| Date | 27 – 28 August 1972 — 08:30-15:00 (27/8), 10:00-18:00 (28/8) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Participants | 114 from 19 countries | |
| Format | Six-person teams. Each gymnast to perform a compulsory and an optional exercise on all four apparatuses. Top five scores per team on each of the eight exercises count towards the team score. | |
As at every Olympics from 1952-92, save for the 1984 boycott year, the Soviet Union won the gold medal in this event. Their 1972 victory was an easy one over the German Democratic Republic (GDR), who won silver in this event for the first time. Hungary placed third, winning their first medal in the event since 1956, and this was the only women’s gymnastics medal in München not won by the Soviet Union or the GDR.
| Date | 27 – 28 August 1972 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 95.95 | 48.00 | 47.95 | ||
| 2 | East Germany | GDR | 94.25 | 46.65 | 47.60 | ||
| 3 | United States | USA | 92.20 | 45.65 | 46.55 | ||
| 4 | Romania | ROU | 91.85 | 45.80 | 46.05 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | HUN | 91.55 | 45.05 | 46.50 | ||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 91.05 | 45.10 | 45.95 | ||
| 7 | Japan | JPN | 89.65 | 44.50 | 45.15 | ||
| 8 | Poland | POL | 89.60 | 44.95 | 44.65 | ||
| 9 | West Germany | FRG | 89.45 | 44.50 | 44.95 | ||
| 10 | Netherlands | NED | 88.90 | 44.00 | 44.90 | ||
| 11 | Canada | CAN | 88.80 | 44.20 | 44.60 | ||
| 12 | Italy | ITA | 88.30 | 44.00 | 44.30 | ||
| 13 | Norway | NOR | 88.15 | 43.70 | 44.45 | ||
| 14 | France | FRA | 87.90 | 43.70 | 44.20 | ||
| 15 | Switzerland | SUI | 87.75 | 43.55 | 44.20 | ||
| 16 | Bulgaria | BUL | 87.65 | 44.05 | 43.60 | ||
| 17 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 86.40 | 43.00 | 43.40 | ||
| 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 85.50 | 42.50 | 43.00 | ||
| 19 | Mexico | MEX | 85.20 | 41.75 | 43.45 |
| Date | 27 – 28 August 1972 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 95.20 | 47.55 | 47.65 | ||
| 2 | East Germany | GDR | 94.75 | 46.85 | 47.90 | ||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 92.30 | 45.95 | 46.35 | ||
| 4 | Hungary | HUN | 91.35 | 44.70 | 46.65 | ||
| 5 | United States | USA | 90.90 | 45.10 | 45.80 | ||
| 6 | Romania | ROU | 90.40 | 44.05 | 46.35 | ||
| 7 | West Germany | FRG | 90.15 | 44.50 | 45.65 | ||
| 8 | Bulgaria | BUL | 89.50 | 45.15 | 44.35 | ||
| 9 | Japan | JPN | 89.35 | 43.65 | 45.70 | ||
| 10 | Canada | CAN | 89.20 | 43.65 | 45.55 | ||
| 11 | Netherlands | NED | 88.20 | 43.70 | 44.50 | ||
| 12 | Poland | POL | 88.10 | 43.45 | 44.65 | ||
| 13 | Switzerland | SUI | 87.45 | 43.50 | 43.95 | ||
| 14 | Norway | NOR | 87.20 | 42.90 | 44.30 | ||
| 15 | France | FRA | 86.70 | 43.30 | 43.40 | ||
| 16 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 85.85 | 43.30 | 42.55 | 1 | |
| 17 | Mexico | MEX | 85.20 | 42.55 | 42.65 | ||
| 18 | Italy | ITA | 85.05 | 43.20 | 41.85 | ||
| 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 83.05 | 40.70 | 42.35 |
| Date | 27 – 28 August 1972 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | GDR | 95.65 | 48.00 | 47.65 | ||
| 2 | Soviet Union | URS | 95.25 | 47.70 | 47.55 | ||
| 3 | Hungary | HUN | 93.85 | 47.00 | 46.85 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 92.95 | 46.30 | 46.65 | ||
| 5 | Japan | JPN | 92.00 | 45.90 | 46.10 | ||
| 6 | United States | USA | 91.90 | 45.75 | 46.15 | ||
| 7 | West Germany | FRG | 91.35 | 45.15 | 46.20 | ||
| 8 | Romania | ROU | 90.80 | 45.05 | 45.75 | ||
| 9 | Italy | ITA | 90.15 | 43.90 | 46.25 | ||
| 10 | Netherlands | NED | 89.55 | 44.00 | 45.55 | ||
| 11 | Poland | POL | 88.50 | 43.45 | 45.05 | ||
| 12 | Switzerland | SUI | 87.75 | 44.00 | 43.75 | ||
| 13 | Canada | CAN | 87.70 | 42.80 | 44.90 | ||
| 14 | Norway | NOR | 87.30 | 43.45 | 43.85 | ||
| 15 | France | FRA | 87.25 | 42.20 | 45.05 | ||
| 16 | Bulgaria | BUL | 84.40 | 43.00 | 41.40 | ||
| 17 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 83.75 | 40.25 | 43.50 | ||
| =18 | Great Britain | GBR | 83.00 | 40.95 | 42.05 | ||
| =18 | Mexico | MEX | 83.00 | 41.25 | 41.75 |
| Date | 27 – 28 August 1972 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 94.10 | 45.90 | 48.20 | ||
| 2 | East Germany | GDR | 91.90 | 45.80 | 46.10 | ||
| 3 | Hungary | HUN | 91.50 | 45.40 | 46.10 | ||
| 4 | United States | USA | 90.90 | 45.60 | 45.30 | ||
| 5 | Japan | JPN | 88.75 | 45.05 | 43.70 | ||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 88.70 | 44.80 | 43.90 | ||
| 7 | Romania | ROU | 87.65 | 44.10 | 43.55 | ||
| 8 | West Germany | FRG | 87.00 | 43.35 | 43.65 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands | NED | 86.85 | 42.80 | 44.05 | ||
| 10 | Italy | ITA | 86.30 | 42.35 | 43.95 | ||
| 11 | Switzerland | SUI | 85.35 | 42.60 | 42.75 | ||
| 12 | Poland | POL | 84.70 | 42.25 | 42.45 | ||
| 13 | Canada | CAN | 84.55 | 42.05 | 42.50 | ||
| 14 | Bulgaria | BUL | 84.50 | 42.60 | 41.90 | ||
| 15 | France | FRA | 84.35 | 42.75 | 41.60 | ||
| 16 | Norway | NOR | 84.15 | 42.30 | 41.85 | ||
| 17 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 83.55 | 41.55 | 42.00 | ||
| 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 82.40 | 41.35 | 41.05 | ||
| 19 | Mexico | MEX | 80.50 | 40.40 | 40.10 |