Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

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Women's vault
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue West Melbourne Stadium
Date3–7 December 1956
Competitors64 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Larisa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Tamara Manina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Olga Tass Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Ann-Sofi Colling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1952
1960  

These are the results of the women's vault competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered either 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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

Results

The results of the competition: [1]

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Larysa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.4339.40018.833
Silver medal icon.svg Tamara Manina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.4669.33318.800
Bronze medal icon.svg Olga Tass-Lemhényi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.1669.56618.733
Bronze medal icon.svg Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.4339.30018.733
5 Sofia Muratova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.5009.16618.666
6 Elena Leușteanu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.2669.36618.633
7 Helena Rakoczy Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.2339.26618.500
7 Natalia Kot Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.3339.16618.500
9 Lyudmila Yegorova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.2009.26618.466
10 Miranda Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.0669.36618.433
10 Doris Hedberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.2009.23318.433
12 Elena Lagorara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.9339.36618.300
13 Andrea Bodó-Molnár Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.0669.20018.266
13 Sonia Iovan-Inovan Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.1009.16618.266
13 Georgeta Hurmuzachi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.9669.30018.266
16 Anna Marejková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.1339.10018.233
16 Margit Korondi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.9009.33318.233
16 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.1339.10018.233
16 Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.1339.10018.233
20 Matylda Matoušková-Šínová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.0339.16618.200
20 Luciana Reali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.0009.20018.200
22 Eva Bosáková-Věchtová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.0009.16618.166
23 Ágnes Keleti Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.8339.30018.133
23 Elena Mărgărit Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.9339.20018.133
23 Kazuko Sogabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.0669.06618.133
23 Karin Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.8669.26618.133
27 Ivanka Dolzheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.9009.20018.100
27 Elena Săcălici Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.8669.23318.100
27 Eva Rönström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.9009.20018.100
30 Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.9009.16618.066
30 Mitsuka Ikeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.1338.93318.066
32 Rosella Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.7339.30018.033
32 Maude Karlén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.9669.06618.033
32 Joyce Racek US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.9009.13318.033
35 Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.9009.10018.000
35 Alena Reichová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.0009.00018.000
35 Doris Fuchs US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.9669.03318.000
38 Evy Berggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.1008.86617.966
39 Luciana Lagorara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.8009.13317.933
40 Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.8669.03317.900
40 Pat Hirst Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8.9668.93317.900
42 Danuta Nowak-Stachow Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.9668.90017.866
42 Věra Drazdíková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.0008.86617.866
42 Suzuko Seki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.0008.86617.866
45 Ernestine Russell-Carter Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 9.0008.83317.833
46 Tsvetanka Stancheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.9338.86617.800
46 Sandra Ruddick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.9338.86617.800
48 Miroslava Brdíčková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.8668.86617.333
48 Lidia Szczerbińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.0338.70017.733
50 Polina Astakhova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.7338.83317.566
50 Kyoko Kubota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8.7338.83317.566
50 Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.8338.73317.566
53 Elisa Calsi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.7008.83317.533
54 Shizuko Sakashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8.8008.70017.500
55 Danièle Sicot-Coulon Flag of France.svg  France 8.4009.00017.400
56 Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.2008.13317.333
57 Jackie Klein US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.6338.66617.300
58 Muriel Davis-Grossfeld US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.6338.33316.966
59 Judy Howe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.6007.66616.266
60 Annette Krier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8.0337.80015.833
61 Barbara Cunningham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.8007.60015.400
62 Ing Fraser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.7336.63314.366
63 Wendy Nicholls Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5.9337.70013.633
64 Aliz Kertész Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.7668.766

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References

  1. Official Report, pp. 492–97.