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Women's Olympic Gymnastics

At least 4 gold medals (including team events): Larissa Latynina (9); Vera Cáslavská (7); Polina Astakhova, Nadia Comaneci, Agnes Keleti and Nelli Kim (5); Olga Korbut, Ecaterina Szabó and Lyudmila Tourischeva (4).

All-Around

Year  Points
1952 Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR 76.78
1956 Larissa Latynina, USSR 74.933
1960 Larissa Latynina, USSR 77.031
1964 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 77.564
1968 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 78.25
1972 Lyudmila Tourischeva, USSR 77.025
1976 Nadia Comaneci, ROM 79.275
1980 Yelena Davydova, USSR 79.15
1984 Mary Lou Retton, USA 79.175
1988 Yelena Shushunova, USSR 79.662
1992 Tatiana Gutsu, UT 39.737
1996Lilia Podkopayeva, UKR39.255
2000Simona Amanar, ROM*38.642
2004 Carly Patterson, USA38.387
*Amanar finished second to Andreea Raducan, Romania, who was disqualified for testing positive for pseudo-ephedrine, a drug banned by the IOC and found in Nurofen—an over-the-counter medicine she purportedly took to treat a cold.

Vault

Year  Points
1952 Yekaterina Kalinchuk, USSR 19.20
1956 Larissa Latynina, USSR 18.833
1960 Margarita Nikolayeva, USSR 19.316
1964 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 19.483
1968 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 19.775
1972 Karin Janz, E. Ger 19.525
1976 Nelli Kim, USSR 19.80
1980 Natalia Shaposhnikova, USSR 19.725
1984 Ecaterina Szabó, ROM 19.875
1988 Svetlana Boginskaya, USSR 19.905
1992 (TIE) Henrietta Onodi, HUN 9.925
  & Lavinia Milosovici, ROM 9.925
1996Simona Amanar, ROM9.775
2000Elena Zamolodtchikova, RUS9.731
2004 Monica Rosu, ROM9.656

Uneven Bars

Year  Points
1952 Margit Korondi, HUN 19.40
1956 Agnes Keleti, HUN 18.966
1960 Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.616
1964 Polina Astakhova, USSR 19.332
1968 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 19.65
1972 Karin Janz, E. Ger 19.675
1976 Nadia Comaneci, ROM 20.00
1980 Maxi Gnauck, E. Ger 19.875
1984 (TIE) Julianne McNamora, USA 19.95
   & Ma Yanhong, CHN 19.95
1988 Daniela Silivas, ROM 20.00
1992 Lu Li, CHN 10.00
1996Svetlana Khorkina, RUS9.850
2000Svetlana Khorkina, RUS9.862
2004 Emilie Lepennec, FRA9.687

Balance Beam

Year  Points
1952 Nina Bocharova, USSR 19.22
1956 Agnes Keleti, HUN 18.80
1960 Eva Bosakova, CZE 19.283
1964 Vera Cáslavská, CZE 19.449
1968 Natalya Kuchinskaya, USSR 19.65
1972 Olga Korbut, USSR 19.40
1976 Nadia Comaneci, ROM 19.95
1980 Nadia Comaneci, ROM 19.80
1984 (TIE) Simona Pauca, ROM 19.80
   & Ecaterina Szabó, ROM 19.80
1988 Daniela Silivas, ROM 19.924
1992 Tatiana Lyssenko, UT 9.975
1996Shannon Miller, USA9.862
2000Liu Xuan, CHN9.825
2004 Catalina Ponor, ROM9.787

Floor Exercise

Year  Points
1952 Agnes Keleti, HUN 19.36
1956 (TIE) Agnes Keleti, HUN 18.733
   & Larissa Latynina, USSR 18.733
1960 Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.583
1964 Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.599
1968 (TIE) Vera Cáslavská, CZE 19.675
  & Larissa Petrik, USSR 19.675
1972 Olga Korbut, USSR 19.575
1976 Nelli Kim, USSR 19.85
1980 (TIE) Nadia Comaneci, ROM 19.875
   & Nelli Kim, USSR 19.875
1984 Ecaterina Szabó, ROM 19.975
1988 Daniela Silivas, ROM 19.937
1992 Lavinia Milosovici, ROM 10.000
1996Lilia Podkopayeva, UKR9.887
2000Elena Zamolodtchikova, RUS9.850
2004 Catalina Ponor, ROM9.750

Team Combined Exercises

Year  Points
1928 Netherlands316.75
1936 Germany 506.50
1948 Czechoslovakia 445.45
1952 Soviet Union 527.03
1956 Soviet Union 444.800
1960 Soviet Union 382.320
1964 Soviet Union 280.890
1968 Soviet Union 382.85
1972 Soviet Union 380.50
1976 Soviet Union 466.00
1980 Soviet Union 394.90
1984 Romania 392.02
1988 Soviet Union 395.475
1992 Unified Team 395.666
1996United States389.225
2000Romania154.608
2004 Romania114.283

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