Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 7, 1956
Format: Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.
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Gold on this apparatus went to Soviet [Larysa Latynina], who also won gold in Melbourne in the all-around, the team event, and the floor exercise. She would return in 1960 and add a bronze on vault, and 1964, adding a silver. Second in 1956 went to Latyninaâs teammate [Tamara Manina], while bronze was shared by Hungaryâs [Olga Tass-Lemhényi] and Swedenâs [Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling]. The 1954 World Championship title on vault was shared by Manina and Pettersson-Colling. This was the only apparatus gold medal that was not won in 1956 by Hungaryâs [Ãgnes Keleti].
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | CEP | OEP | |
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1 | Larysa Latynina | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 18.833 | 9.433 | 9.400 | |
2 | Tamara Manina | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | Silver | 18.800 | 9.466 | 9.333 | |
3T | Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling | 24 | Sweden | SWE | Bronze | 18.733 | 9.433 | 9.300 | |
3T | Olga Tass-Lemhényi | 27 | Hungary | HUN | Bronze | 18.733 | 9.166 | 9.566 | |
5 | Sofiya Muratova | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 18.666 | 9.500 | 9.166 | ||
6 | Elena LeuÈtean-Popescu | 21 | Romania | ROU | 18.633 | 9.266 | 9.366 | ||
7T | Natalia Kot | 18 | Poland | POL | 18.500 | 9.333 | 9.166 | ||
7T | Helena Rakoczy | 34 | Poland | POL | 18.500 | 9.233 | 9.266 | ||
9 | Lyudmila Yegorova | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 18.466 | 9.200 | 9.266 | ||
10T | Doris Hedberg | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 18.433 | 9.200 | 9.233 | ||
10T | Miranda Cicognani | 20 | Italy | ITA | 18.433 | 9.066 | 9.366 | ||
12 | Elena Lagorara | 17 | Italy | ITA | 18.300 | 8.933 | 9.366 | ||
13T | Sonia Iovan-Inovan | 21 | Romania | ROU | 18.266 | 9.100 | 9.166 | ||
13T | Andrea Bodó-Molnár | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 18.266 | 9.066 | 9.200 | ||
13T | Gheorgheta Hurmuzachi | 20 | Romania | ROU | 18.266 | 8.966 | 9.300 | ||
16T | Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel | 22 | Poland | POL | 18.233 | 9.133 | 9.100 | ||
16T | Anna Marejková | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.233 | 9.133 | 9.100 | ||
16T | Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda | 23 | Japan | JPN | 18.233 | 9.133 | 9.100 | ||
16T | Margit Korondi | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 18.233 | 8.900 | 9.333 | ||
20T | Matylda MatouÅ¡ková-Å Ãnová | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.200 | 9.033 | 9.166 | ||
20T | Luciana Reali | 20 | Italy | ITA | 18.200 | 9.000 | 9.200 | ||
22 | Eva Bosáková-VÄchtová | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.166 | 9.000 | 9.166 | ||
23T | Kazuko Sogabe | 20 | Japan | JPN | 18.133 | 9.066 | 9.066 | ||
23T | Elena MÄrgÄrit-NiculeÈcu | 20 | Romania | ROU | 18.133 | 8.933 | 9.200 | ||
23T | Karin Lindberg | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 18.133 | 8.866 | 9.266 | ||
23T | Ãgnes Keleti | 35 | Hungary | HUN | 18.133 | 8.833 | 9.300 | ||
27T | Eva Rönström | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 18.100 | 8.900 | 9.200 | ||
27T | Ivanka Dolzheva | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 18.100 | 8.900 | 9.200 | ||
27T | Elena SÄcÄlici | Romania | ROU | 18.100 | 8.866 | 9.233 | |||
30T | Mitsuka Ikeda | 24 | Japan | JPN | 18.066 | 9.133 | 8.933 | ||
30T | Emilia VÄtÄÈoiu-LiÈÄ | 23 | Romania | ROU | 18.066 | 8.900 | 9.166 | ||
32T | Maude Karlén | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 18.033 | 8.966 | 9.066 | ||
32T | Joyce Racek | 18 | United States | USA | 18.033 | 8.900 | 9.133 | ||
32T | Rosella Cicognani | 17 | Italy | ITA | 18.033 | 8.733 | 9.300 | ||
35T | Alena Reichová | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 | ||
35T | Doris Fuchs | 18 | United States | USA | 18.000 | 8.966 | 9.033 | ||
35T | Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | 18.000 | 8.900 | 9.100 | ||
38 | Evy Berggren | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 17.966 | 9.100 | 8.866 | ||
39 | Luciana Lagorara | 19 | Italy | ITA | 17.933 | 8.800 | 9.133 | ||
40T | Pat Hirst | 38 | Great Britain | GBR | 17.900 | 8.966 | 8.933 | ||
40T | Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles | 32 | Hungary | HUN | 17.900 | 8.866 | 9.033 | ||
42T | VÄra DrazdÃková | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 17.866 | 9.000 | 8.866 | ||
42T | Suzuko Seki | 20 | Japan | JPN | 17.866 | 9.000 | 8.866 | ||
42T | Danuta Nowak-Stachow | 22 | Poland | POL | 17.866 | 8.966 | 8.900 | ||
45 | Ernestine Russell-Carter | 18 | Canada | CAN | 17.833 | 9.000 | 8.833 | ||
46T | Sandra Ruddick | 24 | United States | USA | 17.800 | 8.933 | 8.866 | ||
46T | Tsvetanka Stancheva | 27 | Bulgaria | BUL | 17.800 | 8.933 | 8.866 | ||
48T | Lidia SzczerbiÅska | 22 | Poland | POL | 17.733 | 9.033 | 8.700 | ||
48T | Miroslava BrdÃÄková | 29 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 17.733 | 8.866 | 8.866 | ||
50T | Barbara Wilk-Ålizowska | 21 | Poland | POL | 17.566 | 8.833 | 8.733 | ||
50T | Polina Astakhova | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 17.566 | 8.733 | 8.833 | ||
50T | Kyoko Kubota | 23 | Japan | JPN | 17.566 | 8.733 | 8.833 | ||
53 | Elisa Calsi | 19 | Italy | ITA | 17.533 | 8.700 | 8.833 | ||
54 | Shizuko Sakashita | 22 | Japan | JPN | 17.500 | 8.800 | 8.700 | ||
55 | Danièle Sicot-Coulon | 21 | France | FRA | 17.400 | 8.400 | 9.000 | ||
56 | Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | 17.333 | 9.200 | 8.133 | ||
57 | Jackie Klein | 19 | United States | USA | 17.300 | 8.633 | 8.666 | ||
58 | Muriel Davis-Grossfeld | 16 | United States | USA | 16.966 | 8.633 | 8.333 | ||
59 | Judy Howe | 21 | United States | USA | 16.266 | 8.600 | 7.666 | ||
60 | Annette Krier | 19 | Luxembourg | LUX | 15.833 | 8.033 | 7.800 | ||
61 | Barbara Cunningham | 30 | Australia | AUS | 15.400 | 7.800 | 7.600 | ||
62 | Ing Fraser | Australia | AUS | 14.366 | 7.733 | 6.633 | |||
63 | Wendy Nicholls | 19 | Australia | AUS | 13.633 | 5.933 | 7.700 | ||
64 | Aliz Kertész | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 8.766 | 8.766 | 0.000 |