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List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for the Soviet Union

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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]

Larisa Latynina

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 edit

 
Nellie Kim
 
Natalia Kuchinskaya
 
Yelena Shushunova
Gymnast Years Gold Silver Bronze Total medals Ref.
Polina Astakhova 1956, 1960, 1964 5 2 3 10 [7]
Svetlana Baitova 1988 1 0 0 1 [18]
Nina Bocharova 1952 2 2 0 4 [19]
Svetlana Boginskaya 1988 2 1 1 4 [20]
Lyubov Burda 1968, 1972 2 0 0 2 [21]
Pelageya Danilova 1952 1 1 0 2 [22]
Yelena Davydova 1980 2 1 0 3 [23]
Maria Filatova 1976, 1980 2 0 1 3 [24]
Maria Gorokhovskaya 1952 2 5 0 7 [10]
Lyudmila Gromova 1964 1 0 0 1 [25]
Svetlana Grozdova 1976 1 0 0 1 [26]
Lidiya Ivanova 1956, 1960 2 0 1 3 [27]
Medeya Jugeli 1952 1 1 0 2 [28]
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 1952 2 1 0 3 [29]
Olga Karasyova 1968 1 0 0 1 [30]
Nellie Kim 1976, 1980 5 1 0 6 [11]
Olga Korbut 1972, 1976 4 2 0 6 [12]
Antonina Koshel 1972 1 0 0 1 [31]
Natalia Kuchinskaya 1968 2 0 2 4 [32]
Larisa Latynina 1956, 1960, 1964 9 5 4 18 [6]
Tamara Lazakovich 1972 1 1 2 4 [33]
Natalia Lashchenova 1988 1 0 0 1 [34]
Tamara Manina 1956, 1964 2 3 1 6 [13]
Galina Minaicheva 1952 1 1 1 3 [35]
Sofia Muratova 1956, 1960 2 2 4 8 [9]
Yelena Naimushina 1980 1 0 0 1 [36]
Margarita Nikolaeva 1960 2 0 0 2 [37]
Larisa Petrik 1968 2 0 1 3 [38]
Elvira Saadi 1972, 1976 2 0 0 2 [39]
Galina Shamrai 1952 1 1 0 2 [40]
Natalia Shaposhnikova 1980 2 0 2 4 [41]
Yelena Shevchenko 1988 1 0 0 1 [42]
Yelena Shushunova 1988 2 1 1 4 [43]
Olga Strazheva 1988 1 0 0 1 [44]
Ludmilla Tourischeva 1968, 1972, 1976 4 3 2 9 [8]
Galina Urbanovich 1952 1 1 0 2 [45]
Elena Volchetskaya 1964 1 0 0 1 [46]
Zinaida Voronina 1968 1 1 2 4 [47]
Lyudmila Yegorova 1956 1 0 1 2 [48]
Stella Zakharova 1980 1 0 0 1 [49]
Tamara Zamotaylova 1960, 1964 2 0 2 4 [50]

Medalists edit

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

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