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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.
[3] [4] Latynina has the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history, with 18. She won six medals in each Olympic Games that she competed in, winning the individual all-around titles in 1956 and 1960. [3] Astakhova won two medals in 1956, four medals in 1960, and four medals in 1964. She won the uneven bars golds in 1960 and 1964. [4]
Gymnastics at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee; List of Asian Games medalists in gymnastics; List of top Olympic gymnastics medalists
Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well.
In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics. [8] She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in. [5] Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, which was the most of any American ...
At 17 years old, Ángel Barajas earned Colombia its first-ever Olympic medal in gymnastics during the high bar competition. Barajas had the same score as gold medalist Shinnosuke Oka, but won ...
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 ...
USA men's gymnastics wins first Olympic medal in 16 years. The United States men's gymnastics team won a bronze medal, its first since 2008. Japan earned gold, while China won silver despite ...