Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Women's floor
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Date21–25 October
Competitors101 from 28 nations
Winning score19.675
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia
1st place, gold medalist(s) Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union
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Larisa Petrik's gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country. A similar controversy occurred in the balance beam, where Čáslavská was denied gold altogether.[1]

Competition format

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Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
  Věra Čáslavská   Czechoslovakia 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.775 9.900 19.675
Larisa Petrik   Soviet Union 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.775 9.900 19.675
  Natalia Kuchinskaya   Soviet Union 9.75 9.85 19.60 9.800 9.850 19.650
4 Zinaida Voronina   Soviet Union 9.65 9.75 19.40 9.700 9.850 19.550
5 Olga Karasyova   Soviet Union 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.575 9.750 19.325
Bohumila Řimnáčová   Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.65 19.15 9.575 9.750 19.325
7 Marianna Krajčírová   Czechoslovakia 9.55 9.55 19.10 did not advance
8 Karin Janz   East Germany 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance
Jana Kubičková-Posnerová   Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance
Ludmilla Tourischeva   Soviet Union 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance
Erika Zuchold   East Germany 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance
12 Anikó Ducza   Hungary 9.50 9.45 18.95 did not advance
13 Hana Lišková   Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.50 18.90 did not advance
14 Miyuki Matsuhisa   Japan 9.40 9.45 18.85 did not advance
Taniko Mitsukuri   Japan 9.40 9.45 18.85 did not advance
Chieko Oda   Japan 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
17 Maritta Bauerschmidt   East Germany 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance
Kayoko Hashiguchi   Japan 9.30 9.50 18.80 did not advance
Miroslava Skleničková   Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance
20 Ágnes Bánfai   Hungary 9.45 9.30 18.75 did not advance
Lyubov Burda   Soviet Union 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance
Evelyne Letourneur   France 9.30 9.45 18.75 did not advance
Cathy Rigby   United States 9.45 9.30 18.75 did not advance
24 Kazue Hanyu   Japan 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance
Marianne Noack   East Germany 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance
26 Katalin Müller   Hungary 9.35 9.20 18.55 did not advance
27 Mitsuko Kandori   Japan 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance
Magdalena Schmidt   East Germany 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance
Ute Starke   East Germany 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance
30 Dominique Lauvard   France 9.15 9.25 18.40 did not advance
31 Joyce Tanac   United States 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance
32 Linda Metheny   United States 9.30 9.00 18.30 did not advance
33 Kathy Gleason   United States 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance
Katalin Makray   Hungary 9.10 9.15 18.25 did not advance
Vanya Marinova   Bulgaria 9.00 9.25 18.25 did not advance
Françoise Nourry   France 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance
Márta Tolnai   Hungary 9.10 9.15 18.25 did not advance
38 Ilona Békési   Hungary 9.05 9.10 18.15 did not advance
39 Zulema Bregado   Cuba 8.95 9.15 18.10 did not advance
Mireille Cayre   France 9.05 9.05 18.10 did not advance
Marie-Luise Stegemann   West Germany 8.90 9.20 18.10 did not advance
42 Wendy Cluff   United States 9.10 8.95 18.05 did not advance
43 Irmi Krauser   West Germany 8.80 9.20 18.00 did not advance
Colleen Mulvihill   United States 9.15 8.85 18.00 did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska   Poland 8.95 9.05 18.00 did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska   Poland 8.95 9.05 18.00 did not advance
47 Nicole Bourdiau   France 9.00 8.95 17.95 did not advance
Wiesława Lech   Poland 8.90 9.05 17.95 did not advance
49 Rayna Atanasova   Bulgaria 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance
Sandra Hartley   Canada 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance
Mariya Karashka   Bulgaria 8.80 9.10 17.90 did not advance
Natalija Sljepica   Yugoslavia 8.85 9.05 17.90 did not advance
53 Jacqueline Brisepierre   France 9.00 8.85 17.85 did not advance
54 Petra Jebram   West Germany 8.70 9.10 17.80 did not advance
Angelika Kern   West Germany 8.75 9.05 17.80 did not advance
56 Halina Daniec   Poland 8.60 9.15 17.75 did not advance
Marie Lundqvist   Sweden 8.80 8.95 17.75 did not advance
Theresa McDonnell   Canada 8.80 8.95 17.75 did not advance
Anna Stein   West Germany 8.70 9.05 17.75 did not advance
60 Jennifer Diachun   Canada 8.65 9.05 17.70 did not advance
Christiane Goethals   Belgium 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance
Vesela Pasheva   Bulgaria 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance
Neli Stoyanova   Bulgaria 8.80 8.90 17.70 did not advance
64 Else Trangbaek   Denmark 8.70 8.95 17.65 did not advance
Barbara Zięba   Poland 8.70 8.95 17.65 did not advance
66 Małgorzata Chojnacka   Poland 8.65 8.95 17.60 did not advance
Helga Matschkur   West Germany 8.60 9.00 17.60 did not advance
68 Rose-Marie Holm   Sweden 8.80 8.75 17.55 did not advance
Torunn Isberg   Norway 8.65 8.90 17.55 did not advance
70 Solveig Egman-Andersson   Sweden 8.70 8.80 17.50 did not advance
71 Horta Van Hoye   Belgium 8.65 8.80 17.45 did not advance
Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin   Mongolia 8.60 8.85 17.45 did not advance
Valerie Norris   Australia 8.55 8.90 17.45 did not advance
74 Nancy Aldama   Cuba 8.35 9.05 17.40 did not advance
75 Nereida Bauta   Cuba 8.45 8.90 17.35 did not advance
Gabriella Pozzuolo   Italy 8.80 8.55 17.35 did not advance
77 Mary Prestidge   Great Britain 8.55 8.75 17.30 did not advance
78 Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj   Mongolia 8.60 8.65 17.25 did not advance
79 Helga Braathen   Norway 8.55 8.65 17.20 did not advance
Suzanne Cloutier   Canada 8.65 8.55 17.20 did not advance
Daniela Maccelli   Italy 8.65 8.55 17.20 did not advance
82 Adriana Biagiotti   Italy 8.60 8.55 17.15 did not advance
Marilynn Minaker   Canada 8.55 8.60 17.15 did not advance
84 Norikhoo Dorj   Mongolia 8.60 8.50 17.10 did not advance
Jill Kvamme   Norway 8.55 8.55 17.10 did not advance
86 Margaret Bell   Great Britain 8.40 8.65 17.05 did not advance
87 Miriam Villacian   Cuba 8.20 8.80 17.00 did not advance
88 Suzette Blanco   Cuba 8.20 8.75 16.95 did not advance
Esbela da Fonseca   Portugal 8.40 8.55 16.95 did not advance
90 Unni Holmen   Norway 8.55 8.30 16.85 did not advance
Wenche Sjong   Norway 8.40 8.45 16.85 did not advance
92 Rosario Briones   Mexico 8.40 8.30 16.70 did not advance
Laura Rivera   Mexico 8.55 8.15 16.70 did not advance
94 Luisa Morales   Mexico 8.25 8.40 16.65 did not advance
Julietta Saenz de Secilia   Mexico 8.40 8.25 16.65 did not advance
96 Yolanda Vega   Cuba 8.05 8.55 16.60 did not advance
97 Elena Ramirez   Mexico 8.30 8.25 16.55 did not advance
98 Rosalinda Puente   Mexico 8.20 8.25 16.45 did not advance
99 Ann-Mari Hvaal   Norway 7.95 8.35 16.30 did not advance
100 Yu Mai-Lee   Chinese Taipei 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance
Hong Tai-kwai   Chinese Taipei 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest". BBC Sport.