Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

Women's floor at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Auditorio Nacional
Date	21–25 October
Competitors	101 from 28 nations
Winning score	19.675
Medalists
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union

These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Larisa Petrik's gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country. A similar controversy occurred in the balance beam, where Čáslavská was denied gold altogether.

Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Preliminary			Final
			Compulsory	Voluntary	Total	1⁄2 Prelim.	Final	Total
	Věra Čáslavská	Czechoslovakia	9.70	9.85	19.55	9.775	9.900	19.675
	Larisa Petrik	Soviet Union	9.70	9.85	19.55	9.775	9.900	19.675
	Natalia Kuchinskaya	Soviet Union	9.75	9.85	19.60	9.800	9.850	19.650
4	Zinaida Voronina	Soviet Union	9.65	9.75	19.40	9.700	9.850	19.550
5	Olga Karasyova	Soviet Union	9.70	9.85	19.55	9.575	9.750	19.325
	Bohumila Řimnáčová	Czechoslovakia	9.50	9.65	19.15	9.575	9.750	19.325
7	Marianna Krajčírová	Czechoslovakia	9.55	9.55	19.10	did not advance
8	Karin Janz	East Germany	9.50	9.50	19.00	did not advance
	Jana Kubičková-Posnerová	Czechoslovakia	9.50	9.50	19.00	did not advance
	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Soviet Union	9.50	9.50	19.00	did not advance
	Erika Zuchold	East Germany	9.50	9.50	19.00	did not advance
12	Anikó Ducza	Hungary	9.50	9.45	18.95	did not advance
13	Hana Lišková	Czechoslovakia	9.40	9.50	18.90	did not advance
14	Miyuki Matsuhisa	Japan	9.40	9.45	18.85	did not advance
	Taniko Mitsukuri	Japan	9.40	9.45	18.85	did not advance
	Chieko Oda	Japan	9.45	9.40	18.85	did not advance
17	Maritta Bauerschmidt	East Germany	9.40	9.40	18.80	did not advance
	Kayoko Hashiguchi	Japan	9.30	9.50	18.80	did not advance
	Miroslava Skleničková	Czechoslovakia	9.40	9.40	18.80	did not advance
20	Ágnes Bánfai	Hungary	9.45	9.30	18.75	did not advance
	Lyubov Burda	Soviet Union	9.35	9.40	18.75	did not advance
	Evelyne Letourneur	France	9.30	9.45	18.75	did not advance
	Cathy Rigby	United States	9.45	9.30	18.75	did not advance
24	Kazue Hanyu	Japan	9.35	9.30	18.65	did not advance
	Marianne Noack	East Germany	9.35	9.30	18.65	did not advance
26	Katalin Müller	Hungary	9.35	9.20	18.55	did not advance
27	Mitsuko Kandori	Japan	9.25	9.25	18.50	did not advance
	Magdalena Schmidt	East Germany	9.25	9.25	18.50	did not advance
	Ute Starke	East Germany	9.25	9.25	18.50	did not advance
30	Dominique Lauvard	France	9.15	9.25	18.40	did not advance
31	Joyce Tanac	United States	9.25	9.10	18.35	did not advance
32	Linda Metheny	United States	9.30	9.00	18.30	did not advance
33	Kathy Gleason	United States	9.20	9.05	18.25	did not advance
	Katalin Makray	Hungary	9.10	9.15	18.25	did not advance
	Vanya Marinova	Bulgaria	9.00	9.25	18.25	did not advance
	Françoise Nourry	France	9.20	9.05	18.25	did not advance
	Márta Tolnai	Hungary	9.10	9.15	18.25	did not advance
38	Ilona Békési	Hungary	9.05	9.10	18.15	did not advance
39	Zulema Bregado	Cuba	8.95	9.15	18.10	did not advance
	Mireille Cayre	France	9.05	9.05	18.10	did not advance
	Marie-Luise Stegemann	West Germany	8.90	9.20	18.10	did not advance
42	Wendy Cluff	United States	9.10	8.95	18.05	did not advance
43	Irmi Krauser	West Germany	8.80	9.20	18.00	did not advance
	Colleen Mulvihill	United States	9.15	8.85	18.00	did not advance
	Łucja Ochmańska	Poland	8.95	9.05	18.00	did not advance
	Grażyna Witkowska	Poland	8.95	9.05	18.00	did not advance
47	Nicole Bourdiau	France	9.00	8.95	17.95	did not advance
	Wiesława Lech	Poland	8.90	9.05	17.95	did not advance
49	Rayna Atanasova	Bulgaria	8.90	9.00	17.90	did not advance
	Sandra Hartley	Canada	8.90	9.00	17.90	did not advance
	Mariya Karashka	Bulgaria	8.80	9.10	17.90	did not advance
	Natalija Sljepica	Yugoslavia	8.85	9.05	17.90	did not advance
53	Jacqueline Brisepierre	France	9.00	8.85	17.85	did not advance
54	Petra Jebram	West Germany	8.70	9.10	17.80	did not advance
	Angelika Kern	West Germany	8.75	9.05	17.80	did not advance
56	Halina Daniec	Poland	8.60	9.15	17.75	did not advance
	Marie Lundqvist	Sweden	8.80	8.95	17.75	did not advance
	Theresa McDonnell	Canada	8.80	8.95	17.75	did not advance
	Anna Stein	West Germany	8.70	9.05	17.75	did not advance
60	Jennifer Diachun	Canada	8.65	9.05	17.70	did not advance
	Christiane Goethals	Belgium	8.75	8.95	17.70	did not advance
	Vesela Pasheva	Bulgaria	8.75	8.95	17.70	did not advance
	Neli Stoyanova	Bulgaria	8.80	8.90	17.70	did not advance
64	Else Trangbaek	Denmark	8.70	8.95	17.65	did not advance
	Barbara Zięba	Poland	8.70	8.95	17.65	did not advance
66	Małgorzata Chojnacka	Poland	8.65	8.95	17.60	did not advance
	Helga Matschkur	West Germany	8.60	9.00	17.60	did not advance
68	Rose-Marie Holm	Sweden	8.80	8.75	17.55	did not advance
	Torunn Isberg	Norway	8.65	8.90	17.55	did not advance
70	Solveig Egman-Andersson	Sweden	8.70	8.80	17.50	did not advance
71	Horta Van Hoye	Belgium	8.65	8.80	17.45	did not advance
	Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin	Mongolia	8.60	8.85	17.45	did not advance
	Valerie Norris	Australia	8.55	8.90	17.45	did not advance
74	Nancy Aldama	Cuba	8.35	9.05	17.40	did not advance
75	Nereida Bauta	Cuba	8.45	8.90	17.35	did not advance
	Gabriella Pozzuolo	Italy	8.80	8.55	17.35	did not advance
77	Mary Prestidge	Great Britain	8.55	8.75	17.30	did not advance
78	Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj	Mongolia	8.60	8.65	17.25	did not advance
79	Helga Braathen	Norway	8.55	8.65	17.20	did not advance
	Suzanne Cloutier	Canada	8.65	8.55	17.20	did not advance
	Daniela Maccelli	Italy	8.65	8.55	17.20	did not advance
82	Adriana Biagiotti	Italy	8.60	8.55	17.15	did not advance
	Marilynn Minaker	Canada	8.55	8.60	17.15	did not advance
84	Norikhoo Dorj	Mongolia	8.60	8.50	17.10	did not advance
	Jill Kvamme	Norway	8.55	8.55	17.10	did not advance
86	Margaret Bell	Great Britain	8.40	8.65	17.05	did not advance
87	Miriam Villacian	Cuba	8.20	8.80	17.00	did not advance
88	Suzette Blanco	Cuba	8.20	8.75	16.95	did not advance
	Esbela da Fonseca	Portugal	8.40	8.55	16.95	did not advance
90	Unni Holmen	Norway	8.55	8.30	16.85	did not advance
	Wenche Sjong	Norway	8.40	8.45	16.85	did not advance
92	Rosario Briones	Mexico	8.40	8.30	16.70	did not advance
	Laura Rivera	Mexico	8.55	8.15	16.70	did not advance
94	Luisa Morales	Mexico	8.25	8.40	16.65	did not advance
	Julietta Saenz de Secilia	Mexico	8.40	8.25	16.65	did not advance
96	Yolanda Vega	Cuba	8.05	8.55	16.60	did not advance
97	Elena Ramirez	Mexico	8.30	8.25	16.55	did not advance
98	Rosalinda Puente	Mexico	8.20	8.25	16.45	did not advance
99	Ann-Mari Hvaal	Norway	7.95	8.35	16.30	did not advance
100	Yu Mai-Lee	Chinese Taipei	7.75	7.70	15.45	did not advance
	Hong Tai-kwai	Chinese Taipei	7.75	7.70	15.45	did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Report
• www.gymnasticsresults.com
• www.gymn-forum.net