Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by 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 one's 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). Judging system was basically the same, as at the previous Olympics.

Medals

Pos	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	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

Rank	Team / Competitor	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
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

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
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

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

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Gimnasia en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich 1972 para niños