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Uneven bars at the Olympics

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Uneven bars
at the Olympic Games
Karin Janz competing on the uneven bars at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderWomen
Years held19522024
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]

Medalists

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Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Helsinki
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Margit Korondi
 Hungary
Maria Gorokhovskaya
 Soviet Union
Ágnes Keleti
 Hungary
1956 Melbourne
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Ágnes Keleti
 Hungary
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
Sofia Muratova
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
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Polina Astakhova
 Soviet Union
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
Tamara Lyukhina
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
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Polina Astakhova
 Soviet Union
Katalin Makray
 Hungary
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
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Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Karin Janz
 East Germany
Zinaida Voronina
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
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Karin Janz
 East Germany
Olga Korbut
 Soviet Union
Erika Zuchold
 East Germany
none awarded
1976 Montreal
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Nadia Comăneci
 Romania
Teodora Ungureanu
 Romania
Marta Egervari
 Hungary
1980 Moscow
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Maxi Gnauck
 East Germany
Emilia Eberle
 Romania
Maria Filatova
 Soviet Union
Steffi Kräker
 East Germany
Melita Ruhn
 Romania
1984 Los Angeles
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Ma Yanhong
 China
Julianne McNamara
 United States
none awarded Mary Lou Retton
 United States
1988 Seoul
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Daniela Silivaș
 Romania
Dagmar Kersten
 East Germany
Yelena Shushunova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
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Lu Li
 China
Tatiana Gutsu
 Unified Team
Shannon Miller
 United States
1996 Atlanta
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Svetlana Khorkina
 Russia
Amy Chow
 United States
Bi Wenjing
 China
none awarded
2000 Sydney
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Svetlana Khorkina
 Russia
Ling Jie
 China
Yang Yun
 China
2004 Athens
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Émilie Le Pennec
 France
Terin Humphrey
 United States
Courtney Kupets
 United States
2008 Beijing
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He Kexin
 China
Nastia Liukin
 United States
Yang Yilin
 China
2012 London
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Aliya Mustafina
 Russia
He Kexin
 China
Beth Tweddle
 Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Aliya Mustafina
 Russia
Madison Kocian
 United States
Sophie Scheder
 Germany
2020 Tokyo
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Nina Derwael
 Belgium
Anastasia Ilyankova
 ROC
Sunisa Lee
 United States
2024 Paris
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Kaylia Nemour
 Algeria
Qiu Qiyuan
 China
Sunisa Lee
 United States

Multiple medalists

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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

Medalists by country

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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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Women's Uneven Bars at the Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Uneven Bars, Women (1952)". Olympedia.
  2. ^ "Nina Derwael of Belgium Beats Sunisa Lee on Uneven Bars". The New York Times. 1 August 2021.