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List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for the Soviet Union

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Larisa Latynina

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

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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

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Medal Name Year Event
 Gold Bocharova, Danilova, Gorokhovskaya, Jugeli, Kalinchuk, Minaicheva, Shamrai, Urbanovich Finland 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 Australia 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 Italy 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 Japan 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 Mexico 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 Germany 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 Canada 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 Soviet Union 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 South Korea 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 Unified Team at the Olympics
 Gold Boginskaya, Chusovitina, Galiyeva, Grudneva, Gutsu, Lysenko Spain 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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