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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | Nina Bocharova (URS) | Margit Korondi (HUN) |
| 1956 | Larissa Latynina (URS) | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | Sofia Muratova (URS) |
| 1960 | Larissa Latynina (URS) | Sofia Muratova (URS) | Polina Astakhova (URS) |
| 1964 | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | Larissa Latynina (URS) | Polina Astakhova (URS) |
| 1968 | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | Zinaida Voronina (URS) | Natalya Kuchinskaya (URS) |
| 1972 | Lyudmila Turishcheva (URS) | Karin Janz (GDR) | Tamara Lazakovich (BLR) |
| 1976 | Nadia Comăneci (ROM) | Nelli Kim (URS) | Lyudmila Turishcheva (URS) |
| 1980 | Yelena Davydova (URS) | Nadia Comăneci (ROM) Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | - |
| 1984 | Mary Lou Retton (USA) | Ecaterina Szabó (ROM) | Simona Păuca (ROM) |
| 1988 | Yelena Shushunova (URS) | Daniela Silivaş (ROM) | Svetlana Boginskaya (URS) |
| 1992 | Tatyana Gutsu (URS) | Shannon Miller (USA) | Lavinia Miloşovici (ROM) |
| 1996 | Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) | Gina Gogean (ROM) | Simona Amanar (ROM) |
| 2000 | Simona Amanar (ROM) | Maria Olaru (ROM) | Liu Xuan (CHN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Nina Bocharova (URS) | Maria Gorokhovska (URS) | Margit Korondi (HUN) |
| 1956 | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | Eva Boskáková (TCH) Tamara Manina (URS) | - |
| 1960 | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | Larisa LatyninaLarisa Semyonovna Latynina ( Russian: born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U. was a Soviet gymnast. She holds the record for most Olympic medals at 18. Born Larissa Diriy she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer (URS) | Sofia Muratova (URS) |
| 1964 | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | Tamara Manina (URS) | Larisa LatyninaLarisa Semyonovna Latynina ( Russian: born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukraine, U. was a Soviet gymnast. She holds the record for most Olympic medals at 18. Born Larissa Diriy she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer (URS) |
| 1968 | Natalya Kuchinskaya (URS) | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | Larisa Petrik (URS) |
| 1972 | Olga Korbut (URS) | Tamara Lazakovich (URS) | Karin Janz (GDR) |
| 1976 | Nadia Comăneci (ROM) | Olga Korbut (URS) | Teodora Ungureanu (ROM) |
| 1980 | Nadia Comăneci (ROM) | Yelena Davydova (URS) | Natalya Shaposhnikova (URS) |
| 1984 | Ecaterina Szabó (ROM) Simona Păuca (ROM) | - | Kathy Johnson (USA) |
| 1988 | Daniela Silivaş (ROM) | Yelena Shushunova (URS) | Phoebe Mills (USA) Gabriela Protorac (ROM) |
| 1992 | Tatyana Lysenko (EUN) | Lu Li (CHN) Shannon Miller (USA) | - |
| 1996 | Shannon Miller (USA) | Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) | Gina Gogean (ROM) |
| 2000 | Liu Xuan (CHN) | Yekaterina Lobazniuk (RUS) | Yelena Produnova (RUS) |