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Horse Vault, Women

Date21 – 25 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationDvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants62 from 16 countries

The format was the same as in 1976, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, but only two gymnasts from each nation could advance to the finals. The final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Nataliya Shaposhnikova (URS) was the best “unknown” gymnast at the 1980 Olympics. She won four medals, with golds in this event and in the team all-around, adding bronzes on floor and the beam. Shaposhnikova placed fourth in the all-around, and on the uneven bars, she was third in qualifying, but could not make the final when the two ahead of her were Soviet teammates. The leaders after team qualifying were East Germans Steffi Kräker and Maxi Gnauck, and Romanian Nadia Comăneci. But Comăneci and Gnauck struggled in the final and placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Kräker won the silver medal followed by Romanian Melita Rühn.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Nataliya ShaposhnikovaURS19.725Gold
2Steffi KräkerGDR19.675Silver
3Melita RuhnROU19.650Bronze
4Yelena DavydovaURS19.575
5Nadia ComăneciROU19.350
6Maxi GnauckGDR19.300
=6 r1/1Birgit SüßGDR
=6 r1/1Katharina RenschGDR
=9 r1/1Rodica DuncaROU
=9 r1/1Eva MarečkováTCH
=9 r1/1Mariya FilatovaURS
=12 r1/1Nelli KimURS
=12 r1/1Stella ZakharovaURS
=12 r1/1Jana LabákováTCH
=12 r1/1Cristina Elena GrigorașROU
=16 r1/1Emilia EberleROU
=16 r1/1Dumitrița TurnerROU
=16 r1/1Márta EgerváriHUN
=16 r1/1Erika FlanderHUN
=16 r1/1Krasimira TonevaBUL
21 r1/1Silviya TopalovaBUL
22 r1/1Yelena NaimushinaURS
=23 r1/1Silvia HindorffGDR
=23 r1/1Erika CsányiHUN
=23 r1/1Galina MarinovaBUL
=23 r1/1Radka ZemanováTCH
=27 r1/1Kameliya EftimovaBUL
=27 r1/1Dimitrinka FilipovaBUL
29 r1/1Choe Jong-SilPRK
30 r1/1Erzsébet HantiHUN
=31 r1/1Karola SubeGDR
=31 r1/1Łucja Matraszek-ChydzińskaPOL
=31 r1/1Katarína ŠarišskáTCH
34 r1/1Lenke AlmásiHUN
=35 r1/1Éva ÓváriHUN
=35 r1/1Dana BrýdlováTCH
=35 r1/1Agata JaroszekPOL
=38 r1/1Anita ŠauerováTCH
=38 r1/1Anita JokielPOL
40 r1/1Antoaneta RahnevaBUL
=41 r1/1Małgorzata MajzaPOL
=41 r1/1Katarzyna SnopkoPOL
=43 r1/1Wiesława ŻelaskowskaPOL
=43 r1/1Kang Myong-SukPRK
45 r1/1Sin Myong-OkPRK
46 r1/1Irene MartínezESP
=47 r1/1Cláudia MagalhãesBRA
=47 r1/1Choi Myong-HuiPRK
49 r1/1Denise JonesGBR
50 r1/1Lena AdomatSWE
51 r1/1Kim Chun-SonPRK
52 r1/1Suzanne DandoGBR
53 r1/1Aurora MorataESP
54 r1/1Davaasürengiin OyuuntuyaaMGL
55 r1/1Marina SulicichAUS
56 r1/1Avelina AlvarezPOR
=57 r1/1Susan CheesebroughGBR
=57 r1/1Estela de la TorreMEX
59 r1/1Kerry BaylissAUS
60 r1/1Lo Ok-SilPRK
61 r1/1Dashzevgiin AriunaaMGL
62 r1/1Gloria ViserasESP

Final (25 July 1980 — 20:00)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
1Nataliya ShaposhnikovaURS19.7259.9009.825
2Steffi KräkerGDR19.6759.9259.750
3Melita RuhnROU19.6509.8759.775
4Yelena DavydovaURS19.5759.9009.675
5Nadia ComăneciROU19.3509.9259.425
6Maxi GnauckGDR19.3009.9259.375

Qualifying (21 July 1980)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
=1Nadia ComăneciROU19.859.959.90Q
=1Maxi GnauckGDR19.859.959.90Q
=1Steffi KräkerGDR19.859.959.90Q
=4Nataliya ShaposhnikovaURS19.8010.009.80Q
=4Yelena DavydovaURS19.809.909.90Q
=6Birgit SüßGDR19.759.909.85
=6Katharina RenschGDR19.759.809.95
=6Melita RuhnROU19.759.7510.00Q
=9Rodica DuncaROU19.709.909.80
=9Eva MarečkováTCH19.709.909.80
=9Mariya FilatovaURS19.709.909.80
=12Nelli KimURS19.659.909.75
=12Stella ZakharovaURS19.659.909.75
=12Jana LabákováTCH19.659.859.80
=12Cristina Elena GrigorașROU19.659.709.95
=16Emilia EberleROU19.609.859.75
=16Dumitrița TurnerROU19.609.859.75
=16Márta EgerváriHUN19.609.809.80
=16Erika FlanderHUN19.609.809.80
=16Krasimira TonevaBUL19.609.759.85
21Silviya TopalovaBUL19.509.809.70
22Yelena NaimushinaURS19.459.859.60
=23Silvia HindorffGDR19.409.909.50
=23Erika CsányiHUN19.409.809.60
=23Galina MarinovaBUL19.409.809.60
=23Radka ZemanováTCH19.409.809.60
=27Kameliya EftimovaBUL19.259.809.45
=27Dimitrinka FilipovaBUL19.259.659.60
29Choe Jong-SilPRK19.209.709.50
30Erzsébet HantiHUN19.109.609.50
=31Karola SubeGDR19.059.809.25
=31Łucja Matraszek-ChydzińskaPOL19.059.759.30
=31Katarína ŠarišskáTCH19.059.709.35
34Lenke AlmásiHUN19.009.709.30
=35Éva ÓváriHUN18.909.709.20
=35Dana BrýdlováTCH18.909.709.20
=35Agata JaroszekPOL18.909.509.40
=38Anita ŠauerováTCH18.809.709.10
=38Anita JokielPOL18.809.609.20
40Antoaneta RahnevaBUL18.759.609.15
=41Małgorzata MajzaPOL18.709.709.00
=41Katarzyna SnopkoPOL18.709.609.10
=43Wiesława ŻelaskowskaPOL18.509.708.80
=43Kang Myong-SukPRK18.509.209.30
45Sin Myong-OkPRK18.359.159.20
46Irene MartínezESP18.309.009.30
=47Cláudia MagalhãesBRA18.209.258.95
=47Choi Myong-HuiPRK18.208.809.40
49Denise JonesGBR18.159.258.90
50Lena AdomatSWE18.109.308.80
51Kim Chun-SonPRK18.059.009.05
52Suzanne DandoGBR18.009.108.90
53Aurora MorataESP17.909.008.90
54Davaasürengiin OyuuntuyaaMGL17.808.908.90
55Marina SulicichAUS17.759.008.75
56Avelina AlvarezPOR17.508.858.65
=57Susan CheesebroughGBR17.459.108.35
=57Estela de la TorreMEX17.459.108.35
59Kerry BaylissAUS17.408.908.50
60Lo Ok-SilPRK17.358.958.40
61Dashzevgiin AriunaaMGL16.958.508.45
62Gloria ViserasESP9.409.40