| Floor at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Floor at the 2012 Olympic Games | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men: 1932–2024 Women: 1952–2024 |
| 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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