Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

**Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics** had 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. The competition was held from August 27 to September 1 at the Sports Hall in Munich.

## Format of competition

The scoring in the team competition event and in event finals was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics. But in the all-around the scoring system became similar to that of event finals: for the all-around a gymnast showed their skills once more on each of the apparatuses; to get the "Total" value for the all-around performance, marks in the team competition were added together, the result was divided by two ("Prelim" value) and added to the sum of marks for all-around routines ("Final" value).

## Medals

|**Pos**|**Country:**|!align="center" bgcolor="gold"|**Gold:**|!align="center" bgcolor="silver"|**Silver:**|!align="center" bgcolor="CC9966"|**Bronze:**|**Total: **|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|USSR|6|6|4|16||||
|2|Japan|5|5|6|16||||
|3|GDR|3|4|2|9||||
|4|Hungary|0|0|1|1||||

## Men's events

"C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

### Individual all-around

"Prelim" mark is the value from the "Score" column of the team competition table, divided by two.

|Rank||Athlete||FX||PH||RG||VT||PB||HB||Final||Prelim.||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Sawao Kato (JPN)|9.25|9.40|9.60|9.50|9.60|9.75|57.10|57.550|**114.650**|||||||||||
|2|Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)|9.45|9.60|9.50|9.60|9.45|9.60|57.20|57.375|**114.575**|||||||||||
|3|Akinori Nakayama (JPN)|9.50|9.40|9.55|9.45|9.65|9.65|57.20|57.125|**114.325**|||||||||||

### Team competition

|rowspan=2|Rank|rowspan=2 width=150px|Team / Competitor|colspan=2|FX|colspan=2|PH|colspan=2|RG|colspan=2|VT|colspan=2|PB|colspan=2|HB|colspan=2|Total|rowspan=2|Score|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|**Japan**|47.20|47.95|46.90|47.10|47.70|47.90|46.85|46.30|47.75|48.25|48.65|48.70|285.05|286.20|**571.25**||||
|Sawao Kato|9.50|9.60|9.40|9.60|9.50|9.60|9.50|9.50|9.60|9.75|9.85|9.70|57.35|57.75|115.10|||||
|Eizo Kenmotsu|9.40|9.65|9.50|9.60|9.60|9.50|9.40|9.40|9.65|9.65|9.65|9.75|57.20|57.55|114.75|||||
|Shigeru Kasamatsu|9.45|9.60|9.50|9.55|9.30|9.50|9.40|9.35|9.55|9.70|9.75|9.75|56.95|57.45|114.40|||||
|Akinori Nakayama|9.40|9.65|9.30|9.40|9.70|9.70|9.35|9.25|9.60|9.65|9.65|9.60|57.00|57.25|114.25|||||
|Mitsuo Tsukahara|9.45|9.45|9.20|8.70|9.45|9.60|9.10|8.80|9.35|9.50|9.75|9.90|56.30|55.95|112.25|||||
|Teruichi Okamura|9.30|9.40|9.05|8.95|9.45|9.45|9.20|8.80|9.35|9.40|9.40|9.45|55.75|55.45|11.20|||||
|**2**|**USSR**|46.80|47.10|46.90|46.40|47.20|47.10|46.75|46.50|47.60|47.20|46.95|47.55|282.20|281.85|**564.05**||||
|Nikolai Andrianov|9.60|9.45|9.50|8.80|9.50|9.50|9.60|9.60|9.50|9.55|9.60|9.60|57.30|56.50|113.80|||||
|Mikhail Voronin|9.00|9.45|9.40|9.45|9.60|9.65|9.30|9.20|9.60|9.45|9.35|9.50|56.25|56.70|112.95|||||
|Viktor Klimenko|9.50|8.95|9.50|9.55|9.40|9.30|9.50|9.30|9.65|9.60|9.15|9.25|56.70|55.95|112.65|||||
|Edvard Mikaelian|9.35|9.45|9.35|9.25|9.45|9.35|9.25|9.15|9.50|9.35|9.45|9.60|56.35|56.15|112.50|||||
|Alexander Maleev|9.25|9.35|9.15|9.10|9.25|9.15|9.10|9.20|9.35|9.25|9.20|9.35|55.30|55.40|110.70|||||
|Vladimir Schukin|9.10|9.40|9.05|9.05|9.10|9.30|9.00|9.20|9.00|9.15|9.35|9.50|54.60|55.60|110.20|||||
|**3**|**GDR**|46.10|47.05|46.20|46.00|46.75|46.80|46.40|46.95|46.55|46.85|46.40|47.65|278.40|281.30|**559.70**||||
|Klaus Köste|9.50|9.55|9.20|9.30|9.45|9.55|9.40|9.55|9.50|9.50|9.20|9.55|56.25|57.00|113.25|||||
|Matthias Brehme|9.35|9.45|9.25|9.35|9.40|9.40|9.30|9.45|9.30|9.35|9.30|9.55|55.90|56.55|112.45|||||
|Wolfgang Thüne|9.15|9.30|9.45|9.00|9.50|9.35|9.20|9.40|9.30|9.35|9.50|9.65|56.10|56.05|112.15|||||
|Wolfgang Klotz|9.20|9.40|9.10|9.05|9.40|9.30|9.30|9.20|9.25|9.35|9.05|9.45|55.30|55.75|111.05|||||
|Reinhard Rychly|8.90|9.35|8.90|9.05|9.00|9.20|9.10|9.30|9.20|9.20|9.30|9.45|54.40|55.55|109.95|||||
|Jürgen Paeke|8.75|9.25|9.20|9.25|8.50|9.20|9.20|9.25|9.00|9.30|9.10|9.35|53.75|55.60|109.35|||||

### Floor exercise

"Prelim" value is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine in the team competition on the respective apparatus, divided by two.

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim.||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Nikolai Andrianov (URS)|9.525|9.650|**19.175**|||||
|2|Akinori Nakayama (JPN)|9.525|9.600|**19.125**|||||
|3|Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)|9.525|9.500|**19.025**|||||

### Pommel horse

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Viktor Klimenko (URS)|9.525|9.600|**19.125**|||||
|2|Sawao Kato (JPN)|9.500|9.500|**19.000**|||||
|3|Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)|9.550|9.400|**18.950**|||||

### Rings

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Akinori Nakayama (JPN)|9.700|9.650|**19.350**|||||
|2|Mikhail Voronin (URS)|9.625|9.650|**19.275**|||||
|3|Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)|9.525|9.700|**19.225**|||||

### Vault

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Klaus Köste (GDR)|9.475|9.375|**18.850**|||||
|2|Viktor Klimenko (URS)|9.400|9.425|**18.825**|||||
|3|Nikolai Andrianov (URS)|9.600|9.200|**18.800**|||||

### Parallel bars

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Sawao Kato (JPN)|9.675|9.800|**19.475**|||||
|2|Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)|9.625|9.750|**19.375**|||||
|3|Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)|9.650|9.600|**19.250**|||||

### Horizontal bar

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)|9.825|9.900|**19.725**|||||
|2|Sawao Kato (JPN)|9.775|9.750|**19.525**|||||
|3|Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)|9.750|9.700|**19.450**|||||

## Women's events

"C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

### Individual all-around

"Prelim" mark is the value from the "Score" column of the team competition table, divided by two.

|Rank||Athlete||VT||UB||BB||FX||Final||Prelim.||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|257 Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)|9.65|9.65|9.40|9.90|38.60|38.425|**77.025**|||||||||
|2|93 Karin Janz (GDR)|9.65|9.70|9.40|9.70|38.45|38.425|**76.875**|||||||||
|3|255 Tamara Lazakovich (URS)|9.55|9.70|9.75|9.65|38.65|38.200|**76.850**|||||||||

### Team competition

|rowspan=2|Rank|rowspan=2 width=150px|Team / Competitor|colspan=2|VT|colspan=2|UB|colspan=2|BB|colspan=2|FX|colspan=2|Total|rowspan=2|Score|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|**USSR**|47.55|47.65|47.70|47.55|45.90|48.20|48.00|47.95|189.15|191.35|**380.50**||||
|257 Ludmilla Tourischeva|9.60|9.70|9.60|9.65|9.05|9.75|9.80|9.70|38.05|38.80|76.85|||||
|253 Olga Korbut|9.45|9.60|9.60|9.70|9.25|9.75|9.60|9.75|37.90|38.80|76.70|||||
|255 Tamara Lazakovich|9.60|9.30|9.55|9.50|9.40|9.75|9.70|9.60|38.25|38.15|76.40|||||
|251 Ljubov Burda|9.50|9.55|9.45|9.30|9.00|9.55|9.50|9.50|37.45|37.90|75.35|||||
|Elvira Saadi|9.40|9.40|9.20|9.40|9.20|9.25|9.40|9.40|37.20|37.45|74.65|||||
|Antonina Koshel|9.20|9.40|9.50|8.50|8.95|9.40|9.35|8.70|37.00|36.00|73.00|||||
|**2**|**GDR**|46.85|47.90|48.00|47.65|45.80|46.10|46.65|47.60|187.30|189.25|**376.55**||||
|93 Karin Janz|9.45|9.80|9.85|9.70|9.35|9.50|9.50|9.70|38.15|38.70|76.85|||||
|Erika Zuchold|9.45|9.70|9.70|9.60|9.25|9.35|9.40|9.55|37.80|38.20|76.00|||||
|92 Angelika Hellmann|9.35|9.50|9.60|9.50|9.15|9.20|9.40|9.60|37.50|37.80|75.30|||||
|Irene Abel|9.30|9.55|9.20|9.40|8.90|9.00|9.15|9.25|36.55|37.20|73.75|||||
|Christine Schmitt|9.30|9.35|9.30|9.30|8.90|9.05|9.20|9.30|36.70|37.00|73.70|||||
|Richarda Schmeißer|9.25|8.45|9.55|9.45|9.15|8.85|9.05|9.45|37.00|36.20|73.20|||||
|**3**|**Hungary**|44.70|46.65|47.00|46.85|45.40|46.10|45.05|46.50|182.15|186.10|**368.25**||||
|Ilona Békési|8.90|9.40|9.60|9.55|9.15|9.30|9.10|9.40|36.75|37.65|74.40|||||
|Mónika Császár|9.05|9.30|9.15|9.25|9.25|9.40|9.15|9.30|36.60|37.25|73.85|||||
|Krisztina Medveczky|8.85|9.20|9.40|9.35|9.15|9.35|9.00|9.30|36.40|37.20|73.60|||||
|Anikó Kéry|9.00|9.40|9.40|9.30|8.85|8.95|8.95|9.55|36.20|37.20|73.40|||||
|Márta Kelemen|8.90|9.35|9.45|9.40|9.00|9.10|8.85|8.95|36.20|36.80|73.00|||||
|Zsuzsa Nagy|8.85|9.15|9.15|9.10|8.80|8.75|8.80|8.85|35.60|35.85|71.45|||||

### Vault

"Prelim" value is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine on the respective apparatus in the team competition, divided by two.

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|93 Karin Janz (GDR)|9.625|9.90|**19.525**|||||
|2|Erika Zuchold (GDR)|9.575|9.70|**19.275**|||||
|3|257 Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)|9.650|9.60|**19.250**|||||

### Uneven bars

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|93 Karin Janz (GDR)|9.775|9.90|**19.675**|||||
|2|253 Olga Korbut (URS)|9.650|9.80|**19.450**|||||
|2|Erika Zuchold (GDR)|9.650|9.80|**19.450**|||||

### Balance beam

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|253 Olga Korbut (URS)|9.500|9.90|**19.400**|||||
|2|255 Tamara Lazakovich (URS)|9.575|9.80|**19.375**|||||
|3|93 Karin Janz (GDR)|9.425|9.55|**18.975**|||||

### Floor exercise

|Rank||Athlete||Prelim||Final||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|253 Olga Korbut (URS)|9.675|9.90|**19.575**|||||
|2|257 Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)|9.750|9.80|**19.550**|||||
|3|255 Tamara Lazakovich (URS)|9.650|9.80|**19.450**|||||

Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1972.