Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics
, fourteen different artistic gymnastics
events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the National Auditorium
in Mexico City
from October 21 through October 26.
. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
, fourteen different artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the National Auditorium
National Auditorium
National Auditorium is an entertainment centre located at Paseo de la Reforma #50, Chapultepec in Mexico City right in front of the Polanco hotel zone next to Campo Marte....
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
from October 21 through October 26.
Format of competition
The scoring in all the events was basically the same, as for gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer OlympicsGymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome from September 5 through 10th.-Format of competition:...
. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
Men's events
| Team all-around |
Yukio Endo Sawao Kato Sawao Kato Sawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games... Takeshi Kato Takeshi Kato was a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kato competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in floor exercise.... Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... Akinori Nakayama Akinori Nakayama is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of Chukyo University.Winning six gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals, Nakayama was an important factor in the Japanese men's gymnastics team winning the team competition in the 1968 and 1972 summer Olympic games... Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. His remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition... |
Sergei Diomidov Valery Iljinykh Valery Karasev Viktor Klimenko Viktor Klimenko (gymnast) Viktor Klimenko is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Klimenko competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a silver medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in parallel bars.He represented the Soviet Union at the 1972... Victor Lisitsky Mikhail Voronin Mikhail Voronin Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972... |
Gunter Beier Matthias Brehme Gerhard Dietrich Siegfried Fulle Klaus Köste Klaus Köste Klaus Köste is a German gymnast and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and received bronze medals in team combined exercises in three olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972.-References:... Peter Weber |
| Individual all-around |
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| Floor |
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| Pommel horse |
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| Rings |
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| Vault |
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| Parallel bars |
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| Horizontal bar |
none awarded | ||
Women's events
| Team all-around |
Lyubov Burda Lyubov Burda Lyubov Viktorovna Burda is a Russian artistic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet team who won the Team gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she is the 1970 World bronze medalist on vault, a medal she tied for with teammate Ludmilla... Olga Karaseva Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast.... Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... Zinaida Voronina Zinaida Voronina Zinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s... |
Věra Čáslavská | Maritta Bauerschmidt Karin Janz Marianne Noack Magdalena Schmidt Magdalena Schmidt Magdalena Schmidt is a German lady gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo She won at international. - References :... Ute Starke Erika Zuchold Erika Zuchold Erica Zuchold , is a former East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s.... |
| Individual all-around |
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| Vault |
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| Uneven bars |
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| Balance beam |
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| Floor |
none awarded | ||
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 | |
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