Olympic sport
Floor at the Olympic Games | |
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Floor at the 2012 Olympic Games | |
Overview | |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1932–2024 Women: 1952–2024 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Carlos Yulo (PHI) |
Women | Rebeca Andrade (BRA) |
The floor (or floor exercise) is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the 1932 Olympic Games. For women it was first held in 1952.
Medalists
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Nikolai Andrianov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1972–1980 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Zou Kai | China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Artem Dolgopyat | Israel (ISR) | 2020–2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Georges Miez | Switzerland (SUI) | 1932–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
William Thoresson | Sweden (SWE) | 1952–1956 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Li Xiaoshuang | China (CHN) | 1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Franco Menichelli | Italy (ITA) | 1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Akinori Nakayama | Japan (JPN) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Yukio Iketani | Japan (JPN) | 1988–1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lou Yun | China (CHN) | 1984–1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Alexei Nemov | Russia (RUS) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
17 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
22 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Ágnes Keleti | Hungary (HUN) | 1952–1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nellie Kim | Soviet Union (URS) | 1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Simone Biles | United States (USA) | 2016, 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cătălina Ponor | Romania (ROU) | 2004, 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Aly Raisman | United States (USA) | 2012–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Nadia Comăneci | Romania (ROU) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Polina Astakhova | Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ludmilla Tourischeva | Soviet Union (URS) | 1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Simona Amânar | Romania (ROU) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
2 | Romania (ROU) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
3 | United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallery
Men's Floor at the Olympics
Anikó Ducza, 1964
Nellie Kim, 1980
Shawn Johnson, 2008
Ksenia Afanasyeva, 2012
Sandra Izbașa, 2012
Aly Raisman, 2016
Women's Floor at the Olympics
References
- "1932 Olympics Gymnastics Medalists".
- "Israel's golden pair: Linoy Ashram and Artem Dolgopyat". The Jerusalem Post. 13 September 2021.
- "Carey golden on floor exercise at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2021.