Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | National Auditorium |
Dates | 21 October – 26 October 1968 |
Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of gymnasts | ||
Artistic | ||
Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
At the
Format of competition
The scoring in all the events was similar to that of the gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like the men's competition. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
Results
Men's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual all-around |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
Akinori Nakayama Japan | |
Team all-around |
Victor Lisitsky
Mikhail Voronin |
East Germany (GDR) Günter Beier Matthias Brehme Gerhard Dietrich Siegfried Fülle Klaus Köste Peter Weber | |
Floor exercise |
Akinori Nakayama Japan |
Takeshi Katō Japan | |
Horizontal bar |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
none awarded | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
Akinori Nakayama Japan | |||
Parallel bars |
Akinori Nakayama Japan |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union |
Pommel horse |
Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia |
Olli Laiho Finland |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
Rings |
Akinori Nakayama Japan |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
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Vault |
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual all-around |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
Team all-around |
Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Burda Olga Karasyova Natalia Kuchinskaya Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina |
East Germany (GDR) Maritta Bauerschmidt Karin Janz Marianne Noack Magdalena Schmidt Ute Starke Erika Zuchold | |
Balance beam |
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia |
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union |
Floor exercise |
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union |
none awarded | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | |||
Uneven bars |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia |
Karin Janz East Germany |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
Vault |
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia |
Erika Zuchold East Germany |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
Controversy
Larisa Petrik's gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country. A similar controversy occurred in the balance beam, where Čáskavská was denied gold altogether.[2]
See also
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
References
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21.