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Vault, Women

Date	6 – 9 September 1960 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Terme di Caracalla, Roma
Participants	124 from 27 countries
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	S. Ljunggren	SWE
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	N. Yoshida	JPN
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	A. Fedorova	URS
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	M. Buzea	ROU
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	de Seixa	POR
Judge - Horse Vault (Compulsory Exercise)	V. Berg	SWE
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	S. Ljunggren	SWE
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	M. Zawada	POL
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	R. Pencheva	BUL
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	Joan Caelli	AUS
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	V. Berg	SWE
Judge - Horse Vault (Optional Exercise)	H. Wich	AUT

As with all apparatus formats in 1960, this was a new format, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the final, with the top six performers advancing to the final round, where they again performed a compulsory and optional exercise to determine final placements.

The Soviets swept the medals in this event, as they did in three of the four women’s apparatus finals, with the gold surprisingly won by Margarita Nikolayeva. This was her only individual Olympic medal, but she won quite easily over Sofya Muratova, with Larisa Latynina winning bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	19.316	Gold
2	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.049	Silver
3	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	19.016	Bronze
4	–	Adolfína Tačová	TCH	18.783
5	100	Sonia Iovan	ROU	18.766
6	–	Polina Astakhova	URS	18.716
7 r1/2	23	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	–
8 r1/2	–	Lidiya Ivanova	URS	–
9 r1/2	–	Sharon Richardson	USA	–
=10 r1/2	26	Ludmila Švédová	TCH	–
=10 r1/2	–	Tamara Lyukhina	URS	–
=10 r1/2	51	Ingrid Föst	GER	–
=13 r1/2	89	Natalia Kot	POL	–
=13 r1/2	121	Lena Adler	SWE	–
=15 r1/2	54	Kiyoko Ono	JPN	–
=15 r1/2	99	Elena Leuştean	ROU	–
=15 r1/2	126	Ewa Rydell	SWE	–
18 r1/2	53	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	–
19 r1/2	16	Tsvetanka Rangelova	BUL	–
20 r1/2	104	Elena Niculeşcu	ROU	–
21 r1/2	–	Anikó Ducza	HUN	–
=22 r1/2	57	Ginko Abukawa	JPN	–
=22 r1/2	–	Judit Füle	HUN	–
24 r1/2	103	Emilia Lită	ROU	–
25 r1/2	122	Solveig Egman	SWE	–
=26 r1/2	–	Gail Sontgerath	USA	–
=26 r1/2	–	Mirjana Bilić	YUG	–
28 r1/2	14	Elisaveta Mileva	BUL	–
=29 r1/2	124	Gerola Lindahl	SWE	–
=29 r1/2	90	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	POL	–
=31 r1/2	102	Uta Poreceanu	ROU	–
=31 r1/2	123	Monica Elfvin	SWE	–
33 r1/2	24	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	TCH	–
=34 r1/2	58	Toshiko Shirasu	JPN	–
=34 r1/2	–	Klára Förstner	HUN	–
=36 r1/2	22	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová	TCH	–
=36 r1/2	101	Atanasia Ionescu	ROU	–
=36 r1/2	92	Barbara Eustachiewicz	POL	–
39 r1/2	–	Doris Fuchs	USA	–
=40 r1/2	46	Karin Boldemann	GER	–
=40 r1/2	94	Brygida Dziuba	POL	–
42 r1/2	49	Renate Schneider	GER	–
43 r1/2	18	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	–
=44 r1/2	–	Katalin Müller	HUN	–
=44 r1/2	25	Hana Růžičková	TCH	–
=44 r1/2	91	Gizela Niedurny	POL	–
=44 r1/2	–	Olga Tass-Lemhényi	HUN	–
=44 r1/2	39	Danièle Coulon	FRA	–
=44 r1/2	–	Mária Bencsik	HUN	–
=44 r1/2	71	Rosella Cicognani	ITA	–
51 r1/2	–	Betty Jean Maycock	USA	–
52 r1/2	13	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	–
53 r1/2	56	Kimiko Tsukada	JPN	–
54 r1/2	93	Eryka Mondry-Kost	POL	–
=55 r1/2	17	Stanka Pavlova	BUL	–
=55 r1/2	–	Teri Montefusco	USA	–
57 r1/2	–	Tereza Kočiš	YUG	–
58 r1/2	43	Paulette le Raer	FRA	–
=59 r1/2	73	Wanda Soprani	ITA	–
=59 r1/2	70	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	–
61 r1/2	48	Gretel Schiener	GER	–
62 r1/2	–	Nevenka Pogačnik	YUG	–
63 r1/2	74	Elena Lagorara	ITA	–
64 r1/2	50	Roselore Sonntag	GER	–
=65 r1/2	7	Henriette Parzer	AUT	–
=65 r1/2	72	Francesca Costa	ITA	–
=65 r1/2	15	Saltirka Tarpova	BUL	–
=65 r1/2	47	Ute Starke	GER	–
=69 r1/2	37	Ritva Salonen	FIN	–
=69 r1/2	–	Muriel Grossfeld	USA	–
71 r1/2	85	Ria Meyburg	NED	–
72 r1/2	32	Pirkko Nieminen	FIN	–
73 r1/2	44	Monique Rossi	FRA	–
74 r1/2	41	Jacqueline Dieudonné	FRA	–
75 r1/2	–	Ernestine Russell-Carter	CAN	–
76 r1/2	82	Bep van Ipenburg-Drommel	NED	–
=77 r1/2	40	Anne-Marie Demortière	FRA	–
=77 r1/2	87	Lineke Majolee	NED	–
79 r1/2	42	Renée Hugon	FRA	–
80 r1/2	34	Eira Lehtonen	FIN	–
81 r1/2	–	Yu Myeong-Ja	KOR	–
82 r1/2	125	Ulla Lindström	SWE	–
=83 r1/2	120	Antoinette Kuiters	RSA	–
=83 r1/2	81	Liliane Becker	LUX	–
=85 r1/2	–	Godelieve Brys	BEL	–
=85 r1/2	33	Tuovi Sappinen	FIN	–
87 r1/2	75	Gabriella Santarelli	ITA	–
88 r1/2	61	Gwynedd Lingard	GBR	–
89 r1/2	4	Waltraud Benesch	AUT	–
90 r1/2	36	Raili Hämäläinen	FIN	–
91 r1/2	96	Dália Sammer	POR	–
92 r1/2	109	Montserrat Artamendi	ESP	–
93 r1/2	86	Nel Wambach	NED	–
=94 r1/2	84	Nel Fritz	NED	–
=94 r1/2	5	Anni Cermak	AUT	–
=96 r1/2	106	Elena Artamendi	ESP	–
=96 r1/2	–	Ralli Ben-Yehuda	ISR	–
98 r1/2	–	Veronica Grymonprez	BEL	–
99 r1/2	35	Kaarina Autio	FIN	–
100 r1/2	–	Ruth Abeles	ISR	–
=101 r1/2	98	Esbela da Fonseca	POR	–
=101 r1/2	60	Marjorie Carter	GBR	–
103 r1/2	63	Pat Perks	GBR	–
104 r1/2	–	Rita Van De Velde	BEL	–
105 r1/2	108	Rosa Balaguer	ESP	–
106 r1/2	55	Kazuko Sogabe	JPN	–
107 r1/2	80	Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener	LUX	–
108 r1/2	–	Miriam Kara	ISR	–
109 r1/2	110	Carmen González	ESP	–
=110 r1/2	3	Erika Bogovic	AUT	–
=110 r1/2	107	Renata Müller	ESP	–
112 r1/2	111	María Luisa Fernández	ESP	–
113 r1/2	65	Dorothy Summers	GBR	–
114 r1/2	–	Louise Parker	CAN	–
115 r1/2	64	Jill Pollard	GBR	–
116 r1/2	62	Margaret Neale	GBR	–
117 r1/2	–	Kaye Breadsell	AUS	–
118 r1/2	6	Elfriede Hirnschall	AUT	–
119 r1/2	97	Maria Helena Cunha	POR	–
120 r1/2	–	Val Roberts	AUS	–
121 r1/2	83	Ria van Velsen	NED	–
122 r1/2	–	Yolanda Williams	CUB	–
123 r1/2	8	Hildegard Reitter	AUT	–
124 r1/2	–	Julia Uria	CUB	–

Qualifying Round

Date	6 – 8 September 1960 — 08:00-17:00
Format	Top 6 on horse vault in team all-around advanced to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	19.100	9.500	9.600	Q
2	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.032	9.566	9.466	Q
3	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	18.966	9.533	9.433	Q
=4	–	Polina Astakhova	URS	18.766	9.466	9.300	Q
=4	–	Adolfína Tačová	TCH	18.766	9.466	9.300	Q
6	100	Sonia Iovan	ROU	18.732	9.466	9.266	Q
7	23	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	18.699	9.433	9.266
8	–	Lidiya Ivanova	URS	18.566	9.300	9.266
9	–	Sharon Richardson	USA	18.533	9.200	9.333
=10	26	Ludmila Švédová	TCH	18.499	9.333	9.166
=10	–	Tamara Lyukhina	URS	18.499	9.266	9.233
=10	51	Ingrid Föst	GER	18.499	9.133	9.366
=13	89	Natalia Kot	POL	18.466	9.266	9.200
=13	121	Lena Adler	SWE	18.466	9.000	9.466
=15	54	Kiyoko Ono	JPN	18.433	9.400	9.033
=15	99	Elena Leuştean	ROU	18.433	9.333	9.100
=15	126	Ewa Rydell	SWE	18.433	9.200	9.233
18	53	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	18.432	9.166	9.266
19	16	Tsvetanka Rangelova	BUL	18.366	9.033	9.333
20	104	Elena Niculeşcu	ROU	18.333	9.300	9.033
21	–	Anikó Ducza	HUN	18.266	9.266	9.000
=22	57	Ginko Abukawa	JPN	18.233	9.433	8.800
=22	–	Judit Füle	HUN	18.233	9.033	9.200
24	103	Emilia Lită	ROU	18.232	9.166	9.066
25	122	Solveig Egman	SWE	18.133	9.000	9.133
=26	–	Gail Sontgerath	USA	18.132	9.166	8.966
=26	–	Mirjana Bilić	YUG	18.132	8.966	9.166
28	14	Elisaveta Mileva	BUL	18.100	9.000	9.100
=29	124	Gerola Lindahl	SWE	18.099	9.166	8.933
=29	90	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	POL	18.099	9.133	8.966
=31	102	Uta Poreceanu	ROU	18.066	9.066	9.000
=31	123	Monica Elfvin	SWE	18.066	9.033	9.033
33	24	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	TCH	18.033	9.100	8.933
=34	58	Toshiko Shirasu	JPN	18.032	9.066	8.966
=34	–	Klára Förstner	HUN	18.032	9.066	8.966
=36	22	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová	TCH	17.999	9.333	8.666
=36	101	Atanasia Ionescu	ROU	17.999	9.033	8.966
=36	92	Barbara Eustachiewicz	POL	17.999	9.033	8.966
39	–	Doris Fuchs	USA	17.966	9.066	8.900
=40	46	Karin Boldemann	GER	17.933	9.200	8.733
=40	94	Brygida Dziuba	POL	17.933	8.933	9.000
42	49	Renate Schneider	GER	17.932	8.766	9.166
43	18	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	17.900	9.200	8.700
=44	–	Katalin Müller	HUN	17.866	9.200	8.666
=44	25	Hana Růžičková	TCH	17.866	9.166	8.700
=44	91	Gizela Niedurny	POL	17.866	9.166	8.700
=44	–	Olga Tass-Lemhényi	HUN	17.866	9.133	8.733
=44	39	Danièle Coulon	FRA	17.866	9.100	8.766
=44	–	Mária Bencsik	HUN	17.866	8.933	8.933
=44	71	Rosella Cicognani	ITA	17.866	8.766	9.100
51	–	Betty Jean Maycock	USA	17.833	8.633	9.200
52	13	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	17.800	9.000	8.800
53	56	Kimiko Tsukada	JPN	17.766	9.100	8.666
54	93	Eryka Mondry-Kost	POL	17.699	9.133	8.566
=55	17	Stanka Pavlova	BUL	17.566	8.733	8.833
=55	–	Teri Montefusco	USA	17.566	8.633	8.933
57	–	Tereza Kočiš	YUG	17.532	8.766	8.766
58	43	Paulette le Raer	FRA	17.500	8.900	8.600
=59	73	Wanda Soprani	ITA	17.466	8.700	8.766
=59	70	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	17.466	8.433	9.033
61	48	Gretel Schiener	GER	17.432	8.866	8.566
62	–	Nevenka Pogačnik	YUG	17.400	8.800	8.600
63	74	Elena Lagorara	ITA	17.399	8.233	9.166
64	50	Roselore Sonntag	GER	17.333	8.933	8.400
=65	7	Henriette Parzer	AUT	17.266	8.400	8.866
=65	72	Francesca Costa	ITA	17.266	8.333	8.933
=65	15	Saltirka Tarpova	BUL	17.266	8.200	9.066
=65	47	Ute Starke	GER	17.266	7.800	9.466
=69	37	Ritva Salonen	FIN	17.200	8.500	8.700
=69	–	Muriel Grossfeld	USA	17.200	8.400	8.800
71	85	Ria Meyburg	NED	17.132	8.466	8.666
72	32	Pirkko Nieminen	FIN	17.099	8.133	8.966
73	44	Monique Rossi	FRA	17.033	8.733	8.300
74	41	Jacqueline Dieudonné	FRA	17.032	8.766	8.266
75	–	Ernestine Russell-Carter	CAN	17.000	8.300	8.700
76	82	Bep van Ipenburg-Drommel	NED	16.933	8.333	8.600
=77	40	Anne-Marie Demortière	FRA	16.899	8.633	8.266
=77	87	Lineke Majolee	NED	16.899	8.266	8.633
79	42	Renée Hugon	FRA	16.799	8.666	8.133
80	34	Eira Lehtonen	FIN	16.700	8.200	8.500
81	–	Yu Myeong-Ja	KOR	16.666	8.000	8.666
82	125	Ulla Lindström	SWE	16.632	7.266	9.366
=83	120	Antoinette Kuiters	RSA	16.566	8.333	8.233
=83	81	Liliane Becker	LUX	16.566	8.066	8.500
=85	–	Godelieve Brys	BEL	16.466	8.433	8.033
=85	33	Tuovi Sappinen	FIN	16.466	7.666	8.800
87	75	Gabriella Santarelli	ITA	16.432	8.066	8.366
88	61	Gwynedd Lingard	GBR	16.399	8.366	8.033
89	4	Waltraud Benesch	AUT	16.366	8.100	8.266
90	36	Raili Hämäläinen	FIN	16.332	7.966	8.366
91	96	Dália Sammer	POR	16.166	8.233	7.933
92	109	Montserrat Artamendi	ESP	16.132	8.066	8.066
93	86	Nel Wambach	NED	16.100	8.000	8.100
=94	84	Nel Fritz	NED	16.066	8.000	8.066
=94	5	Anni Cermak	AUT	16.066	7.966	8.100
=96	106	Elena Artamendi	ESP	15.999	7.933	8.066
=96	–	Ralli Ben-Yehuda	ISR	15.999	7.566	8.433
98	–	Veronica Grymonprez	BEL	15.966	7.766	8.200
99	35	Kaarina Autio	FIN	15.933	7.600	8.333
100	–	Ruth Abeles	ISR	15.899	8.133	7.766
=101	98	Esbela da Fonseca	POR	15.866	8.100	7.766
=101	60	Marjorie Carter	GBR	15.866	7.766	8.100
103	63	Pat Perks	GBR	15.833	8.133	7.700
104	–	Rita Van De Velde	BEL	15.766	7.966	7.800
105	108	Rosa Balaguer	ESP	15.733	7.700	8.033
106	55	Kazuko Sogabe	JPN	15.632	8.966	6.666
107	80	Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener	LUX	15.566	7.966	7.600
108	–	Miriam Kara	ISR	15.300	7.700	7.600
109	110	Carmen González	ESP	15.266	7.933	7.333
=110	3	Erika Bogovic	AUT	14.766	7.400	7.366
=110	107	Renata Müller	ESP	14.766	6.866	7.900
112	111	María Luisa Fernández	ESP	14.700	7.300	7.400
113	65	Dorothy Summers	GBR	14.632	7.566	7.066
114	–	Louise Parker	CAN	14.533	6.500	8.033
115	64	Jill Pollard	GBR	14.500	7.700	6.800
116	62	Margaret Neale	GBR	14.499	7.833	6.666
117	–	Kaye Breadsell	AUS	14.299	7.933	6.366
118	6	Elfriede Hirnschall	AUT	14.200	8.200	6.000
119	97	Maria Helena Cunha	POR	13.866	7.666	6.200
120	–	Val Roberts	AUS	13.800	8.000	5.800
121	83	Ria van Velsen	NED	8.633	8.633	–
122	–	Yolanda Williams	CUB	7.866	–	7.866
123	8	Hildegard Reitter	AUT	7.000	7.000	–
124	–	Julia Uria	CUB	5.933	–	5.933

Final

Date	9 September 1960 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	19.316	9.550	9.766
2	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.049	9.516	9.533
3	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	19.016	9.483	9.533
4	–	Adolfína Tačová	TCH	18.783	9.383	9.400
5	100	Sonia Iovan	ROU	18.766	9.366	9.400
6	–	Polina Astakhova	URS	18.716	9.383	9.333