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Team All-Around, Women

Date22 – 23 July 1952 — 08:00-14:00 (both days)
StatusOlympic
LocationMessuhalli II, Helsinki
Participants128 from 16 countries
FormatEight-person teams. Best six overall scores count towards team score. Team score for portable apparatus added to individual apparatus scores.
JuryLiisa OrkoFIN
JuryAnna-Liisa NäsmarkSWE
JuryMiliza SepaYUG

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.

PosCompetitorsNOCTeam PointsIndividual PointsPortable Apparatus PointsTeam Compulsory PointsTeam Optional Points
1Soviet UnionURS527.03454.0373.00226.08227.95Gold
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 74.95non-scoring
Yekaterina Kalinchuk 73.91non-scoring
Yelena Gouts DNS
Klavdiya Orechkina DNS
2HungaryHUN520.96449.3671.60222.42226.94Silver
Margit Korondi 75.82
Ágnes Keleti 75.58
Edit Weckinger-Perényi 74.77
Olga Tass-Lemhényi 74.71
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles 74.61
Mária Kövi-Zalai 73.87
Andrea Bodó-Molnár 71.67non-scoring
Irén Karcsics-Daruházi 70.87non-scoring
Ilona Milanovics DNS
3CzechoslovakiaTCH503.32433.3270.00215.53217.79Bronze
Eva Bosáková-Věchtová 73.87
Alena Chadimová 72.25
Jana Rabasová 72.13
Božena Srncová 72.08
Hana Bobková 71.52
Matylda Matoušková-Šínová 71.47
Věra Vančurová-Rylicková 71.38non-scoring
Alena Reichová 70.40non-scoring
Libuše Brecková DNS
Marcela Ptàcková DNS
4SwedenSWE501.83427.6374.20212.34215.29
Karin Lindberg 73.13
Gun Röring 72.07
Evy Berggren 71.07
Göta Pettersson 70.97
Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling 70.71
Ingrid Sandahl 69.68
Hjördis Nordin 69.28non-scoring
Vanja Blomberg 67.84non-scoring
Annagreta Eriksson DNS
Harietta Larsson DNS
5Unified Team of GermanyGER495.23424.0371.20211.78212.251
Irma Walther 71.952
Hanna Grages 71.773
Elisabeth Ostermeyer 70.914
Wolfgard Voß 70.005
Inge Sedlmaier 69.836
Lydia Zeitlhofer 69.577
Brigitte Kiesler 67.98non-scoring8
Hilde Koop 63.40non-scoring9
Ursula Niekerken DNS
Lisbeth Seeling DNS
6ItalyITA494.74426.5468.20212.90213.64
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 70.39non-scoring
Renata Bianchi 69.76non-scoring
Anna Monlarini DNS
Gabriella Santarelli DNS
7BulgariaBUL493.77426.9766.80216.38210.59
Tsvetanka Stancheva 73.67
Ivanka Dolzheva 72.81
Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova 72.30
Vasilka Stancheva 71.64
Rayna Grigorova 70.18
Yordanka Yovkova 66.37
Stoyanka Angelova 64.85non-scoring
Penka Prisadashka 62.91non-scoring
Anna Grudova DNS
8PolandPOL483.72419.5264.20204.63214.89
Stefania Świerzy 71.68
Stefania Reindl 70.91
Helena Rakoczy 70.74
Zofia Kowalczyk 69.20
Honorata Marcińczak 68.85
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska 68.14
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel 67.57non-scoring
Urszula Łukomska 62.90non-scoring
Stefania Konieczna DNS
9RomaniaROU483.06416.2666.80209.15207.1110
Stela Perin 71.8511
Olga Göllner 70.0712
Ileana Gyarfaș 69.6113
Olga Munteanu 69.0014
Helga Bîrsan 68.0015
Eveline Slavici 67.7316
Elisabeta Abrudeanu 63.73non-scoring17
Teofila Băiașu 59.51non-scoring18
Agneta Hoffmann DNS
Ildiko Szombati DNS
10AustriaAUT477.80409.4068.40204.41204.99
Ida Kadletz 69.74
Gerti Fesl 68.45
Trude Gollner-Kolar 68.25
Hedwig Traindl 68.02
Gertrude Winnige-Barosch 67.87
Gerti Gries 67.07
Edeltraud Schramm 65.50non-scoring
Hildegard Grill 63.24non-scoring
11YugoslaviaYUG477.34408.1469.20201.50206.64
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 66.61non-scoring
Tereza Kočiš 60.15non-scoring
Greta Klinar DNS
Ruža Vojsk DNS
12FranceFRA476.35408.5567.80204.97203.58
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 66.31non-scoring
Jeannette Vogelbacher 66.15non-scoring
Renée Hugon DNS
Gisèle Vigneron DNS
13FinlandFIN473.92403.3270.60200.55202.77
Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen 70.08
Vappu Salonen 69.61
Arja Lehtinen 69.43
Raili Hoviniemi 65.81
Pirkko Vilppunen 65.09
Maila Nisula 63.30
Pirkko Pyykönen 61.43non-scoring
Raija Simola 61.30non-scoring
14NetherlandsNED473.02403.0270.00199.11203.91
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 63.06non-scoring
Nanny Simon 61.05non-scoring
Truus Dam DNS
Truida Heil-Bonnet DNS
15United StatesUSA467.36405.7661.60205.63200.13
Marian Barone 69.30
Ruth Grulkowski 69.28
Clara Schroth-Lomady 68.38
Ruth Topalian 67.81
Dorothy Dalton 65.67
Marie Hoesly 65.32
Meta Elste 60.67non-scoring
Doris Kirkman 31.56non-scoring
16Great BritainGBR457.31394.3163.00197.55196.76
Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard 68.01
Pat Hirst 67.21
Cissie Davies 65.67
Margo Morgan 64.67
Margaret Thomas-Neale 64.64
Irene Hirst 64.11
Valerie Mullins 61.40non-scoring
Marjorie Raistrick-Carter 60.10non-scoring
Dorothy Hey DNS
Audrey Rennard DNS

Floor Exercise

Date22 – 23 July 1952
PosCompetitorsNOCTeam PointsTeam Compulsory PointsTeam Optional Points
1HungaryHUN149.9473.9076.04
2Soviet UnionURS149.7074.2875.42
3SwedenSWE143.9672.5171.45
4CzechoslovakiaTCH142.7873.0169.77
5ItalyITA141.6469.5472.10
6PolandPOL141.5771.2270.35
7Unified Team of GermanyGER140.9571.6769.28
8BulgariaBUL140.0971.8768.22
9FinlandFIN138.4671.0367.43
10RomaniaROU138.2568.7469.51
11FranceFRA137.7369.5968.14
12YugoslaviaYUG136.8569.5467.31
13AustriaAUT136.5170.6765.84
14NetherlandsNED130.6165.6165.00
15United StatesUSA128.1168.7459.37
16Great BritainGBR127.6064.9062.70

Horse Vault

Date22 – 23 July 1952
PosCompetitorsNOCTeam PointsTeam Compulsory PointsTeam Optional Points
1Soviet UnionURS151.8276.7875.04
2HungaryHUN147.1373.2473.89
3ItalyITA146.2774.5171.76
4SwedenSWE145.0671.7473.32
5CzechoslovakiaTCH144.3372.9271.41
6Unified Team of GermanyGER143.3171.6871.63
7Great BritainGBR141.0271.5169.51
8PolandPOL138.7670.2668.50
9BulgariaBUL138.0270.2567.77
10FranceFRA135.8769.8066.07
11AustriaAUT135.8468.0767.77
12NetherlandsNED133.6965.9767.72
13FinlandFIN131.9366.2665.67
14YugoslaviaYUG129.9559.8270.13
15RomaniaROU129.1061.9067.20
16United StatesUSA119.4958.6860.81

Uneven Bars

Date22 – 23 July 1952
PosCompetitorsNOCTeam PointsTeam Compulsory PointsTeam Optional Points
1Soviet UnionURS151.0775.0076.07
2HungaryHUN150.2574.7475.51
3CzechoslovakiaTCH143.8470.0073.84
4ItalyITA141.3271.3469.98
5Unified Team of GermanyGER139.5170.3469.17
6SwedenSWE136.9368.3968.54
7PolandPOL136.8664.0072.86
8RomaniaROU136.8168.1168.70
9BulgariaBUL133.8269.3464.48
10AustriaAUT133.7265.3168.41
11FranceFRA132.9865.6867.30
12YugoslaviaYUG132.8465.0767.77
13NetherlandsNED129.5465.2364.31
14United StatesUSA128.7669.6159.15
15FinlandFIN122.2458.8463.40
16Great BritainGBR119.9360.2759.66

Balance Beam

Date22 – 23 July 1952
PosCompetitorsNOCTeam PointsTeam Compulsory PointsTeam Optional Points
1Soviet UnionURS150.3074.2076.10
2HungaryHUN144.5873.1771.41
3CzechoslovakiaTCH144.1570.9473.21
4BulgariaBUL142.8072.3370.47
5SwedenSWE138.8067.6771.13
6ItalyITA137.4667.4969.97
7RomaniaROU135.3469.2466.10
8YugoslaviaYUG135.2666.6568.61
9FranceFRA134.4366.7867.65
10FinlandFIN133.4267.6165.81
11NetherlandsNED133.2965.7767.52
12PolandPOL132.8064.0468.76
13AustriaAUT132.0764.1367.94
14Unified Team of GermanyGER131.6462.8068.84
15Great BritainGBR127.2664.7862.48
16United StatesUSA121.6366.0555.58