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
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia
Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union
Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union

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

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

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia9.709.8519.559.7759.90019.675
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union9.709.8519.559.7759.90019.675
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union9.759.8519.609.8009.85019.650
4Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union9.659.7519.409.7009.85019.550
5Olga Karasyova Soviet Union9.709.8519.559.5759.75019.325
Bohumila Řimnáčová Czechoslovakia9.509.6519.159.5759.75019.325
7Marianna Krajčírová Czechoslovakia9.559.5519.10Did not advance
8Karin Janz East Germany9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Jana Kubičková-Posnerová Czechoslovakia9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Erika Zuchold East Germany9.509.5019.00Did not advance
12Anikó Ducza Hungary9.509.4518.95Did not advance
13Hana Lišková Czechoslovakia9.409.5018.90Did not advance
14Miyuki Matsuhisa Japan9.409.4518.85Did not advance
Taniko Mitsukuri Japan9.409.4518.85Did not advance
Chieko Oda Japan9.459.4018.85Did not advance
17Maritta Bauerschmidt East Germany9.409.4018.80Did not advance
Kayoko Hashiguchi Japan9.309.5018.80Did not advance
Miroslava Skleničková Czechoslovakia9.409.4018.80Did not advance
20Ágnes Bánfai Hungary9.459.3018.75Did not advance
Lyubov Burda Soviet Union9.359.4018.75Did not advance
Evelyne Letourneur France9.309.4518.75Did not advance
Cathy Rigby United States9.459.3018.75Did not advance
24Kazue Hanyu Japan9.359.3018.65Did not advance
Marianne Noack East Germany9.359.3018.65Did not advance
26Katalin Müller Hungary9.359.2018.55Did not advance
27Mitsuko Kandori Japan9.259.2518.50Did not advance
Magdalena Schmidt East Germany9.259.2518.50Did not advance
Ute Starke East Germany9.259.2518.50Did not advance
30Dominique Lauvard France9.159.2518.40Did not advance
31Joyce Tanac United States9.259.1018.35Did not advance
32Linda Metheny United States9.309.0018.30Did not advance
33Kathy Gleason United States9.209.0518.25Did not advance
Katalin Makray Hungary9.109.1518.25Did not advance
Vanya Marinova Bulgaria9.009.2518.25Did not advance
Françoise Nourry France9.209.0518.25Did not advance
Márta Tolnai Hungary9.109.1518.25Did not advance
38Ilona Békési Hungary9.059.1018.15Did not advance
39Zulema Bregado Cuba8.959.1518.10Did not advance
Mireille Cayre France9.059.0518.10Did not advance
Marie-Luise Stegemann West Germany8.909.2018.10Did not advance
42Wendy Cluff United States9.108.9518.05Did not advance
43Irmi Krauser West Germany8.809.2018.00Did not advance
Colleen Mulvihill United States9.158.8518.00Did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska Poland8.959.0518.00Did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska Poland8.959.0518.00Did not advance
47Nicole Bourdiau France9.008.9517.95Did not advance
Wiesława Lech Poland8.909.0517.95Did not advance
49Rayna Atanasova Bulgaria8.909.0017.90Did not advance
Sandra Hartley Canada8.909.0017.90Did not advance
Mariya Karashka Bulgaria8.809.1017.90Did not advance
Natalija Sljepica Yugoslavia8.859.0517.90Did not advance
53Jacqueline Brisepierre France9.008.8517.85Did not advance
54Petra Jebram West Germany8.709.1017.80Did not advance
Angelika Kern West Germany8.759.0517.80Did not advance
56Halina Daniec Poland8.609.1517.75Did not advance
Marie Lundqvist Sweden8.808.9517.75Did not advance
Theresa McDonnell Canada8.808.9517.75Did not advance
Anna Stein West Germany8.709.0517.75Did not advance
60Jennifer Diachun Canada8.659.0517.70Did not advance
Christiane Goethals Belgium8.758.9517.70Did not advance
Vesela Pasheva Bulgaria8.758.9517.70Did not advance
Neli Stoyanova Bulgaria8.808.9017.70Did not advance
64Else Trangbaek Denmark8.708.9517.65Did not advance
Barbara Zięba Poland8.708.9517.65Did not advance
66Małgorzata Chojnacka Poland8.658.9517.60Did not advance
Helga Matschkur West Germany8.609.0017.60Did not advance
68Rose-Marie Holm Sweden8.808.7517.55Did not advance
Torunn Isberg Norway8.658.9017.55Did not advance
70Solveig Egman-Andersson Sweden8.708.8017.50Did not advance
71Horta Van Hoye Belgium8.658.8017.45Did not advance
Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin Mongolia8.608.8517.45Did not advance
Valerie Norris Australia8.558.9017.45Did not advance
74Nancy Aldama Cuba8.359.0517.40Did not advance
75Nereida Bauta Cuba8.458.9017.35Did not advance
Gabriella Pozzuolo Italy8.808.5517.35Did not advance
77Mary Prestidge Great Britain8.558.7517.30Did not advance
78Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj Mongolia8.608.6517.25Did not advance
79Helga Braathen Norway8.558.6517.20Did not advance
Suzanne Cloutier Canada8.658.5517.20Did not advance
Daniela Maccelli Italy8.658.5517.20Did not advance
82Adriana Biagiotti Italy8.608.5517.15Did not advance
Marilynn Minaker Canada8.558.6017.15Did not advance
84Norikhoo Dorj Mongolia8.608.5017.10Did not advance
Jill Kvamme Norway8.558.5517.10Did not advance
86Margaret Bell Great Britain8.408.6517.05Did not advance
87Miriam Villacian Cuba8.208.8017.00Did not advance
88Suzette Blanco Cuba8.208.7516.95Did not advance
Esbela da Fonseca Portugal8.408.5516.95Did not advance
90Unni Holmen Norway8.558.3016.85Did not advance
Wenche Sjong Norway8.408.4516.85Did not advance
92Rosario Briones Mexico8.408.3016.70Did not advance
Laura Rivera Mexico8.558.1516.70Did not advance
94Luisa Morales Mexico8.258.4016.65Did not advance
Julietta Saenz de Secilia Mexico8.408.2516.65Did not advance
96Yolanda Vega Cuba8.058.5516.60Did not advance
97Elena Ramirez Mexico8.308.2516.55Did not advance
98Rosalinda Puente Mexico8.208.2516.45Did not advance
99Ann-Mari Hvaal Norway7.958.3516.30Did not advance
100Yu Mai-Lee Chinese Taipei7.757.7015.45Did not advance
Hong Tai-kwai Chinese Taipei7.757.7015.45Did not advance

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