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Team, Women

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 4 apparatuses. Top 5 scores per team on each of the 8 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.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Points	Compulsory Points	Optional Points
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	380.50	189.15	191.35	Gold
	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva		–	–	–
	253	Olga Korbut		–	–	–
	255	Tamara Lazakovich		–	–	–
	251	Lyubov Burda		–	–	–
	256	Elvira Saadi		–	–	–
	254	Antanina Koshal		–	–	–
	252	Nina Dronova DNS		–	–	–
2	–	East Germany	GDR	376.55	187.30	189.25	Silver
	93	Karin Janz		–	–	–
	97	Erika Zuchold		–	–	–
	92	Angelika Hellmann		–	–	–
	91	Irene Abel		–	–	–
	96	Christine Schmitt		–	–	–
	95	Richarda Schmeißer		–	–	–
	94	Sylvia Schäfer DNS		–	–	–
3	–	Hungary	HUN	368.25	182.15	186.10	Bronze
	121	Ilona Békési		–	–	–
	122	Mónika Császár		–	–	–
	126	Krisztina Medveczky		–	–	–
	125	Anikó Kéry		–	–	–
	124	Márta Kelemen		–	–	–
	127	Zsuzsa Nagy		–	–	–
	123	Margit Horváth DNS		–	–	–
4	–	United States	USA	365.90	182.10	183.80
	266	Cathy Rigby		–	–	–
	261	Kimberly Chace		–	–	–
	265	Roxanne Pierce		–	–	–
	264	Joan Moore		–	–	–
	263	Linda Metheny		–	–	–
	267	Nancy Thies		–	–	–
	262	Debra Hill DNS		–	–	–
5	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	365.00	182.15	182.85
	245	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová		–	–	–
	243	Zdena Dorňáková		–	–	–
	241	Soňa Brázdová		–	–	–
	242	Zdenka Bujnáčková		–	–	–
	244	Hana Lišková		–	–	–
	247	Marcela Váchová		–	–	–
	246	Bohumila Řimnáčová DNS		–	–	–
6	–	Romania	ROU	360.70	179.00	181.70
	211	Elena Ceampelea		–	–	–
	213	Alina Goreac		–	–	–
	214	Anca Grigoraș		–	–	–
	217	Elisabeta Turcu		–	–	–
	215	Paula Ioan		–	–	–
	216	Marcela Păunescu		–	–	–
	212	Mariana Gheciov DNS		–	–	–
7	–	Japan	JPN	359.75	179.10	180.65
	144	Miyuki Matsuhisa		–	–	–
	142	Takako Hasegawa		–	–	–
	143	Eiko Hirashima		–	–	–
	146	Kayoko Saka		–	–	–
	141	Kazue Hanyu		–	–	–
	145	Toshiko Miyamoto		–	–	–
	147	Nobue Yabe DNS		–	–	–
8	–	West Germany	FRG	357.95	177.50	180.45
	105	Uta Schorn		–	–	–
	103	Jutta Oltersdorf		–	–	–
	102	Andrea Niederheide		–	–	–
	101	Angelika Kern		–	–	–
	107	Ulrike Weyh		–	–	–
	104	Ingrid Santer		–	–	–
	106	Ingrid Wendel DNS		–	–	–
9	–	Netherlands	NED	353.50	174.50	179.00
	116	Ans van Gerwen		–	–	–
	111	Ans Dekker		–	–	–
	113	Ikina Morsch		–	–	–
	115	Nel van der Voort		–	–	–
	114	Linda Toorop		–	–	–
	117	Margo Velema		–	–	–
	112	Margot Hilders DNS		–	–	–
10	–	Poland	POL	350.90	174.10	176.80
	196	Łucja Matraszek		–	–	–
	192	Joanna Bartosz		–	–	–
	191	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska		–	–	–
	197	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska		–	–	–
	194	Dorota Klencz		–	–	–
	195	Danuta Lubowska		–	–	–
	193	Aleksandra Jankowicz DNS		–	–	–
11	–	Canada	CAN	350.25	172.70	177.55
	23	Jennifer Diachun		–	–	–
	25	Teresa McDonnell		–	–	–
	24	Nancy McDonnell		–	–	–
	21	Lise Arsenault-Goertz		–	–	–
	26	Sharon Tsukamoto		–	–	–
	22	Susan Buchanan		–	–	–
12	–	Italy	ITA	349.80	173.45	176.35
	135	Gabriella Marchi		–	–	–
	137	Monica Stefani		–	–	–
	132	Cinzia Delisi		–	–	–
	136	Rita Peri		–	–	–
	134	Maria Grazia Mancuso		–	–	–
	131	Angela Alberti		–	–	–
	133	Paola Fiammenghi DNS		–	–	–
13	–	Switzerland	SUI	348.30	173.65	174.65
	222	Käthi Fritschi		–	–	–
	221	Patrizia Bazzi		–	–	–
	227	Judith Steiger		–	–	–
	223	Liselotte Marti		–	–	–
	224	Jacqueline Sievert		–	–	–
	225	Christine Steger		–	–	–
	226	Ruth Steger DNS		–	–	–
14	–	Norway	NOR	346.80	172.35	174.45
	175	Unni Holmen		–	–	–
	177	Jill Schau		–	–	–
	176	Gro Sandberg		–	–	–
	173	Sidsel Ekholdt		–	–	–
	174	Bente Hansen		–	–	–
	171	Trine Andresen		–	–	–
	172	Helga Braathen DNS		–	–	–
15	–	France	FRA	346.20	171.95	174.25
	72	Mireille Cayre		–	–	–
	77	Véronique Tilmont		–	–	–
	75	Pascale Hermant		–	–	–
	73	Catherine Daugé		–	–	–
	71	Nadine Audin		–	–	–
	74	Elvire Gertosio		–	–	–
	76	Astrid Sippel DNS		–	–	–
16	–	Bulgaria	BUL	346.05	174.80	171.25
	14	Irina Hitrova		–	–	–
	12	Elena Georgieva		–	–	–
	11	Maya Blagoeva		–	–	–
	17	Reneta Tsvetkova		–	–	–
	15	Evdokiya Pandezova		–	–	–
	13	Marieta Ilieva		–	–	–
	16	Krassimira Stoycheva DNS		–	–	–
17	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	339.55	168.10	171.45
	271	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica		–	–	–
	274	Slaviča Kundačina		–	–	–
	276	Marija Težak		–	–	–
	275	Nevenka Puškarević		–	–	–
	273	Erna Havelka		–	–	–
	272	Olga Bumbić		–	–	–
18	–	Great Britain	GBR	333.95	165.50	168.45
	83	Pamela Hutchinson		–	–	–
	87	Elaine Willett		–	–	–
	81	Barbara Alred		–	–	–
	84	Avril Lennox		–	–	–
	82	Pam Hopkins		–	–	–
	85	Yvonne Mugridge		–	–	–
	86	Anne Parkinson DNS		–	–	–
19	–	Mexico	MEX	333.90	165.95	167.95
	163	Ana María Casas		–	–	–
	166	Patricia Ollinger		–	–	–
	164	Patricia García		–	–	–
	167	Laura Rivera		–	–	–
	165	María Antonieta Hernández		–	–	–
	162	Hilda Amezaga		–	–	–
	161	Elsa Amezaga DNS		–	–	–