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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.
Ágnes Keleti and Margit Korondi both competed for Hungary in 1956 and 1960. [7][8] Keleti won 10 medals, including two golds on floor exercise. [7] Korondi won eight total medals. [8] Czechoslovakia's Věra Čáslavská won 11 total Olympic medals, the second-most of any female gymnast. She won one in 1960, four in 1964, and six in 1968.
Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens details: Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece: Hermann Weingärtner Germany: Petros Persakis Greece: 1900 Paris: not included in the Olympic program: 1904 St. Louis details: Herman Glass United States: William Merz United States: Emil Voigt United States: 1908–1920: not included in the Olympic program: 1924 Paris details ...
Sunisa Lee is the first to follow a gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around in one Games with a medal in the same event at the following Olympics since Nadia Comaneci in 1976 and ’80.
In 2016, the U.S. won the team all-around gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The Final Five" (as the team members were the last 5 who competed under Marta Karolyi) and featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman.
Biles collected her eighth Olympic medal, making her the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast, passing Shannon Miller’s seven medals. The 27-year-old can add to her medal haul this week in the ...
PARIS — One of the traditions of the United States women’s gymnastic team is after winning a gold medal in the team competition, they give themselves a name. The Magnificent Seven of 1996 in ...
Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti won individual gold medals at the age of 35 at the 1956 Olympics. Larisa Latynina , the first great Soviet gymnast, won her first Olympic all-around medal at the age of 21, her second at 25 and her third at 29; she became the 1958 World Champion while pregnant with her daughter. [ 2 ]