Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's team portable apparatus

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Women's team portable apparatus
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue West Melbourne Stadium
Date3–7 December
Competitors54 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
  1952

These are the results of the Women's team portable apparatus competition, one of the events of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The portable apparatus would eventually be removed from the Women's Artistic Gymnastics competition.

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From the official Report of the 1956 Summer Olympics:

Probably the most popular and spectacular item was the women's gymnastics team exercises with portable apparatus and music. It was a spectacle of controlled rhythm and concerted movement that has never been seen in Australia before. Hungary was the noteworthy winner, but public acclaim calls for mention of Sweden (second) and Rumania, with their exciting and unforgettable music and costumes.

The event would be the foundation for rhythmic gymnastics, which would debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Apparatus

Each team had to perform with an apparatus. The following were used in the 1956 competition. The scores would be added to the final team score.

Results

RankNationGymnastsApparatusScore
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Ribbon75.200
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ball74.200
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 74.000
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Hoop74.000
5Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 73.400
6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 73.200
7Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 73.000
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 72.800
9US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 67.600

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