Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars

These are the results of the women's uneven bars competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 28 and 31st at the Sports Hall.

Women's uneven bars
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Karin Janz en route to gold
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karin Janz  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Korbut  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erika Zuchold  East Germany
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Results edit

Qualification edit

One-hundred eighteen gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on August 27 and 28. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 31.

Final edit

Rank Gymnast C O Prelim Final Total
    Karin Janz (GDR) 9.850 9.700 9.775 9.900 19.675
    Olga Korbut (URS) 9.600 9.700 9.650 9.800 19.450
    Erika Zuchold (GDR) 9.700 9.600 9.650 9.800 19.450
4   Ludmila Tourischeva (URS) 9.600 9.650 9.625 9.800 19.425
5   Ilona Bekesi (HUN) 9.600 9.550 9.575 9.700 19.275
6   Angelika Hellmann (GDR) 9.600 9.500 9.550 9.650 19.200

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