Floor at the Olympics
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: 1932–2020 Women: 1952–2020 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Women | ![]() |
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.[1] For women it was first held in 1952.
Medalists
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nikolai Andrianov | ![]() | 1972–1980 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Zou Kai | ![]() | 2008–2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Georges Miez | ![]() | 1932–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
William Thoresson | ![]() | 1952–1956 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Li Xiaoshuang | ![]() | 1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Franco Menichelli | ![]() | 1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Akinori Nakayama | ![]() | 1968–1972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Yukio Iketani | ![]() | 1988–1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lou Yun | ![]() | 1984–1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Alexei Nemov | ![]() | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | Yordan Yovchev | ![]() | 2000–2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Larisa Latynina | ![]() | 1956–1964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Ágnes Keleti | ![]() | 1952–1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nellie Kim | ![]() | 1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Cătălina Ponor | ![]() | 2004, 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Aly Raisman | ![]() | 2012–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Nadia Comăneci | ![]() | 1976–1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Polina Astakhova | ![]() | 1960–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ludmilla Tourischeva | ![]() | 1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Simona Amânar | ![]() | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallery
Men's Floor at the Olympics
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Anik%C3%B3_Ducza-J%C3%A1nosi_1964.jpg/149px-Anik%C3%B3_Ducza-J%C3%A1nosi_1964.jpg)
Anikó Ducza, 1964
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/RIAN_archive_497574_Soviet_gymnast_Nelli_Kim.jpg/177px-RIAN_archive_497574_Soviet_gymnast_Nelli_Kim.jpg)
Nellie Kim, 1980
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Shawn_Johnson_competes_cropped.jpg/173px-Shawn_Johnson_competes_cropped.jpg)
Shawn Johnson, 2008
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ksenia_Afanasyeva.jpg/165px-Ksenia_Afanasyeva.jpg)
Ksenia Afanasyeva, 2012
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Women_gymnastics_olympics_2012_sandra_izbasa_01.jpg/156px-Women_gymnastics_olympics_2012_sandra_izbasa_01.jpg)
Sandra Izbașa, 2012
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Aly_Raisman_Rio_2016b.jpg/197px-Aly_Raisman_Rio_2016b.jpg)
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.
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Floor Exercise
Summary
- 1896–1928: not included
- 1932:
István Pelle (HUN)
- 1936:
Georges Miez (SUI)
- 1948:
Ferenc Pataki (HUN)
- 1952:
William Thoresson (SWE)
- 1956:
Valentin Muratov (URS)
- 1960:
Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN)
- 1964:
Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1968:
Sawao Katō (JPN)
- 1972:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1976:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1980:
Roland Brückner (GDR)
- 1984:
Li Ning (CHN)
- 1988:
Sergey Kharkov (URS)
- 1992:
Li Xiaoshuang (CHN)
- 1996:
Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)
- 2000:
Igors Vihrovs (LAT)
- 2004:
Kyle Shewfelt (CAN)
- 2008:
Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2012:
Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2016:
Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2020:
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)