Artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
Artistic gymnastics has been contested at the Summer Olympics since the first modern Olympic games in Athens. Thirty-three distinct nations have won medals at the Olympics. Athletes representing the former Soviet Union have captured 200 medals (including medals won by the Unified Team at Barcelona), almost 25% of the total medal count; Athletes representing Japan, the United States, Germany, and Romania have captured a further 35% of awarded medals in artistic gymnastics.
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| Event | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
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Medal table
Updated after the 2016 Summer Olympics
Men
Sources: [1][2]
| Rank |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 39 | 38 | 17 | 94 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 31 | 33 | 33 | 97 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 23 | 22 | 21 | 66 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 20 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 16 | 19 | 13 | 48 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 14 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 8 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Unified Team (EUN) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Greece (GRE) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 16 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 19 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 25 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 36 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Sources: [1][2]
| Rank |
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Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 33 | 29 | 26 | 88 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 24 | 16 | 22 | 62 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 14 | 20 | 14 | 48 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 9 | Unified Team (EUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
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