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The scoring in all the events was similar to that of the gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals.
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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City from 12–27 October 1968. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics , was included in the Games.
The score for each team was the sum of its six members' best scores. On each of the four apparatuses, the top five scores in each category (compulsory and optional) were counted, for a total of 10 scores per apparatus.
Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.
The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.There were 117 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. [1]
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.
These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Larisa Petrik's gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright.