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Floor Exercise, Women

Date	27 – 31 August 1972 — 20:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	118 from 23 countries

The format was similar to 1964 and 1968, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Soviet Lyudmila Turishcheva won this event at the 1970 World Championships and took the lead in München after the team all-around qualifying. However she dropped to the silver medal when her teammate, Olga Korbut, wowed the crowd and the judges with her final routine and moved up to the gold medal. Turishcheva would again win this event at the 1974 World Championships, where Korbut placed second, and won a silver medal at Montréal in 1976.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Olga Korbut	URS	19.575	Gold
2	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.550	Silver
3	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.450	Bronze
4	Karin Janz	GDR	19.400
=5	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.100
=5	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	19.100
7 r1/1	Erika Zuchold	GDR	–
8 r1/1	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	–
=9 r1/1	Elvira Saadi	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Cathy Rigby	USA	–
=11 r1/1	Joan Moore	USA	–
=11 r1/1	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	–
=13 r1/1	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	–
=13 r1/1	Christine Schmitt	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	Linda Metheny	USA	–
=13 r1/1	Ilona Békési	HUN	–
=13 r1/1	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	Anikó Kéry	HUN	–
=19 r1/1	Joanna Bartosz	POL	–
=19 r1/1	Mónika Császár	HUN	–
=19 r1/1	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	–
22 r1/1	Irene Abel	GDR	–
=23 r1/1	Kimberly Chace	USA	–
=23 r1/1	Alina Goreac	ROU	–
25 r1/1	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	–
=26 r1/1	Paula Ioan	ROU	–
=26 r1/1	Ans van Gerwen	NED	–
=28 r1/1	Mireille Cayre	FRA	–
=28 r1/1	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	–
=30 r1/1	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	–
=30 r1/1	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	–
=30 r1/1	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	–
=33 r1/1	Antanina Koshal	URS	–
=33 r1/1	Łucja Matraszek	POL	–
=33 r1/1	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	–
=33 r1/1	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	–
=33 r1/1	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	–
=38 r1/1	Kayoko Saka	JPN	–
=38 r1/1	Uta Schorn	FRG	–
=38 r1/1	Nancy Thies	USA	–
=38 r1/1	Ikina Morsch	NED	–
=38 r1/1	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	–
=43 r1/1	Hana Lišková	TCH	–
=43 r1/1	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	–
=45 r1/1	Roxanne Pierce	USA	–
=45 r1/1	Unni Holmen	NOR	–
=47 r1/1	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	–
=47 r1/1	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	–
=47 r1/1	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	–
=47 r1/1	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	–
=47 r1/1	Angelika Kern	FRG	–
=47 r1/1	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	–
=53 r1/1	Rita Peri	ITA	–
=53 r1/1	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	–
=53 r1/1	Márta Kelemen	HUN	–
=53 r1/1	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	–
=53 r1/1	Jill Schau	NOR	–
58 r1/1	Ingrid Santer	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	Marcela Váchová	TCH	–
=59 r1/1	Margo Velema	NED	–
=62 r1/1	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	–
=62 r1/1	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	–
=62 r1/1	Monica Stefani	ITA	–
=62 r1/1	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	–
=62 r1/1	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	–
=62 r1/1	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	–
=62 r1/1	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	–
=62 r1/1	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	–
=70 r1/1	Irina Hitrova	BUL	–
=70 r1/1	Danuta Lubowska	POL	–
=72 r1/1	Gro Sandberg	NOR	–
=72 r1/1	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	–
=74 r1/1	Linda Toorop	NED	–
=74 r1/1	Dorota Klencz	POL	–
=74 r1/1	Pascale Hermant	FRA	–
=74 r1/1	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	–
=74 r1/1	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	–
=74 r1/1	Judith Steiger	SUI	–
=74 r1/1	Erna Havelka	YUG	–
81 r1/1	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	–
=82 r1/1	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	–
=82 r1/1	Nel van der Voort	NED	–
=82 r1/1	Susan Buchanan	CAN	–
=85 r1/1	Marie Björk	SWE	–
=85 r1/1	Ana María Casas	MEX	–
=87 r1/1	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	–
=87 r1/1	Elena Georgieva	BUL	–
=87 r1/1	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	–
=90 r1/1	Ans Dekker	NED	–
=90 r1/1	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	–
=90 r1/1	Christine Steger	SUI	–
=90 r1/1	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	–
=90 r1/1	Bente Hansen	NOR	–
95 r1/1	Nadine Audin	FRA	–
=96 r1/1	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	–
=96 r1/1	Catherine Daugé	FRA	–
=96 r1/1	Trine Andresen	NOR	–
=99 r1/1	Olga Bumbić	YUG	–
=99 r1/1	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	–
=99 r1/1	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	–
=99 r1/1	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	–
=99 r1/1	Dianne Foote	NZL	–
=104 r1/1	Marija Težak	YUG	–
=104 r1/1	Avril Lennox	GBR	–
=104 r1/1	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	–
=107 r1/1	Liselotte Marti	SUI	–
=107 r1/1	Barbara Alred	GBR	–
=109 r1/1	Laura Rivera	MEX	–
=109 r1/1	Pam Hopkins	GBR	–
111 r1/1	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	–
112 r1/1	Angela Alberti	ITA	–
=113 r1/1	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	–
=113 r1/1	Patricia García	MEX	–
115 r1/1	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	–
116 r1/1	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	–
117 r1/1	Elaine Willett	GBR	–
118 r1/1	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	–

Final (31 August 1972 — 20:00)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Olga Korbut	URS	19.575	9.675	9.90
2	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.550	9.750	9.80
3	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.450	9.650	9.80
4	Karin Janz	GDR	19.400	9.600	9.80
=5	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.100	9.500	9.60
=5	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	19.100	9.500	9.60

Qualifying (27 August 1972)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.50	9.80	9.70	Q
2	Olga Korbut	URS	19.35	9.60	9.75	Q
3	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.30	9.70	9.60	Q
4	Karin Janz	GDR	19.20	9.50	9.70	Q
=5	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.00	9.50	9.50	Q
=5	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	19.00	9.40	9.60	Q
7	Erika Zuchold	GDR	18.95	9.40	9.55
8	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	18.90	9.40	9.50
=9	Elvira Saadi	URS	18.80	9.40	9.40
=9	Cathy Rigby	USA	18.80	9.30	9.50
=11	Joan Moore	USA	18.55	9.15	9.40
=11	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	18.55	9.15	9.40
=13	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	18.50	9.25	9.25
=13	Christine Schmitt	GDR	18.50	9.20	9.30
=13	Linda Metheny	USA	18.50	9.15	9.35
=13	Ilona Békési	HUN	18.50	9.10	9.40
=13	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	18.50	9.05	9.45
=13	Anikó Kéry	HUN	18.50	8.95	9.55
=19	Joanna Bartosz	POL	18.45	9.20	9.25
=19	Mónika Császár	HUN	18.45	9.15	9.30
=19	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	18.45	9.10	9.35
22	Irene Abel	GDR	18.40	9.15	9.25
=23	Kimberly Chace	USA	18.35	9.10	9.25
=23	Alina Goreac	ROU	18.35	9.05	9.30
25	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	18.30	9.00	9.30
=26	Paula Ioan	ROU	18.25	9.20	9.05
=26	Ans van Gerwen	NED	18.25	8.95	9.30
=28	Mireille Cayre	FRA	18.15	8.95	9.20
=28	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	18.15	8.95	9.20
=30	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	18.10	9.00	9.10
=30	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	18.10	9.00	9.10
=30	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	18.10	9.00	9.10
=33	Antanina Koshal	URS	18.05	9.35	8.70
=33	Łucja Matraszek	POL	18.05	9.10	8.95
=33	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	18.05	9.05	9.00
=33	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	18.05	8.95	9.10
=33	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	18.05	8.95	9.10
=38	Kayoko Saka	JPN	18.00	9.00	9.00
=38	Uta Schorn	FRG	18.00	8.95	9.05
=38	Nancy Thies	USA	18.00	8.95	9.05
=38	Ikina Morsch	NED	18.00	8.90	9.10
=38	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	18.00	8.90	9.10
=43	Hana Lišková	TCH	17.95	8.95	9.00
=43	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	17.95	8.95	9.00
=45	Roxanne Pierce	USA	17.90	8.95	8.95
=45	Unni Holmen	NOR	17.90	8.85	9.05
=47	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	17.85	9.00	8.85
=47	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	17.85	8.90	8.95
=47	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	17.85	8.90	8.95
=47	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	17.85	8.85	9.00
=47	Angelika Kern	FRG	17.85	8.85	9.00
=47	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	17.85	8.80	9.05
=53	Rita Peri	ITA	17.80	8.90	8.90
=53	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	17.80	8.90	8.90
=53	Márta Kelemen	HUN	17.80	8.85	8.95
=53	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	17.80	8.85	8.95
=53	Jill Schau	NOR	17.80	8.80	9.00
58	Ingrid Santer	FRG	17.75	8.90	8.85
=59	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	17.70	8.80	8.90
=59	Marcela Váchová	TCH	17.70	8.80	8.90
=59	Margo Velema	NED	17.70	8.70	9.00
=62	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	17.65	8.90	8.75
=62	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	17.65	8.85	8.80
=62	Monica Stefani	ITA	17.65	8.80	8.85
=62	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	17.65	8.80	8.85
=62	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	17.65	8.75	8.90
=62	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	17.65	8.75	8.90
=62	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	17.65	8.75	8.90
=62	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	17.65	8.60	9.05
=70	Irina Hitrova	BUL	17.60	8.80	8.80
=70	Danuta Lubowska	POL	17.60	8.75	8.85
=72	Gro Sandberg	NOR	17.55	8.80	8.75
=72	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	17.55	8.75	8.80
=74	Linda Toorop	NED	17.50	8.80	8.70
=74	Dorota Klencz	POL	17.50	8.75	8.75
=74	Pascale Hermant	FRA	17.50	8.75	8.75
=74	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	17.50	8.75	8.75
=74	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	17.50	8.70	8.80
=74	Judith Steiger	SUI	17.50	8.70	8.80
=74	Erna Havelka	YUG	17.50	8.65	8.85
81	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	17.45	8.90	8.55
=82	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	17.40	8.65	8.75
=82	Nel van der Voort	NED	17.40	8.60	8.80
=82	Susan Buchanan	CAN	17.40	8.60	8.80
=85	Marie Björk	SWE	17.35	8.60	8.75
=85	Ana María Casas	MEX	17.35	8.50	8.85
=87	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	17.30	8.65	8.65
=87	Elena Georgieva	BUL	17.30	8.65	8.65
=87	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	17.30	8.60	8.70
=90	Ans Dekker	NED	17.25	8.65	8.60
=90	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	17.25	8.60	8.65
=90	Christine Steger	SUI	17.25	8.55	8.70
=90	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	17.25	8.55	8.70
=90	Bente Hansen	NOR	17.25	8.50	8.75
95	Nadine Audin	FRA	17.20	8.55	8.65
=96	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	17.15	8.65	8.50
=96	Catherine Daugé	FRA	17.15	8.55	8.60
=96	Trine Andresen	NOR	17.15	8.50	8.65
=99	Olga Bumbić	YUG	17.10	8.60	8.50
=99	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	17.10	8.50	8.60
=99	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	17.10	8.50	8.60
=99	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	17.10	8.40	8.70
=99	Dianne Foote	NZL	17.10	8.35	8.75
=104	Marija Težak	YUG	17.05	8.50	8.55
=104	Avril Lennox	GBR	17.05	8.45	8.60
=104	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	17.05	8.35	8.70
=107	Liselotte Marti	SUI	17.00	8.50	8.50
=107	Barbara Alred	GBR	17.00	8.45	8.55
=109	Laura Rivera	MEX	16.95	8.35	8.60
=109	Pam Hopkins	GBR	16.95	8.20	8.75
111	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	16.90	8.30	8.60
112	Angela Alberti	ITA	16.85	8.25	8.60
=113	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	16.80	8.45	8.35
=113	Patricia García	MEX	16.80	8.25	8.55
115	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	16.70	8.35	8.35
116	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	16.35	7.65	8.70
117	Elaine Willett	GBR	16.30	8.50	7.80
118	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	8.60	8.60	0.00