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Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania (6), United States (6), Hungary (4), East Germany (2), Russia (2), Brazil (1), and Czechoslovakia (1) are also ...
not included in the Olympic program: 1904 St. Louis details: George Eyser United States: Anton Heida United States: John Duha United States: 1908–1920: not included in the Olympic program: 1924 Paris details: August Güttinger Switzerland: Robert Pražák Czechoslovakia: Giorgio Zampori Italy: 1928 Amsterdam details: Ladislav Vácha ...
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, look back at U.S. gymnastics history, including moments from Simone Biles, Mary Lou Retton, Gabby Douglas and Shannon Miller.
Total medals Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Rank 15 Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 1972, 1976, 1980: 7: 5: 3: 1 13 Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union 1956, 1960, 1964: 7: 4: 2: 2 ...
The gymnasts met again at the 2019 U.S. National Championships, where Biles and Skinner qualified for the U.S. Women’s Senior National Team, per USA Gymnastics. September 2019
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the ...
He coached nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, sixteen European medalists, and six U.S. national champions. He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. Béla and Márta Károlyi as a coaching team were inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.