| | Event type
Team All-Around, Women
| Date | 22 – 23 July 1952 — 08:00-14:00 (both days) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Messuhalli II, Helsinki | |
| Participants | 128 from 16 countries | |
| Format | Eight-person teams. Best six overall scores count towards team score. Team score for portable apparatus added to individual apparatus scores. | |
Women had competed in team all-around in 1928, 1936, and 1948, but this was the first appearance for the Soviet Union, which dominated the competition and won the gold medal easily. At the 1950 World Championships, the medals went, in order, to Sweden, France, and Italy, but the best they could do in Helsinki was a fourth-place by Sweden, as Hungary won silver and Czechoslovakia bronze. Although this was the first Soviet title in this event, they would, effectively, never lose it. Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around at eight consecutive Olympics – 1952-80, failing only in 1984 when the Soviets boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics. They would then return in 1988 and win again, and as the Unified Team, won again in 1992, before the Soviets split up into their respective republics.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | IP | PAP | TCP | TOP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |  URS | 527.03 | 454.03 | 73.00 | 226.08 | 227.95 | Gold | ||
| Mariya Gorokhovskaya | – | 76.78 | – | – | – | |||||
| Nina Bocharova | – | 75.94 | – | – | – | |||||
| Galina Minaicheva | – | 75.67 | – | – | – | |||||
| Galina Urbanovich | – | 75.64 | – | – | – | |||||
| Pelageya Danilova | – | 75.03 | – | – | – | |||||
| Galina Shamray | – | 74.97 | – | – | – | |||||
| Medeya Jugeli | – | 74.95 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Yekaterina Kalinchuk | – | 73.91 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 2 | Hungary |  HUN | 520.96 | 449.36 | 71.60 | 222.42 | 226.94 | Silver | ||
| Margit Korondi | – | 75.82 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ágnes Keleti | – | 75.58 | – | – | – | |||||
| Edit Weckinger-Perényi | – | 74.77 | – | – | – | |||||
| Olga Tass | – | 74.71 | – | – | – | |||||
| Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles | – | 74.61 | – | – | – | |||||
| Mária Kövi-Zalai | – | 73.87 | – | – | – | |||||
| Andrea Bodó | – | 71.67 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Irén Karcsics-Daruházi | – | 70.87 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 503.32 | 433.32 | 70.00 | 215.53 | 217.79 | Bronze | ||
| Eva Věchtová | – | 73.87 | – | – | – | |||||
| Alena Chadimová | – | 72.25 | – | – | – | |||||
| Jana Rabasová | – | 72.13 | – | – | – | |||||
| Božena Srncová | – | 72.08 | – | – | – | |||||
| Hana Bobková | – | 71.52 | – | – | – | |||||
| Matylda Šínová | – | 71.47 | – | – | – | |||||
| Věra Vančurová | – | 71.38 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Alena Reichová | – | 70.40 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 4 | Sweden |  SWE | 501.83 | 427.63 | 74.20 | 212.34 | 215.29 | |||
| Karin Lindberg | – | 73.13 | – | – | – | |||||
| Gun Röring | – | 72.07 | – | – | – | |||||
| Evy Berggren | – | 71.07 | – | – | – | |||||
| Göta Pettersson | – | 70.97 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ann-Sofi Pettersson | – | 70.71 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ingrid Sandahl | – | 69.68 | – | – | – | |||||
| Hjördis Nordin | – | 69.28 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Vanja Blomberg | – | 67.84 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 5 | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 495.23 | 424.03 | 71.20 | 211.78 | 212.25 | 1 | ||
| Irma Walther | – | 71.95 | – | – | – | 2 | ||||
| Hanna Grages | – | 71.77 | – | – | – | 3 | ||||
| Elisabeth Ostermeyer | – | 70.91 | – | – | – | 4 | ||||
| Wolfgard Voß | – | 70.00 | – | – | – | 5 | ||||
| Inge Sedlmaier | – | 69.83 | – | – | – | 6 | ||||
| Lydia Zeitlhofer | – | 69.57 | – | – | – | 7 | ||||
| Brigitte Kiesler | – | 67.98 | – | – | – | non-scoring | 8 | |||
| Hilde Koop | – | 63.40 | – | – | – | non-scoring | 9 | |||
| 6 | Italy |  ITA | 494.74 | 426.54 | 68.20 | 212.90 | 213.64 | |||
| Lidia Pitteri | – | 71.60 | – | – | – | |||||
| Miranda Cicognani | – | 71.50 | – | – | – | |||||
| Licia Macchini | – | 71.24 | – | – | – | |||||
| Liliana Scaricabarozzi | – | 70.81 | – | – | – | |||||
| Grazia Bozzo | – | 70.77 | – | – | – | |||||
| Luciana Reali | – | 70.62 | – | – | – | |||||
| Elisabetta Durelli | – | 70.39 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Renata Bianchi | – | 69.76 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 7 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 493.77 | 426.97 | 66.80 | 216.38 | 210.59 | |||
| Tsvetanka Stancheva | – | 73.67 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ivanka Dolzheva | – | 72.81 | – | – | – | |||||
| Saltirka Spasova | – | 72.30 | – | – | – | |||||
| Vasilka Stancheva | – | 71.64 | – | – | – | |||||
| Rayna Grigorova | – | 70.18 | – | – | – | |||||
| Yordanka Yovkova | – | 66.37 | – | – | – | |||||
| Stoyanka Angelova | – | 64.85 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Penka Prisadashka | – | 62.91 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 8 | Poland |  POL | 483.72 | 419.52 | 64.20 | 204.63 | 214.89 | |||
| Stefania Świerzy | – | 71.68 | – | – | – | |||||
| Stefania Reindl | – | 70.91 | – | – | – | |||||
| Helena Rakoczy | – | 70.74 | – | – | – | |||||
| Zofia Kowalczyk | – | 69.20 | – | – | – | |||||
| Honorata Marcińczak | – | 68.85 | – | – | – | |||||
| Barbara Wilk | – | 68.14 | – | – | – | |||||
| Dorota Horzonek | – | 67.57 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Urszula Łukomska | – | 62.90 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 9 | Romania |  ROU | 483.06 | 416.26 | 66.80 | 209.15 | 207.11 | 10 | ||
| Stela Perin | – | 71.85 | – | – | – | 11 | ||||
| Olga Göllner | – | 70.07 | – | – | – | 12 | ||||
| Ileana Gyarfaș | – | 69.61 | – | – | – | 13 | ||||
| Olga Munteanu | – | 69.00 | – | – | – | 14 | ||||
| Helga Bîrsan | – | 68.00 | – | – | – | 15 | ||||
| Eveline Slavici | – | 67.73 | – | – | – | 16 | ||||
| Elisabeta Abrudeanu | – | 63.73 | – | – | – | non-scoring | 17 | |||
| Teofila Băiașu | – | 59.51 | – | – | – | non-scoring | 18 | |||
| 10 | Austria |  AUT | 477.80 | 409.40 | 68.40 | 204.41 | 204.99 | |||
| Ida Kadletz | – | 69.74 | – | – | – | |||||
| Gerti Fesl | – | 68.45 | – | – | – | |||||
| Trude Gollner-Kolar | – | 68.25 | – | – | – | |||||
| Hedwig Traindl | – | 68.02 | – | – | – | |||||
| Gertrude Barosch | – | 67.87 | – | – | – | |||||
| Gertrude Gries | – | 67.07 | – | – | – | |||||
| Edeltraud Schramm | – | 65.50 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Hildegard Grill | – | 63.24 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 11 | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 477.34 | 408.14 | 69.20 | 201.50 | 206.64 | |||
| Sonja Rožman | – | 69.50 | – | – | – | |||||
| Tanja Žutić | – | 68.48 | – | – | – | |||||
| Anka Drinić | – | 68.33 | – | – | – | |||||
| Nada Spasić | – | 67.78 | – | – | – | |||||
| Milica Rožman | – | 67.14 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ada Smolnikar | – | 66.91 | – | – | – | |||||
| Marica Ivandekić | – | 66.61 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Tereza Kočiš | – | 60.15 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 12 | France |  FRA | 476.35 | 408.55 | 67.80 | 204.97 | 203.58 | |||
| Ginette Durand | – | 70.56 | – | – | – | |||||
| Irène Pittelioen | – | 70.17 | – | – | – | |||||
| Alexandra Lemoine | – | 67.43 | – | – | – | |||||
| Madeleine Jouffroy | – | 67.23 | – | – | – | |||||
| Liliane Montagne | – | 66.65 | – | – | – | |||||
| Colette Hué | – | 66.51 | – | – | – | |||||
| Colette Fanara | – | 66.31 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Jeannette Vogelbacher | – | 66.15 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 13 | Finland |  FIN | 473.92 | 403.32 | 70.60 | 200.55 | 202.77 | |||
| Raili Tuominen | – | 70.08 | – | – | – | |||||
| Vappu Salonen | – | 69.61 | – | – | – | |||||
| Arja Lehtinen | – | 69.43 | – | – | – | |||||
| Raili Hoviniemi | – | 65.81 | – | – | – | |||||
| Pirkko Vilppunen | – | 65.09 | – | – | – | |||||
| Maila Nisula | – | 63.30 | – | – | – | |||||
| Pirkko Pyykönen | – | 61.43 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Raija Simola | – | 61.30 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 14 | Netherlands |  NED | 473.02 | 403.02 | 70.00 | 199.11 | 203.91 | |||
| Lenie Gerrietsen | – | 69.47 | – | – | – | |||||
| Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh | – | 68.42 | – | – | – | |||||
| Annie Ros | – | 66.91 | – | – | – | |||||
| Tootje Selbach | – | 66.68 | – | – | – | |||||
| Cootje Kampen-Tonneman | – | 66.19 | – | – | – | |||||
| Jo Cox-Ladru | – | 65.35 | – | – | – | |||||
| Toetie Selbach | – | 63.06 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Nanny Simon | – | 61.05 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 15 | United States |  USA | 467.36 | 405.76 | 61.60 | 205.63 | 200.13 | |||
| Marian Barone | – | 69.30 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ruth Grulkowski | – | 69.28 | – | – | – | |||||
| Clara Lomady | – | 68.38 | – | – | – | |||||
| Ruth Topalian | – | 67.81 | – | – | – | |||||
| Dorothy Dalton | – | 65.67 | – | – | – | |||||
| Marie Hoesly | – | 65.32 | – | – | – | |||||
| Meta Elste | – | 60.67 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Doris Kirkman | – | 31.56 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 16 | Great Britain |  GBR | 457.31 | 394.31 | 63.00 | 197.55 | 196.76 | |||
| Gwynedd Lewis | – | 68.01 | – | – | – | |||||
| Pat Hirst | – | 67.21 | – | – | – | |||||
| Cissy Davies | – | 65.67 | – | – | – | |||||
| Margo Morgan | – | 64.67 | – | – | – | |||||
| Margaret Thomas | – | 64.64 | – | – | – | |||||
| Irene Hirst | – | 64.11 | – | – | – | |||||
| Valerie Mullins | – | 61.40 | – | – | – | non-scoring | ||||
| Marjorie Raistrick | – | 60.10 | – | – | – | non-scoring |
Floor Exercise (22 – 23 July 1952)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | TCP | TOP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | HUN | 149.94 | 73.90 | 76.04 | |||
| 2 | Soviet Union | URS | 149.70 | 74.28 | 75.42 | |||
| 3 | Sweden | SWE | 143.96 | 72.51 | 71.45 | |||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 142.78 | 73.01 | 69.77 | |||
| 5 | Italy | ITA | 141.64 | 69.54 | 72.10 | |||
| 6 | Poland | POL | 141.57 | 71.22 | 70.35 | |||
| 7 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 140.95 | 71.67 | 69.28 | |||
| 8 | Bulgaria | BUL | 140.09 | 71.87 | 68.22 | |||
| 9 | Finland | FIN | 138.46 | 71.03 | 67.43 | |||
| 10 | Romania | ROU | 138.25 | 68.74 | 69.51 | |||
| 11 | France | FRA | 137.73 | 69.59 | 68.14 | |||
| 12 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 136.85 | 69.54 | 67.31 | |||
| 13 | Austria | AUT | 136.51 | 70.67 | 65.84 | |||
| 14 | Netherlands | NED | 130.61 | 65.61 | 65.00 | |||
| 15 | United States | USA | 128.11 | 68.74 | 59.37 | |||
| 16 | Great Britain | GBR | 127.60 | 64.90 | 62.70 |
Horse Vault (22 – 23 July 1952)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | TCP | TOP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 151.82 | 76.78 | 75.04 | |||
| 2 | Hungary | HUN | 147.13 | 73.24 | 73.89 | |||
| 3 | Italy | ITA | 146.27 | 74.51 | 71.76 | |||
| 4 | Sweden | SWE | 145.06 | 71.74 | 73.32 | |||
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 144.33 | 72.92 | 71.41 | |||
| 6 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 143.31 | 71.68 | 71.63 | |||
| 7 | Great Britain | GBR | 141.02 | 71.51 | 69.51 | |||
| 8 | Poland | POL | 138.76 | 70.26 | 68.50 | |||
| 9 | Bulgaria | BUL | 138.02 | 70.25 | 67.77 | |||
| 10 | France | FRA | 135.87 | 69.80 | 66.07 | |||
| 11 | Austria | AUT | 135.84 | 68.07 | 67.77 | |||
| 12 | Netherlands | NED | 133.69 | 65.97 | 67.72 | |||
| 13 | Finland | FIN | 131.93 | 66.26 | 65.67 | |||
| 14 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 129.95 | 59.82 | 70.13 | |||
| 15 | Romania | ROU | 129.10 | 61.90 | 67.20 | |||
| 16 | United States | USA | 119.49 | 58.68 | 60.81 |
Uneven Bars (22 – 23 July 1952)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | TCP | TOP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 151.07 | 75.00 | 76.07 | |||
| 2 | Hungary | HUN | 150.25 | 74.74 | 75.51 | |||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 143.84 | 70.00 | 73.84 | |||
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 141.32 | 71.34 | 69.98 | |||
| 5 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 139.51 | 70.34 | 69.17 | |||
| 6 | Sweden | SWE | 136.93 | 68.39 | 68.54 | |||
| 7 | Poland | POL | 136.86 | 64.00 | 72.86 | |||
| 8 | Romania | ROU | 136.81 | 68.11 | 68.70 | |||
| 9 | Bulgaria | BUL | 133.82 | 69.34 | 64.48 | |||
| 10 | Austria | AUT | 133.72 | 65.31 | 68.41 | |||
| 11 | France | FRA | 132.98 | 65.68 | 67.30 | |||
| 12 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 132.84 | 65.07 | 67.77 | |||
| 13 | Netherlands | NED | 129.54 | 65.23 | 64.31 | |||
| 14 | United States | USA | 128.76 | 69.61 | 59.15 | |||
| 15 | Finland | FIN | 122.24 | 58.84 | 63.40 | |||
| 16 | Great Britain | GBR | 119.93 | 60.27 | 59.66 |
Balance Beam (22 – 23 July 1952)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | TCP | TOP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 150.30 | 74.20 | 76.10 | |||
| 2 | Hungary | HUN | 144.58 | 73.17 | 71.41 | |||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 144.15 | 70.94 | 73.21 | |||
| 4 | Bulgaria | BUL | 142.80 | 72.33 | 70.47 | |||
| 5 | Sweden | SWE | 138.80 | 67.67 | 71.13 | |||
| 6 | Italy | ITA | 137.46 | 67.49 | 69.97 | |||
| 7 | Romania | ROU | 135.34 | 69.24 | 66.10 | |||
| 8 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 135.26 | 66.65 | 68.61 | |||
| 9 | France | FRA | 134.43 | 66.78 | 67.65 | |||
| 10 | Finland | FIN | 133.42 | 67.61 | 65.81 | |||
| 11 | Netherlands | NED | 133.29 | 65.77 | 67.52 | |||
| 12 | Poland | POL | 132.80 | 64.04 | 68.76 | |||
| 13 | Austria | AUT | 132.07 | 64.13 | 67.94 | |||
| 14 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 131.64 | 62.80 | 68.84 | |||
| 15 | Great Britain | GBR | 127.26 | 64.78 | 62.48 | |||
| 16 | United States | USA | 121.63 | 66.05 | 55.58 |