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Vault, 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. The six finalists were all from East Germany and the Soviet Union. Lyudmila Turishcheva led in the team all-around qualifying but struggled in the final, and would place third. Gold and silver went to East Germans Karin Janz and Erika Zuchold, respectively. They were the two leaders of the GDR team, with Janz winning five medals and two golds in München, and Zuchold winning three silver medals. At the 1970 World Championships, Zuchold had won the gold medal with Janz taking silver, and Turishcheva the bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	93	Karin Janz	GDR	19.525	Gold
2	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	19.275	Silver
3	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.250	Bronze
4	251	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.225
5	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.175
6	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.050
=7 r1/1	92	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	–
=7 r1/1	91	Irene Abel	GDR	–
9 r1/1	256	Elvira Saadi	URS	–
10 r1/1	245	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	–
11 r1/1	96	Christine Schmitt	GDR	–
=12 r1/1	11	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	–
=12 r1/1	254	Antanina Koshal	URS	–
14 r1/1	243	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	–
15 r1/1	125	Anikó Kéry	HUN	–
=16 r1/1	241	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	–
=16 r1/1	122	Mónika Császár	HUN	–
=16 r1/1	247	Marcela Váchová	TCH	–
=19 r1/1	244	Hana Lišková	TCH	–
=19 r1/1	105	Uta Schorn	FRG	–
=19 r1/1	121	Ilona Békési	HUN	–
=22 r1/1	266	Cathy Rigby	USA	–
=22 r1/1	124	Márta Kelemen	HUN	–
=22 r1/1	213	Alina Goreac	ROU	–
=22 r1/1	215	Paula Ioan	ROU	–
=26 r1/1	261	Kimberly Chace	USA	–
=26 r1/1	242	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	–
=28 r1/1	267	Nancy Thies	USA	–
=28 r1/1	263	Linda Metheny	USA	–
=28 r1/1	265	Roxanne Pierce	USA	–
=28 r1/1	222	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	–
=28 r1/1	116	Ans van Gerwen	NED	–
=33 r1/1	103	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	–
=33 r1/1	211	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	–
=35 r1/1	126	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	–
=35 r1/1	217	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	–
=37 r1/1	196	Łucja Matraszek	POL	–
=37 r1/1	264	Joan Moore	USA	–
=37 r1/1	127	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	–
=37 r1/1	104	Ingrid Santer	FRG	–
=37 r1/1	144	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	–
=37 r1/1	142	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	–
=37 r1/1	24	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	–
=44 r1/1	221	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	–
=44 r1/1	143	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	–
=46 r1/1	107	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	–
=46 r1/1	23	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	–
=46 r1/1	141	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	–
=49 r1/1	12	Elena Georgieva	BUL	–
=49 r1/1	102	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	–
51 r1/1	21	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	–
=52 r1/1	22	Susan Buchanan	CAN	–
=52 r1/1	175	Unni Holmen	NOR	–
=52 r1/1	25	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	–
=52 r1/1	214	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	–
=56 r1/1	95	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	–
=56 r1/1	195	Danuta Lubowska	POL	–
=56 r1/1	216	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	–
=59 r1/1	14	Irina Hitrova	BUL	–
=59 r1/1	17	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	–
=61 r1/1	231	Marie Björk	SWE	–
=61 r1/1	101	Angelika Kern	FRG	–
=61 r1/1	72	Mireille Cayre	FRA	–
=61 r1/1	1	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	–
=65 r1/1	274	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	–
=65 r1/1	114	Linda Toorop	NED	–
=65 r1/1	111	Ans Dekker	NED	–
=65 r1/1	192	Joanna Bartosz	POL	–
=69 r1/1	77	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	13	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	–
=69 r1/1	191	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	–
=69 r1/1	113	Ikina Morsch	NED	–
=69 r1/1	181	Dianne Foote	NZL	–
=69 r1/1	146	Kayoko Saka	JPN	–
=75 r1/1	115	Nel van der Voort	NED	–
=75 r1/1	26	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	–
=75 r1/1	145	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	–
=78 r1/1	15	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	–
=78 r1/1	71	Nadine Audin	FRA	–
=78 r1/1	173	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	–
=81 r1/1	271	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	–
=81 r1/1	176	Gro Sandberg	NOR	–
=81 r1/1	171	Trine Andresen	NOR	–
=84 r1/1	223	Liselotte Marti	SUI	–
=84 r1/1	75	Pascale Hermant	FRA	–
=84 r1/1	197	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	–
=84 r1/1	177	Jill Schau	NOR	–
88 r1/1	276	Marija Težak	YUG	–
=89 r1/1	164	Patricia García	MEX	–
=89 r1/1	275	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	–
=91 r1/1	135	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	–
=91 r1/1	137	Monica Stefani	ITA	–
=91 r1/1	117	Margo Velema	NED	–
=91 r1/1	194	Dorota Klencz	POL	–
=95 r1/1	224	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	–
=95 r1/1	174	Bente Hansen	NOR	–
=97 r1/1	166	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	–
=97 r1/1	272	Olga Bumbić	YUG	–
=97 r1/1	131	Angela Alberti	ITA	–
=97 r1/1	165	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	–
101 r1/1	273	Erna Havelka	YUG	–
=102 r1/1	225	Christine Steger	SUI	–
=102 r1/1	163	Ana María Casas	MEX	–
=102 r1/1	162	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	–
=105 r1/1	73	Catherine Daugé	FRA	–
=105 r1/1	132	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	–
107 r1/1	87	Elaine Willett	GBR	–
108 r1/1	84	Avril Lennox	GBR	–
109 r1/1	83	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	–
110 r1/1	134	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	–
111 r1/1	167	Laura Rivera	MEX	–
=112 r1/1	227	Judith Steiger	SUI	–
=112 r1/1	81	Barbara Alred	GBR	–
114 r1/1	51	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	–
115 r1/1	82	Pam Hopkins	GBR	–
116 r1/1	136	Rita Peri	ITA	–
117 r1/1	85	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	–
118 r1/1	74	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	–

Final

Date	31 August 1972 — 20:00
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	93	Karin Janz	GDR	19.525	9.625	9.90
2	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	19.275	9.575	9.70
3	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.250	9.650	9.60
4	251	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.225	9.525	9.70
5	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.175	9.525	9.65
6	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.050	9.450	9.60

Qualifying Round

Date	27 August 1972
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	19.30	9.60	9.70	Q
2	93	Karin Janz	GDR	19.25	9.45	9.80	Q
3	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	19.15	9.45	9.70	Q
=4	251	Lyubov Burda	URS	19.05	9.50	9.55	Q
=4	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.05	9.45	9.60	Q
6	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	18.90	9.60	9.30	Q
=7	92	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	18.85	9.35	9.50
=7	91	Irene Abel	GDR	18.85	9.30	9.55
9	256	Elvira Saadi	URS	18.80	9.40	9.40
10	245	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	18.70	9.30	9.40
11	96	Christine Schmitt	GDR	18.65	9.30	9.35
=12	11	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	18.60	9.30	9.30
=12	254	Antanina Koshal	URS	18.60	9.20	9.40
14	243	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	18.55	9.30	9.25
15	125	Anikó Kéry	HUN	18.40	9.00	9.40
=16	241	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	18.35	9.20	9.15
=16	122	Mónika Császár	HUN	18.35	9.05	9.30
=16	247	Marcela Váchová	TCH	18.35	9.00	9.35
=19	244	Hana Lišková	TCH	18.30	9.15	9.15
=19	105	Uta Schorn	FRG	18.30	8.90	9.40
=19	121	Ilona Békési	HUN	18.30	8.90	9.40
=22	266	Cathy Rigby	USA	18.25	9.10	9.15
=22	124	Márta Kelemen	HUN	18.25	8.90	9.35
=22	213	Alina Goreac	ROU	18.25	8.90	9.35
=22	215	Paula Ioan	ROU	18.25	8.90	9.35
=26	261	Kimberly Chace	USA	18.20	9.10	9.10
=26	242	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	18.20	9.00	9.20
=28	267	Nancy Thies	USA	18.15	9.05	9.10
=28	263	Linda Metheny	USA	18.15	8.95	9.20
=28	265	Roxanne Pierce	USA	18.15	8.90	9.25
=28	222	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	18.15	8.85	9.30
=28	116	Ans van Gerwen	NED	18.15	8.85	9.30
=33	103	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	18.10	8.95	9.15
=33	211	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	18.10	8.85	9.25
=35	126	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	18.05	8.85	9.20
=35	217	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	18.05	8.85	9.20
=37	196	Łucja Matraszek	POL	18.00	8.90	9.10
=37	264	Joan Moore	USA	18.00	8.90	9.10
=37	127	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	18.00	8.85	9.15
=37	104	Ingrid Santer	FRG	18.00	8.80	9.20
=37	144	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	18.00	8.80	9.20
=37	142	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	18.00	8.80	9.20
=37	24	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	18.00	8.70	9.30
=44	221	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	17.95	8.95	9.00
=44	143	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	17.95	8.80	9.15
=46	107	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	17.90	8.90	9.00
=46	23	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	17.90	8.80	9.10
=46	141	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	17.90	8.70	9.20
=49	12	Elena Georgieva	BUL	17.85	9.00	8.85
=49	102	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	17.85	8.95	8.90
51	21	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	17.80	8.70	9.10
=52	22	Susan Buchanan	CAN	17.75	8.75	9.00
=52	175	Unni Holmen	NOR	17.75	8.70	9.05
=52	25	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	17.75	8.70	9.05
=52	214	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	17.75	8.55	9.20
=56	95	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	17.70	9.25	8.45
=56	195	Danuta Lubowska	POL	17.70	8.60	9.10
=56	216	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	17.70	8.50	9.20
=59	14	Irina Hitrova	BUL	17.65	8.95	8.70
=59	17	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	17.65	8.90	8.75
=61	231	Marie Björk	SWE	17.60	8.80	8.80
=61	101	Angelika Kern	FRG	17.60	8.70	8.90
=61	72	Mireille Cayre	FRA	17.60	8.65	8.95
=61	1	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	17.60	8.65	8.95
=65	274	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	17.55	8.80	8.75
=65	114	Linda Toorop	NED	17.55	8.75	8.80
=65	111	Ans Dekker	NED	17.55	8.70	8.85
=65	192	Joanna Bartosz	POL	17.55	8.65	8.90
=69	77	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	17.50	8.80	8.70
=69	13	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	17.50	8.75	8.75
=69	191	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	17.50	8.70	8.80
=69	113	Ikina Morsch	NED	17.50	8.70	8.80
=69	181	Dianne Foote	NZL	17.50	8.60	8.90
=69	146	Kayoko Saka	JPN	17.50	8.55	8.95
=75	115	Nel van der Voort	NED	17.45	8.70	8.75
=75	26	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	17.45	8.60	8.85
=75	145	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	17.45	8.55	8.90
=78	15	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	17.40	9.00	8.40
=78	71	Nadine Audin	FRA	17.40	8.60	8.80
=78	173	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	17.40	8.55	8.85
=81	271	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	17.35	8.75	8.60
=81	176	Gro Sandberg	NOR	17.35	8.60	8.75
=81	171	Trine Andresen	NOR	17.35	8.60	8.75
=84	223	Liselotte Marti	SUI	17.30	8.65	8.65
=84	75	Pascale Hermant	FRA	17.30	8.65	8.65
=84	197	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	17.30	8.60	8.70
=84	177	Jill Schau	NOR	17.30	8.45	8.85
88	276	Marija Težak	YUG	17.25	8.55	8.70
=89	164	Patricia García	MEX	17.20	8.60	8.60
=89	275	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	17.20	8.55	8.65
=91	135	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	17.15	8.80	8.35
=91	137	Monica Stefani	ITA	17.15	8.70	8.45
=91	117	Margo Velema	NED	17.15	8.60	8.55
=91	194	Dorota Klencz	POL	17.15	8.40	8.75
=95	224	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	17.10	8.45	8.65
=95	174	Bente Hansen	NOR	17.10	8.30	8.80
=97	166	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	17.05	8.70	8.35
=97	272	Olga Bumbić	YUG	17.05	8.65	8.40
=97	131	Angela Alberti	ITA	17.05	8.60	8.45
=97	165	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	17.05	8.40	8.65
101	273	Erna Havelka	YUG	17.00	8.55	8.45
=102	225	Christine Steger	SUI	16.95	8.60	8.35
=102	163	Ana María Casas	MEX	16.95	8.45	8.50
=102	162	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	16.95	8.40	8.55
=105	73	Catherine Daugé	FRA	16.90	8.60	8.30
=105	132	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	16.90	8.55	8.35
107	87	Elaine Willett	GBR	16.80	8.45	8.35
108	84	Avril Lennox	GBR	16.75	8.25	8.50
109	83	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	16.70	8.40	8.30
110	134	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	16.65	8.40	8.25
111	167	Laura Rivera	MEX	16.60	8.25	8.35
=112	227	Judith Steiger	SUI	16.50	8.40	8.10
=112	81	Barbara Alred	GBR	16.50	8.10	8.40
114	51	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	16.45	8.00	8.45
115	82	Pam Hopkins	GBR	16.10	7.50	8.60
116	136	Rita Peri	ITA	16.05	8.55	7.50
117	85	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	14.60	6.10	8.50
118	74	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	8.50	8.50	0.00