| Uneven bars at the Olympic Games | |
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 Karin Janz competing on the uneven bars at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Gender | Women |
| Years held | 1952 – 2024 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Women |  Kaylia Nemour (ALG) |
The uneven bars is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics on which only women compete. Women started competing in and earning medals at apparatus finals in 1952. [1]
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polina Astakhova |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Svetlana Khorkina |  Russia (RUS) | 1996–2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aliya Mustafina | Russia (RUS) | 2012–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | He Kexin |  China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Karin Janz |  East Germany (GDR) | 1968–1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ágnes Keleti |  Hungary (HUN) | 1952–1956 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sunisa Lee |  United States (USA) | 2020–2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  ROC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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