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Artistic Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Dates 18 – 23 October 1964
Medal Events 14

The 1964 Olympic gymnastics competition was held at the Tōkyō Taiikukan, or Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The facility had been built in 1954 to host the World Wrestling Championships. It was renovated in 1990 and continues to be used as a sports venue.

In the men’s events, Japan and the Soviet Union both won nine medals, but Japan won five golds to only one for the Soviets. Only six nations won medals in the men’s competition. The top nation among the women was the Soviet Union with three golds and 10 medals, but Czechoslovakia’s Věra Čáslavská was the women’s star in 1964, winning the all-around and two apparatus gold medals.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Individual All-Around, Men Olympic 18 – 20 October 1964 130 30
Team All-Around, Men Olympic 18 – 20 October 1964 108 18
Floor Exercise, Men Olympic 18 – 22 October 1964 130 30
Horse Vault, Men Olympic 18 – 23 October 1964 130 30
Parallel Bars, Men Olympic 18 – 23 October 1964 128 29
Horizontal Bar, Men Olympic 18 – 23 October 1964 128 29
Rings, Men Olympic 18 – 22 October 1964 128 29
Pommelled Horse, Men Olympic 18 – 22 October 1964 128 29
Individual All-Around, Women Olympic 19 – 21 October 1964 83 24
Team All-Around, Women Olympic 19 – 21 October 1964 59 10
Floor Exercise, Women Olympic 19 – 23 October 1964 83 24
Horse Vault, Women Olympic 19 – 22 October 1964 83 24
Uneven Bars, Women Olympic 19 – 22 October 1964 83 24
Balance Beam, Women Olympic 19 – 23 October 1964 83 24
213 (130/83) 34 (30/24)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Yukio EndoJPN Shuji Tsurumi
Viktor Lisitsky
Boris Shakhlin		JPN
URS
URS		 ——
Team All-Around, Men JapanJPN Soviet UnionURS Unified Team of GermanyGER
Floor Exercise, Men Franco MenichelliITA Yukio Endo
Viktor Lisitsky		JPN
URS		 ——
Horse Vault, Men Haruhiro YamashitaJPN Viktor LisitskyURS Hannu RantakariFIN
Parallel Bars, Men Yukio EndoJPN Shuji TsurumiJPN Franco MenichelliITA
Horizontal Bar, Men Boris ShakhlinURS Yury TitovURS Miroslav CerarYUG
Rings, Men Takuji HayataJPN Franco MenichelliITA Boris ShakhlinURS
Pommelled Horse, Men Miroslav CerarYUG Shuji TsurumiJPN Yury TsapenkoURS
Individual All-Around, Women Věra ČáslavskáTCH Larisa LatyninaURS Polina AstakhovaURS
Team All-Around, Women Soviet UnionURS CzechoslovakiaTCH JapanJPN
Floor Exercise, Women Larisa LatyninaURS Polina AstakhovaURS Anikó Ducza-JánosiHUN
Horse Vault, Women Věra ČáslavskáTCH Birgit Radochla
Larisa Latynina		GER
URS		 ——
Uneven Bars, Women Polina AstakhovaURS Katalin MakrayHUN Larisa LatyninaURS
Balance Beam, Women Věra ČáslavskáTCH Tamara ManinaURS Larisa LatyninaURS

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 5 4 1 10
Soviet Union URS 4 10 5 19
Czechoslovakia TCH 3 1 0 4
Italy ITA 1 1 1 3
Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1