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Horse Vault, Women

Date	22 – 23 July 1952 — 08:00-14:00 (both days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli II, Helsinki
Participants	134 from 18 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Soviet women were pretty good in this event. They finished 1-6, with the medals won by Yekaterina Kalinchuk, Mariya Horokovska, and Galina Minaicheva, in that order. The top non-Soviets were Sweden’s Karin Lindberg and Poland’s Helena Rakoczy, the 1950 World Champion, who tied for seventh.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	Yekaterina Kalinchuk	URS	19.20	9.70	9.50	Gold
2	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	19.19	9.63	9.56	Silver
3	Galina Minaicheva	URS	19.16	9.73	9.43	Bronze
4	Medeya Jugeli	URS	19.13	9.73	9.40
5	Galina Urbanovich	URS	19.10	9.70	9.40
6	Nina Bocharova	URS	19.03	9.80	9.23
=7	Helena Rakoczy	POL	18.79	9.53	9.26
=7	Karin Lindberg	SWE	18.79	9.36	9.43
9	Mária Kövi-Zalai	HUN	18.76	9.46	9.30
10	Lidia Pitteri	ITA	18.73	9.50	9.23
11	Edit Weckinger-Perényi	HUN	18.63	9.33	9.30
12	Pelageya Danilova	URS	18.62	9.46	9.16
13	Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles	HUN	18.60	9.30	9.30
=14	Licia Macchini	ITA	18.59	9.43	9.16
=14	Ann-Sofi Pettersson	SWE	18.59	9.36	9.23
=16	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	18.56	9.43	9.13
=16	Olga Tass	HUN	18.56	9.26	9.30
=18	Stefania Świerzy	POL	18.46	9.53	8.93
=18	Stefania Reindl	POL	18.46	9.46	9.00
=20	Stela Perin	ROU	18.43	9.43	9.00
=20	Elisabeth Ostermeyer	GER	18.43	9.30	9.13
22	Margit Korondi	HUN	18.40	9.10	9.30
=23	Andrea Bodó	HUN	18.39	9.23	9.16
=23	Galina Shamray	URS	18.39	9.03	9.36
25	Vasilka Stancheva	BUL	18.36	9.40	8.96
26	Evy Berggren	SWE	18.30	9.10	9.20
=27	Saltirka Spasova	BUL	18.29	9.33	8.96
=27	Wolfgard Voß	GER	18.29	9.13	9.16
=27	Brigitte Kiesler	GER	18.29	9.13	9.16
30	Hanna Grages	GER	18.26	9.23	9.03
=31	Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh	NED	18.23	9.13	9.10
=31	Göta Pettersson	SWE	18.23	9.03	9.20
=33	Eva Věchtová	TCH	18.20	9.00	9.20
=33	Božena Srncová	TCH	18.20	9.00	9.20
=35	Liliana Scaricabarozzi	ITA	18.16	9.30	8.86
=35	Gun Röring	SWE	18.16	9.13	9.03
=35	Jana Rabasová	TCH	18.16	9.10	9.06
=38	Matylda Šínová	TCH	18.13	9.40	8.73
=38	Irma Walther	GER	18.13	9.20	8.93
40	Elisabetta Durelli	ITA	18.12	9.36	8.76
=41	Luciana Reali	ITA	18.10	9.20	8.90
=41	Ágnes Keleti	HUN	18.10	8.90	9.20
43	Grazia Bozzo	ITA	18.09	9.03	9.06
=44	Penka Prisadashka	BUL	18.06	9.30	8.76
=44	Alena Chadimová	TCH	18.06	9.23	8.83
=44	Tsvetanka Stancheva	BUL	18.06	9.16	8.90
=44	Hilde Koop	GER	18.06	9.03	9.03
=44	Ida Kadletz	AUT	18.06	8.93	9.13
=49	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	18.03	9.20	8.83
=49	Alena Reichová	TCH	18.03	9.10	8.93
=49	Tanja Žutić	YUG	18.03	9.10	8.93
52	Ingrid Sandahl	SWE	18.00	8.80	9.20
53	Lenie Gerrietsen	NED	17.99	8.93	9.06
=54	Nada Spasić	YUG	17.96	9.10	8.86
=54	Marjorie Raistrick	GBR	17.96	9.10	8.86
=54	Pat Hirst	GBR	17.96	8.93	9.03
57	Hana Bobková	TCH	17.93	8.93	9.00
=58	Renata Bianchi	ITA	17.92	9.26	8.66
=58	Alexandra Lemoine	FRA	17.92	9.16	8.76
=58	Ruth Topalian	USA	17.92	8.96	8.96
61	Sonja Rožman	YUG	17.89	8.93	8.96
=62	Ginette Durand	FRA	17.82	8.86	8.96
=62	Arja Lehtinen	FIN	17.82	8.86	8.96
64	Vappu Salonen	FIN	17.79	8.96	8.83
=65	Eveline Slavici	ROU	17.76	9.36	8.40
=65	Gertrude Barosch	AUT	17.76	9.10	8.66
=65	Norveig Karlsen	NOR	17.76	8.93	8.83
=65	Marian Barone	USA	17.76	8.90	8.86
=65	Hjördis Nordin	SWE	17.76	8.73	9.03
70	Gwynedd Lewis	GBR	17.73	9.13	8.60
71	Inge Sedlmaier	GER	17.72	9.16	8.56
72	Irén Karcsics-Daruházi	HUN	17.69	8.66	9.03
73	Trude Gollner-Kolar	AUT	17.66	8.80	8.86
=74	Irene Hirst	GBR	17.63	8.93	8.70
=74	Grethe Werner	NOR	17.63	8.93	8.70
76	Věra Vančurová	TCH	17.62	9.16	8.46
77	Margo Morgan	GBR	17.53	8.90	8.63
78	Cootje Kampen-Tonneman	NED	17.50	8.90	8.60
=79	Dorota Horzonek	POL	17.49	9.13	8.36
=79	Cissie Davies	GBR	17.49	8.86	8.63
=81	Clara Lomady	USA	17.46	8.63	8.83
=81	Valerie Mullins	GBR	17.46	8.83	8.63
83	Raili Tuominen	FIN	17.43	8.60	8.83
=84	Anka Drinić	YUG	17.39	8.73	8.66
=84	Irène Pittelioen	FRA	17.39	8.43	8.96
=86	Honorata Marcińczak	POL	17.36	8.96	8.40
=86	Maria Amorim	POR	17.36	8.80	8.56
=86	Ada Smolnikar	YUG	17.36	8.73	8.63
=86	Tootje Selbach	NED	17.36	8.36	9.00
=86	Dália da Cunha	POR	17.36	8.33	9.03
=91	Helga Bîrsan	ROU	17.32	9.06	8.26
=91	Elisabeta Abrudeanu	ROU	17.32	9.06	8.26
93	Zofia Kowalczyk	POL	17.29	8.96	8.33
=94	Margaret Thomas	GBR	17.26	8.83	8.43
=94	Ileana Gyarfaș	ROU	17.26	8.70	8.56
96	Vanja Blomberg	SWE	17.23	8.23	9.00
97	Ruth Grulkowski	USA	17.20	8.90	8.30
=98	Colette Hué	FRA	17.19	8.86	8.33
=98	Hedwig Traindl	AUT	17.19	8.66	8.53
100	Yordanka Yovkova	BUL	17.16	9.13	8.03
=101	Dorothy Dalton	USA	17.06	8.46	8.60
=101	Gerti Gries	AUT	17.06	8.40	8.66
103	Annie Ros	NED	16.93	8.00	8.93
104	Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen	NOR	16.89	8.53	8.36
105	Colette Fanara	FRA	16.86	8.76	8.10
106	Jo Cox-Ladru	NED	16.83	8.03	8.80
107	Gerti Fesl	AUT	16.76	8.96	7.80
108	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	16.73	8.80	7.93
109	Madeleine Jouffroy	FRA	16.70	9.00	7.70
110	Marica Ivandekić	YUG	16.56	8.40	8.16
111	Olga Göllner	ROU	16.53	8.13	8.40
112	Liliane Montagne	FRA	16.43	8.73	7.70
113	Pirkko Vilppunen	FIN	16.42	8.16	8.26
114	Marie Hoesly	USA	16.33	7.73	8.60
115	Olga Munteanu	ROU	16.22	8.16	8.06
116	Raili Hoviniemi	FIN	16.20	7.90	8.30
117	Lydia Zeitlhofer	GER	16.13	7.50	8.63
=118	Maila Nisula	FIN	15.76	7.86	7.90
=118	Edeltraud Schramm	AUT	15.76	7.36	8.40
120	Milica Rožman	YUG	15.66	6.83	8.83
=121	Pirkko Pyykönen	FIN	15.62	7.76	7.86
=121	Urszula Łukomska	POL	15.62	7.36	8.26
123	Hildegard Grill	AUT	15.59	7.86	7.73
124	Jeannette Vogelbacher	FRA	15.56	8.00	7.56
125	Barbara Wilk	POL	15.29	7.33	7.96
126	Toetie Selbach	NED	15.26	7.36	7.90
127	Raija Simola	FIN	14.89	8.16	6.73
128	Nanny Simon	NED	13.59	7.26	6.33
129	Stoyanka Angelova	BUL	13.33	5.93	7.40
130	Tereza Kočiš	YUG	9.10	–	9.10
131	Meta Elste	USA	8.66	–	8.66
132	Teofila Băiașu	ROU	8.26	–	8.26
133	Natália Cunha e Silva	POR	7.56	–	7.56
134	Doris Kirkman	USA	7.10	7.10	0.00