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Floor at the Olympics

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Floor
at the Olympic Games
Floor at the 2012 Olympic Games
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19322024
Women: 19522024
Reigning champion
Men Carlos Yulo (PHI)
Women Rebeca Andrade (BRA)

The floor (or floor exercise) is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the 1932 Olympic Games.[1] For women it was first held in 1952.

Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1932 Los Angeles
details
István Pelle
 Hungary
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Mario Lertora
 Italy
1936 Berlin
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Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Josef Walter
 Switzerland
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
1948 London
details
Ferenc Pataki
 Hungary
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
 Hungary
Zdenek Ruzicka
 Czechoslovakia
1952 Helsinki
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William Thoresson
 Sweden
Jerzy Jokiel
 Poland
Tadao Uesako
 Japan
none awarded
1956 Melbourne
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Valentin Muratov
 Soviet Union
Nobuyuki Aihara
 Japan
Viktor Chukarin
 Soviet Union
William Thoresson
 Sweden
none awarded
1960 Rome
details
Nobuyuki Aihara
 Japan
Yuri Titov
 Soviet Union
Franco Menichelli
 Italy
1964 Tokyo
details
Franco Menichelli
 Italy
Yukio Endo
 Japan
Viktor Lisitsky
 Soviet Union
none awarded
1968 Mexico City
details
Sawao Kato
 Japan
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Takeshi Katō
 Japan
1972 Munich
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Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Shigeru Kasamatsu
 Japan
1976 Montreal
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Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Marchenko
 Soviet Union
Peter Kormann
 United States
1980 Moscow
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Roland Brückner
 East Germany
Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
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Li Ning
 China
Lou Yun
 China
Koji Sotomura
 Japan
Philippe Vatuone
 France
1988 Seoul
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Sergei Kharkov
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Artemov
 Soviet Union
Yukio Iketani
 Japan
Lou Yun
 China
1992 Barcelona
details
Li Xiaoshuang
 China
Yukio Iketani
 Japan
Hrihoriy Misyutin
 Unified Team
none awarded
1996 Atlanta
details
Ioannis Melissanidis
 Greece
Li Xiaoshuang
 China
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
2000 Sydney
details
Igors Vihrovs
 Latvia
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
2004 Athens
details
Kyle Shewfelt
 Canada
Marian Drăgulescu
 Romania
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
2008 Beijing
details
Zou Kai
 China
Gervasio Deferr
 Spain
Anton Golotsutskov
 Russia
2012 London
details
Zou Kai
 China
Kōhei Uchimura
 Japan
Denis Ablyazin
 Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Max Whitlock
 Great Britain
Diego Hypólito
 Brazil
Arthur Mariano
 Brazil
2020 Tokyo
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Artem Dolgopyat
 Israel
Rayderley Zapata
 Spain
Xiao Ruoteng
 China
2024 Paris
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Carlos Yulo
 Philippines
Artem Dolgopyat
 Israel
Jake Jarman
 Great Britain

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1980 2 1 0 3
2 Zou Kai  China (CHN) 2008–2012 2 0 0 2
3 Artem Dolgopyat  Israel (ISR) 2020–2024 1 1 0 2
Georges Miez  Switzerland (SUI) 1932–1936 1 1 0 2
William Thoresson  Sweden (SWE) 1952–1956 1 1 0 2
Li Xiaoshuang  China (CHN) 1992–1996 1 1 0 2
7 Franco Menichelli  Italy (ITA) 1960–1964 1 0 1 2
8 Akinori Nakayama  Japan (JPN) 1968–1972 0 2 0 2
9 Yukio Iketani  Japan (JPN) 1988–1992 0 1 1 2
Lou Yun  China (CHN) 1984–1988 0 1 1 2
Alexei Nemov  Russia (RUS) 1996–2000 0 1 1 2
12 Yordan Yovchev  Bulgaria (BUL) 2000–2004 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 4 6 1 11
2  China (CHN) 4 2 2 8
3  Japan (JPN) 2 7 4 13
4  Hungary (HUN) 2 1 0 3
5  Switzerland (SUI) 1 2 1 4
6  Israel (ISR) 1 1 0 2
 Sweden (SWE) 1 1 0 2
8  Italy (ITA) 1 0 2 3
9  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 1 2
10  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
 East Germany (GDR) 1 0 0 1
 Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
 Latvia (LAT) 1 0 0 1
 Philippines (PHI) 1 0 0 1
15  Spain (ESP) 0 2 0 2
16  Russia (RUS) 0 1 3 4
17  Brazil (BRA) 0 1 1 2
18  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 0 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 0 1 0 1
21  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 2 2
22  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 0 1 1
 France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Helsinki
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Ágnes Keleti
 Hungary
Maria Gorokhovskaya
 Soviet Union
Margit Korondi
 Hungary
1956 Melbourne
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Ágnes Keleti
 Hungary
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
none awarded Elena Leuşteanu
 Romania
1960 Rome
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Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
Polina Astakhova
 Soviet Union
Tamara Lyukhina
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
details
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
Polina Astakhova
 Soviet Union
Anikó Ducza
 Hungary
1968 Mexico City
details
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Larisa Petrik
 Soviet Union
none awarded Natalia Kuchinskaya
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
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Olga Korbut
 Soviet Union
Ludmilla Tourischeva
 Soviet Union
Tamara Lazakovich
 Soviet Union
1976 Montreal
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Nellie Kim
 Soviet Union
Ludmilla Tourischeva
 Soviet Union
Nadia Comăneci
 Romania
1980 Moscow
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Nadia Comăneci
 Romania
none awarded Maxi Gnauck
 East Germany
Nellie Kim
 Soviet Union
Natalia Shaposhnikova
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
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Ecaterina Szabo
 Romania
Julianne McNamara
 United States
Mary Lou Retton
 United States
1988 Seoul
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Daniela Silivaș
 Romania
Svetlana Boginskaya
 Soviet Union
Diana Dudeva
 Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona
details
Lavinia Miloșovici
 Romania
Henrietta Ónodi
 Hungary
Cristina Bontaș
 Romania
Tatiana Gutsu
 Unified Team
Shannon Miller
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details
Lilia Podkopayeva
 Ukraine
Simona Amânar
 Romania
Dominique Dawes
 United States
2000 Sydney
details
Elena Zamolodchikova
 Russia
Svetlana Khorkina
 Russia
Simona Amânar
 Romania
2004 Athens
details
Cătălina Ponor
 Romania
Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie
 Romania
Patricia Moreno
 Spain
2008 Beijing
details
Sandra Izbașa
 Romania
Shawn Johnson
 United States
Nastia Liukin
 United States
2012 London
details
Aly Raisman
 United States
Cătălina Ponor
 Romania
Aliya Mustafina
 Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Simone Biles
 United States
Aly Raisman
 United States
Amy Tinkler
 Great Britain
2020 Tokyo
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Jade Carey
 United States
Vanessa Ferrari
 Italy
Angelina Melnikova
 ROC
Mai Murakami
 Japan
2024 Paris
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Rebeca Andrade
 Brazil
Simone Biles
 United States
Ana Bărbosu
 Romania

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1964 3 0 0 3
2 Ágnes Keleti  Hungary (HUN) 1952–1956 2 0 0 2
Nellie Kim  Soviet Union (URS) 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
4 Simone Biles  United States (USA) 2016, 2024 1 1 0 2
Cătălina Ponor  Romania (ROU) 2004, 2012 1 1 0 2
Aly Raisman  United States (USA) 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
7 Nadia Comăneci  Romania (ROU) 1976–1980 1 0 1 2
8 Polina Astakhova  Soviet Union (URS) 1960–1964 0 2 0 2
Ludmilla Tourischeva  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1976 0 2 0 2
10 Simona Amânar  Romania (ROU) 1996–2000 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 7 6 4 17
2  Romania (ROU) 6 3 5 14
3  United States (USA) 3 4 4 11
4  Hungary (HUN) 2 1 2 5
5  Russia (RUS) 1 1 1 3
6  Brazil (BRA) 1 0 0 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 0 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 1 0 0 1
9  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
10  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
 East Germany (GDR) 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
 ROC 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 0 0 1 1
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Men's Floor at the Olympics
Women's Floor at the Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "1932 Olympics Gymnastics Medalists".
  2. ^ "Israel's golden pair: Linoy Ashram and Artem Dolgopyat". The Jerusalem Post. 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Carey golden on floor exercise at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2021.