| Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| List of gymnasts | ||
| Artistic | ||
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
The women's vault was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. [1]
 Gold |  Silver | Silver |
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia | Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union | Birgit Radochla  United Team of Germany |
Each gymnast competed in both compulsory and optional exercises. The score for each was determined by a panel of five judges, with the top and bottom scores being dropped before the remaining three were averaged (and truncated to three decimal places). The two average scores were then summed. This score was also used in calculating both individual all-around and team scores.
The top 6 advanced to the final for the apparatus, keeping half of their preliminary score to be added to their final score.
| 1. |  Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 9.700 | 9.800 | 19.500 | QF |
| 2. |  Birgit Radochla (EUA) | 9.766 | 9.600 | 19.366 | QF |
| 3. |  Toshiko Aihara (JPN) | 9.633 | 9.600 | 19.233 | QF |
 Elena Volchetskaya (URS) | 9.633 | 9.600 | 19.233 | QF | |
| 5. | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.500 | 9.666 | 19.166 | QF |
| 6. | Ute Starke (EUA) | 9.600 | 9.500 | 19.100 | QF |
| 7. | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 9.466 | 9.566 | 19.032 | |
| 8. | Ingrid Fost (EUA) | 9.500 | 9.500 | 19.000 | |
| 9. | Keiko Ikeda (JPN) | 9.466 | 9.533 | 18.999 | |
| 10. | Ginko Chiba (JPN) | 9.466 | 9.500 | 18.966 | |
| Kiyoko Ono (JPN) | 9.500 | 9.466 | 18.966 | ||
| Adolfina Tkacikova (TCH) | 9.400 | 9.566 | 18.966 | ||
| 13. | Taniko Nakamura (JPN) | 9.533 | 9.400 | 18.933 | |
| Jaroslava Sedlackova (TCH) | 9.433 | 9.500 | 18.933 | ||
| 15. | Marie Krajcirova (TCH) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 | |
| 16. |  Sonia Iovan (ROU) | 9.433 | 9.466 | 18.899 | |
| Jana Posnerova (TCH) | 9.466 | 9.433 | 18.899 | ||
| 18. |  D. E. McClements (USA) | 9.400 | 9.466 | 18.866 | |
| Hana Ruzickova (TCH) | 9.433 | 9.433 | 18.866 | ||
 Malgorzata Wilczek (POL) | 9.400 | 9.466 | 18.866 | ||
| 21. |  Tolnai Erdosi (HUN) | 9.466 | 9.366 | 18.832 | |
| 22. | Ludmila Gromova (URS) | 9.400 | 9.400 | 18.800 | |
| 23. | Gerda Brylka (POL) | 9.366 | 9.433 | 18.799 | |
 Laila Egman (SWE) | 9.433 | 9.366 | 18.799 | ||
| Hiroko Tsuji (JPN) | 9.466 | 9.333 | 18.799 | ||
| 26. | Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.400 | 9.366 | 18.766 | |
| Tamara Zamotailova (URS) | 9.366 | 9.400 | 18.766 | ||
| 28. | Kathleen Corrigan (USA) | 9.400 | 9.300 | 18.700 | |
| Dorota Miler (POL) | 9.400 | 9.300 | 18.700 | ||
| 30. | Elena Ceampelea (ROU) | 9.266 | 9.400 | 18.666 | |
| Christel Felgner (EUA) | 9.300 | 9.366 | 18.666 | ||
| Ducza Janosi (HUN) | 9.266 | 9.400 | 18.666 | ||
| 33. | Elena Popescu (ROU) | 9.266 | 9.366 | 18.632 | |
| 34. | Ewa Rydell (SWE) | 9.366 | 9.233 | 18.599 | |
| 35. |  Veronica Grymonprez (BEL) | 9.333 | 9.233 | 18.566 | |
| Mak Kovacs (HUN) | 9.266 | 9.300 | 18.566 | ||
| Anna Lundquist (SWE) | 9.300 | 9.266 | 18.566 | ||
| 38. | Elzbieta Apostolska (POL) | 9.233 | 9.300 | 18.533 | |
| Barbara Eustachiewicz (POL) | 9.233 | 9.300 | 18.533 | ||
| 40. | Cristina Doboșan (ROU) | 9.266 | 9.266 | 18.532 | |
| Barbara Stolz (EUA) | 9.266 | 9.266 | 18.532 | ||
| 42. |  Gail Daley (CAN) | 9.300 | 9.200 | 18.500 | |
| Atanasia Ionescu (ROU) | 9.300 | 9.200 | 18.500 | ||
| 44. |  Chung Bong Soon (KOR) | 9.233 | 9.266 | 18.499 | |
| Ulla Lindstrom (SWE) | 9.266 | 9.233 | 18.499 | ||
| 46. | Katalin Muller (HUN) | 9.200 | 9.266 | 18.466 | |
| 47. | Choi Young Sook (KOR) | 9.133 | 9.300 | 18.433 | |
 Henriette Parzer (AUT) | 9.200 | 9.233 | 18.433 | ||
| Janie Speaks (USA) | 9.233 | 9.200 | 18.433 | ||
| 50. | Karin Mannewitz (EUA) | 9.266 | 9.166 | 18.432 | |
| 51. |  Liliana Alexandrova (BUL) | 9.166 | 9.233 | 18.399 | |
| Raina Grigorova (BUL) | 9.233 | 9.166 | 18.399 | ||
| Katalin Makray (HUN) | 9.133 | 9.266 | 18.399 | ||
| 54. | Gerola Lindahl (SWE) | 9.300 | 9.066 | 18.366 | |
| 55. | Maria Tressel (HUN) | 9.300 | 9.033 | 18.333 | |
| 56. | Anne-Marie Lambert (SWE) | 9.200 | 9.066 | 18.266 | |
| Linda Metheny (USA) | 9.333 | 8.933 | 18.266 | ||
| Marie Walther (USA) | 9.233 | 9.033 | 18.266 | ||
| 59. |  Monica Rutherford (GBR) | 9.266 | 8.966 | 18.232 | |
| 60. |  Monique Baelden (FRA) | 9.200 | 9.000 | 18.200 | |
| Denise Goddard (GBR) | 9.300 | 8.900 | 18.200 | ||
| 62. |  Valerie Buffham (AUS) | 9.166 | 9.033 | 18.199 | |
| 63. |  Esbela Fonseca (POR) | 9.133 | 9.000 | 18.133 | |
| Evelyne Letourneur (FRA) | 9.100 | 9.033 | 18.133 | ||
| 65. | Gizela Niedurna (POL) | 8.933 | 9.133 | 18.066 | |
| 66. | Jacqueline Brisepierre (FRA) | 8.933 | 9.066 | 17.999 | |
| 67. | Lee Duk Boon (KOR) | 8.966 | 9.000 | 17.966 | |
| 68. |  Pauline Gardiner (NZL) | 8.933 | 8.833 | 17.766 | |
| 69. |  Eira Lehtonen (FIN) | 8.766 | 8.966 | 17.732 | |
| 70. |  Gundigmaa Tsagandorj (MGL) | 9.066 | 8.633 | 17.699 | |
| 71. | Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă (ROU) | 9.166 | 8.466 | 17.632 | |
| 72. | Theodora Hill (NZL) | 8.600 | 8.933 | 17.533 | |
| 73. | Tuya Yadamsuren (MGL) | 9.000 | 8.433 | 17.433 | |
| 74. | Muriel Grossfeld (USA) | 8.800 | 8.600 | 17.400 | |
| 75. | Valerie Roberts (AUS) | 8.966 | 8.433 | 17.399 | |
| 76. | Jean Spencer (NZL) | 8.600 | 8.500 | 17.100 | |
| 77. | Barbara Cage (AUS) | 8.600 | 8.466 | 17.066 | |
| 78. | Janice Bedford (AUS) | 9.000 | 8.033 | 17.033 | |
| 79. | Barbara Fletcher (AUS) | 8.300 | 8.666 | 16.966 | |
| 80. |  Hong Than Kwai (ROC) | 7.866 | 5.566 | 13.432 | |
| 81. |  Jamileh Sorouri (IRI) | 5.733 | 6.933 | 12.666 | |
| 82. | Salme Koskinen (FIN) | 8.966 | — | 8.966 | |
| 83. | Chai Kuang Tai (ROC) | — | — | 0.000 | |
 Maria Floro (PHI) | — | — | 0.000 | ||
| Lynette Hancock (AUS) | — | — | 0.000 | ||
| Evelyn Magluyan (PHI) | — | — | 0.000 |
| | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 9.750 (1st) | +9.733 (1st) | 19.483 |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.583 (5th) | +9.700 (2nd) | 19.283 |
| | Birgit Radochla (EUA) | 9.683 (2nd) | +9.600 (4th) | 19.283 |
| 4. | Toshiko Aihara (JPN) | 9.616 (3rd) | +9.666 (3rd) | 19.282 |
| 5. | Elena Volchetskaya (URS) | 9.616 (3rd) | +9.533 (6th) | 19.149 |
| 6. | Ute Starke (EUA) | 9.550 (6th) | +9.566 (5th) | 19.116 |
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