Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

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Women's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Pauley Pavilion
DateAugust 3, 1984
Competitors65 from 19 nations
Winning total79.175 points
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mary Lou Retton Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Ecaterina Szabo Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Simona Păucă Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1980
1988  

These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 30, August 1 and 3 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. [1]

Results

Sixty-five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 30 and August 1. The 36 highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 3. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes each gymnast's "prelim" score.

Final

RankGymnastPrelimVaultUneven
Bars
Balance
Beam
FloorFinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Mary Lou Retton  (USA)39.52510.0009.8509.80010.00039.65079.175
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ecaterina Szabo  (ROU)39.3759.9009.90010.0009.95039.75079.125
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Simona Păucă  (ROU)39.0259.9009.9009.9509.90039.65078.675
4Flag of the United States.svg  Julianne McNamara  (USA)39.2009.95010.0009.5509.70039.20078.400
5Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Laura Cutina  (ROU)39.2009.9009.9009.4009.90039.10078.300
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Yanhong  (CHN)39.1009.65010.0009.8009.30038.75077.850
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Ping  (CHN)38.6759.7509.8009.8009.75039.10077.775
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yongyan  (CHN)38.6759.7009.8009.8509.70039.05077.725
9Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Romi Kessler  (SUI)38.6759.6509.8509.8009.55038.85077.525
10Flag of the United States.svg  Kathy Johnson  (USA)39.0509.8509.9009.4009.25038.40077.450
11Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Maiko Morio  (JPN)37.9509.8009.8009.5509.75038.90076.850
12Flag of Germany.svg  Anja Wilhelm  (FRG)38.2259.7509.7009.7009.05038.20076.425
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bonnie Wittmeier  (CAN)37.9259.6009.6509.6009.50038.45076.375
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Andrea Thomas  (CAN)37.9259.5509.7509.3509.65038.30076.225
15Flag of Spain.svg  Laura Muñoz  (ESP)37.8759.8009.3509.8009.40038.35076.225
16Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Noriko Mochizuki  (JPN)37.8509.7509.8509.2009.45038.25076.100
17Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Anita Botnen  (CAN)37.7759.6509.7509.4509.40038.25076.025
18Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Chihiro Oyagi  (JPN)37.4259.4509.8509.5009.60038.40075.825
19Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Natalie Davies  (GBR)37.5259.7509.4009.5009.60038.25075.775
20Flag of Italy.svg  Laura Bortolaso  (ITA)37.3759.6009.7509.6009.35038.30075.675
21Flag of Spain.svg  Ana Manso  (ESP)37.2259.8009.7009.4009.15038.05075.275
22Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Amanda Harrison  (GBR)37.2759.7509.5009.2509.45037.95075.225
23Flag of Germany.svg  Astrid Beckers  (FRG)37.6259.6009.5009.0009.40037.50075.125
24Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Susi Latanzio  (SUI)37.2009.6009.4509.2509.50037.80075.000
25Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Kathleen Williams  (GBR)37.2259.6509.6509.0509.35037.70074.925
26Flag of Spain.svg  Marta Artigas  (ESP)36.9009.7009.6508.9509.25037.55074.450
27Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Tatiana Figueiredo  (BRA)36.3009.6009.6509.4009.45038.10074.400
28Flag of France.svg  Florence Laborderie  (FRA)36.5759.6009.1509.6009.25037.60074.175
29Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Natalie Seiler  (SUI)37.0759.7008.4009.4009.40036.90073.975
30Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Lee Jung-hee  (KOR)36.4009.6508.9509.1509.60037.35073.750
31Flag of Israel.svg  Nancy Goldsmith  (ISR)36.0259.2009.6509.4009.45037.70073.725
32Flag of France.svg  Corinne Ragazzacci  (FRA)35.8009.8009.8008.5509.30037.45073.250
33Flag of Australia.svg  Kerri Battersby  (AUS)36.1509.3009.5508.5509.1036.50072.650
34Flag of Australia.svg  Kellie Wilson  (AUS)36.1009.2509.4508.1509.40036.25072.350
35Flag of Sweden.svg  Lena Adomat  (SWE)35.9259.5509.1507.3009.40035.40071.325
36Flag of Germany.svg  Elke Heine  (FRG)38.2759.7509.7000.0000.00019.45057.725

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References

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