Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

, fourteen different artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Sports Hall

Olympiahalle

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in Munich

Munich

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from August 27 through September 1.

Format of competition

The gymnastics competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

was carried out in three stages:

Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.

Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.

Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.

No limits were imposed as to how many gymnasts each country could enter into the individual all-around final or apparatus finals.

Men's events

Team all-around	Shigeru Kasamatsu Shigeru Kasamatsu is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic... Sawao Kato Sawao Kato Sawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games... Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... Akinori Nakayama Akinori Nakayama is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of Chukyo University.Winning six gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals, Nakayama was an important factor in the Japanese men's gymnastics team winning the team competition in the 1968 and 1972 summer Olympic games... Teruichi Okamura Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. His remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition...	Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... Viktor Klimenko Viktor Klimenko (gymnast) Viktor Klimenko is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Klimenko competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a silver medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in parallel bars.He represented the Soviet Union at the 1972... Alexander Maleev Edvard Mikaelian Vladimir Schukin Mikhail Voronin Mikhail Voronin Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...	Matthias Brehme Wolfgang Klotz Klaus Köste Klaus Köste Klaus Köste is a German gymnast and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and received bronze medals in team combined exercises in three olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972.-References:... Jürgen Paeke Jürgen Paeke Jürgen Paeke is a German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo He won international at competition. - References :... Reinhard Rychly Wolfgang Thüne
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar

Women's events

Team all-around	Lyubov Burda Lyubov Burda Lyubov Viktorovna Burda is a Russian artistic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet team who won the Team gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she is the 1970 World bronze medalist on vault, a medal she tied for with teammate Ludmilla... Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... Antonina Koshel Tamara Lazakovich Tamara Lazakovich Tamara Vasilyevna Lazakovich , born 11 March 1954 in village Gusevo in the Pravdinskiy rayon of the Kaliningrad region of Russia, was an Soviet gymnast whose competed at the European, World, and Olympic level during the early 1970s.Described as a "perky sparrow" with a "purity of line", Lazakovich... Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada.... Ludmila Tourischeva	Irene Abel Irene Abel Irene Abel is a German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. Her team took a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-External links:... Angelika Hellmann Karin Janz Richarda Schmeisser Christine Schmitt Erika Zuchold Erika Zuchold Erica Zuchold , is a former East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s....	Ilona Bekesi Monika Csaszar Marta Kelemen Aniko Kery Krisztina Medveczky Zsuzsa Nagy
Individual all-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor

Medal table

1	6	6	4	16
2	5	5	6	16
3	3	3	3	9
4	0	0	1	1
Total	14	14	14	42

Format of competition

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

See also