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Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

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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
← 1964
1972 →

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.