List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for the Soviet Union

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.^[1] Soviet female gymnasts participated in every Olympic Games from 1952 to 1988, except for 1984.^[2] A total of 41 female gymnasts represented the Soviet Union. Soviet women won 88 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 2 in team portable apparatus, 18 in individual all-around, 15 in balance beam, 17 in floor exercise, 15 in vault, and 12 in uneven bars. The medals included 33 golds.^[3] The Soviet Union won the gold medal in team all-around in all nine Summer Olympics that they participated in.^[2][4] The Soviet Union's success might be explained by a heavy state's investment in elite sports to fulfill its political agenda on an international stage.^[5]

Eight Soviet female gymnasts won at least six medals at the Olympic Games: Larisa Latynina (18), Polina Astakhova (10), Ludmilla Tourischeva (9), Sofia Muratova (8), Maria Gorokhovskaya (7), Nellie Kim (6), Olga Korbut (6), and Tamara Manina (6).^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Competing at her only Olympics in 1952, Maria Gorokhovskaya won seven medals, setting a record for the most medals ever won in a single Olympics by a woman. She won golds in team all-around and individual all-around.^[10]

Larisa Latynina competed at three Olympic Games from 1956 to 1964, and her 18 career Olympic medals is a record for any female athlete. She won six medals in each Olympics that she participated in. Nine of her medals were gold, and she won three straight floor exercise titles.^[6][14][15] Polina Astakhova also competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Games. She won 10 total medals and ranks second to Latynina for the most medals among Soviet female gymnasts. Astakhova won uneven bars gold medals in 1960 and 1964.^[7]

Latynina's and Astakhova's teammates included Sofia Muratova and Tamara Manina. Muratova won eight total medals in 1956 and 1960, and Manina won six total medals in the 1956 and 1964 Games.^[9][13]

Ludmilla Tourischeva competed at three Olympics and won nine total medals – one in 1968, four in 1972, and four in 1976. Her golds included the 1972 individual all-around.^[16] Olga Korbut, who competed at her first Olympics in 1972, was popular with fans and the media for her daring moves. That year, she won four medals, including golds in balance beam and floor exercise. She won two more medals in 1976 and finished her career with six overall.^[12] Nellie Kim, who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, also had six total medals. She won two golds in floor exercise.^[17]

Gymnasts

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Gold	Bocharova, Danilova, Gorokhovskaya, Jugeli, Kalinchuk, Minaicheva, Shamrai, Urbanovich	1952 Helsinki	Women's team
Silver	Bocharova, Danilova, Gorokhovskaya, Jugeli, Kalinchuk, Minaicheva, Shamrai, Urbanovich		Women's team portable apparatus
Gold	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's all-around
Silver	Nina Bocharova		Women's all-around
Gold	Ekaterina Kalinchuk		Women's vault
Silver	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's vault
Bronze	Galina Minaicheva		Women's vault
Silver	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nina Bocharova		Women's balance beam
Silver	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's balance beam
Silver	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Astakhova, Yegorova, Kalinina, Latynina, Manina, Muratova	1956 Melbourne	Women's team
Bronze	Astakhova, Yegorova, Kalinina, Latynina, Manina, Muratova		Women's team portable apparatus
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Sofia Muratova		Women's all-around
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's vault
Silver	Tamara Manina		Women's vault
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Sofia Muratova		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Tamara Manina		Women's balance beam
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Astakhova, Ivanova, Latynina, Lyukhina, Muratova, Nikolaeva	1960 Rome	Women's team
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's all-around
Silver	Sofia Muratova		Women's all-around
Bronze	Polina Astakhova		Women's all-around
Gold	Margarita Nikolaeva		Women's vault
Silver	Sofia Muratova		Women's vault
Bronze	Larisa Latynina		Women's vault
Gold	Polina Astakhova		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Tamara Lyukhina		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Sofia Muratova		Women's balance beam
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Polina Astakhova		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Tamara Lyukhina		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Astakhova, Gromova, Latynina, Manina, Volchetskaya, Zamotaylova	1964 Tokyo	Women's team
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Polina Astakhova		Women's all-around
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's vault
Gold	Polina Astakhova		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Larisa Latynina		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Tamara Manina		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Larisa Latynina		Women's balance beam
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Polina Astakhova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Burda, Karasyova, Kuchinskaya, Petrik, Tourischeva, Voronina	1968 Mexico City	Women's team
Silver	Zinaida Voronina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's all-around
Bronze	Zinaida Voronina		Women's vault
Bronze	Zinaida Voronina		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Larisa Petrik		Women's balance beam
Gold	Larisa Petrik		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Burda, Korbut, Koshel, Lazakovich, Saadi, Tourischeva	1972 Munich	Women's team
Gold	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's all-around
Bronze	Tamara Lazakovich		Women's all-around
Bronze	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's vault
Silver	Olga Korbut		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Olga Korbut		Women's balance beam
Silver	Tamara Lazakovich		Women's balance beam
Gold	Olga Korbut		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Filatova, Grozdova, Kim, Korbut, Saadi, Tourischeva	1976 Montreal	Women's team
Silver	Nellie Kim		Women's all-around
Bronze	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's all-around
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's vault
Silver	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's vault
Silver	Olga Korbut		Women's balance beam
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Ludmila Tourischeva		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Davydova, Filatova, Kim, Naimushina, Shaposhnikova, Zakharova	1980 Moscow	Women's team
Gold	Elena Davydova		Women's all-around
Gold	Natalia Shaposhnikova		Women's vault
Bronze	Maria Filatova		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Elena Davydova		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Natalia Shaposhnikova		Women's balance beam
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Natalia Shaposhnikova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Baitova, Boginskaya, Laschenova, Shevchenko, Shushunova, Strazheva	1988 Seoul	Women's team
Gold	Elena Shushunova		Women's all-around
Bronze	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's all-around
Gold	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's vault
Bronze	Elena Shushunova		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Elena Shushunova		Women's balance beam
Silver	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's floor exercise
As the Unified Team
Gold	Boginskaya, Chusovitina, Galiyeva, Grudneva, Gutsu, Lysenko	1992 Barcelona	Women's team
Gold	Tatiana Gutsu		Women's all-around
Bronze	Tatiana Lysenko		Women's vault
Silver	Tatiana Gutsu		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Tatiana Lysenko		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Tatiana Gutsu		Women's floor exercise

References

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