Olympic Games

Gymnastics at the Olympics

There are three disciplines at the Olympics in the sport of gymnastics

In 1904 in St Louis, one of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made out of wood.
No gymnast had ever achieved a perfect score of 10, until Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10's seven times at the 1976 Montreal games. In 1980, she won two more gold medals.
Aleksandr Ditiatin of the Soviet Union earned 8 Gold medals in gymnastics at the 1980 games.
In 1928, Luigina Giavotti became the youngest medalist of all time, helping the Italian gymnastics team pick up a silver at the age of 11 years and 302 days.
In 1964, Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina won six medals for the third time in a row. She is the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).

In 1980, Soviet athlete Aleksandr Dityatin won a record eight medals in gymnastics.
In 1984, 16-year-old Mary Lou Retton earned her place on Wheaties boxes by winning four gymnastics medals - including a gold in all-around gymnastics - just six weeks after undergoing knee surgery.
In 1992, Gymnast Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team won six gold medals in gymnastics.
In 1996, the US won gold in gymnastics, with the help of Kerri Strug, who nailed her second vault despite having a sprained ankle.
In 2000, Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won six medals, as he had done in Atlanta in 1996.