 131 | Meta Elste | United States | — | 8.66 | 8.66 |
| 132 | Teofila Băiașu | Romania | - | 8.26 | 8.26 |
| 133 | Natália Silva | Portugal | 0.00 | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| 134 | Doris Kirkman | United States | 7.10 | — | 7.10 |