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Individual All-Around, Women

Date	21 – 24 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	62 from 16 countries

The format was the same as in 1976. The team all-around was contested first, with the top 36 finishers from that event advancing to the individual all-around final. However, to prevent individual nations from dominating with over-representation, no more than three gymnasts from any one country could advance to the individual final. The total score consisted of 50% of the team all-around score and the performances on all four apparatuses in the individual final. The defending champion was Nadia Comăneci, but there were chinks in her armor by 1980, as she had not won the World Championships in either 1978 or 1979 due to injury. The favorite in early 1980 was likely Soviet Yelena Mukhina who was the 1978 World Champion, missing the 1979 meet due to a broken leg. Sadly, a few weeks before the Moskva Olympics, Mukhina fell while training on floor exercise, broke her neck, and was rendered quadriplegic permanently. She would eventually die in 2006.

The contest for gold was very close between Comăneci, Soviet Yelena Davydova, and East German Maxi Gnauck. It all came down to the last rotation, with Gnauck leading but her vault scored only 9.70 points. Davydova then scored 9.95 on beam, and was followed by Comăneci on the same apparatus. She made a small stepback on landing, and it looked unlikely she would get the 9.95 she needed to win gold. The head judge was Romanian Marian Simionescu who disagreed with the judges’ scores and tried to get them to change them, arguing for 28 minutes before her complaint was disallowed. Simionescu refused to punch the final score into the computer which was done by a Soviet official while Simionescu continued her tirade. The 9.85 score gave Davydova the gold medal with Gnauck and Comăneci sharing silver.

This and the team all-around were Davydova’s only gold medals in Moskva, but she added a silver on beam in her only Olympics. Comăneci would win gold medals in 1980 on floor and beam, and ended her Olympic career with nine medals and five gold medals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Yelena Davydova	URS	79.150	Gold
=2	Nadia Comăneci	ROU	79.075	Silver
=2	Maxi Gnauck	GDR	79.075	Silver
4	Nataliya Shaposhnikova	URS	79.025
5	Nelli Kim	URS	78.425
6	Emilia Eberle	ROU	78.400
7	Rodica Dunca	ROU	78.350
8	Steffi Kräker	GDR	78.200
9	Katharina Rensch	GDR	78.125
10	Radka Zemanová	TCH	77.850
11	Jana Labáková	TCH	77.675
12	Eva Marečková	TCH	77.375
13	Erika Flander	HUN	77.000
14	Márta Egervári	HUN	76.950
15	Silviya Topalova	BUL	76.900
16	Krasimira Toneva	BUL	76.625
17	Erika Csányi	HUN	76.600
18	Anita Jokiel	POL	74.825
19	Choe Jong-Sil	PRK	74.775
20	Małgorzata Majza	POL	74.500
21	Galina Marinova	BUL	74.200
22	Irene Martínez	ESP	73.850
23	Denise Jones	GBR	72.375
24	Sin Myong-Ok	PRK	72.300
25	Aurora Morata	ESP	71.975
26	Davaasürengiin Oyuuntuyaa	MGL	71.050
27	Suzanne Dando	GBR	70.775
28	Susan Cheesebrough	GBR	70.725
29	Estela de la Torre	MEX	70.675
30	Lena Adomat	SWE	70.050
31	Cláudia Magalhães	BRA	69.775
32	Marina Sulicich	AUS	69.700
33	Kerry Bayliss	AUS	69.475
34	Kang Myong-Suk	PRK	69.275
35	Dashzevgiin Ariunaa	MGL	68.550
36	Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska	POL	46.475
7 r1/2	Mariya Filatova	URS	–
8 r1/2	Stella Zakharova	URS	–
12 r1/2	Yelena Naimushina	URS	–
13 r1/2	Melita Ruhn	ROU	–
=15 r1/2	Cristina Elena Grigoraș	ROU	–
17 r1/2	Birgit Süß	GDR	–
19 r1/2	Katarína Šarišská	TCH	–
21 r1/2	Silvia Hindorff	GDR	–
22 r1/2	Dumitrița Turner	ROU	–
=23 r1/2	Karola Sube	GDR	–
26 r1/2	Dana Brýdlová	TCH	–
=29 r1/2	Éva Óvári	HUN	–
=29 r1/2	Lenke Almási	HUN	–
33 r1/2	Anita Šauerová	TCH	–
34 r1/2	Kameliya Eftimova	BUL	–
35 r1/2	Dimitrinka Filipova	BUL	–
36 r1/2	Erzsébet Hanti	HUN	–
40 r1/2	Antoaneta Rahneva	BUL	–
41 r1/2	Wiesława Żelaskowska	POL	–
42 r1/2	Agata Jaroszek	POL	–
44 r1/2	Katarzyna Snopko	POL	–
51 r1/2	Kim Chun-Son	PRK	–
53 r1/2	Choi Myong-Hui	PRK	–
58 r1/2	Lo Ok-Sil	PRK	–
61 r1/2	Avelina Alvarez	POR	–
62 r1/2	Gloria Viseras	ESP	–

Qualifying (21 – 23 July 1980 — 10:00-17:00--, -)

Top 36, maximum three per nation, from team all-around competition advanced to the individual all-around final. 50% of score from team all-around added to score derived from optional exercise on all four apparatuses.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Maxi Gnauck	GDR	79.35	39.70	39.65	Q
2	Nataliya Shaposhnikova	URS	79.15	39.85	39.30	Q
3	Emilia Eberle	ROU	79.10	39.55	39.55	Q
4	Nadia Comăneci	ROU	79.05	39.85	39.20	Q
5	Yelena Davydova	URS	79.00	39.40	39.60	Q
6	Nelli Kim	URS	78.95	39.60	39.35	Q
7	Mariya Filatova	URS	78.80	39.45	39.35
8	Stella Zakharova	URS	78.75	39.40	39.35
9	Katharina Rensch	GDR	78.55	39.15	39.40	Q
=10	Rodica Dunca	ROU	78.50	39.35	39.15	Q
=10	Steffi Kräker	GDR	78.50	39.30	39.20	Q
12	Yelena Naimushina	URS	78.40	39.25	39.15
13	Melita Ruhn	ROU	78.30	39.10	39.20
14	Eva Marečková	TCH	78.05	39.25	38.80	Q
=15	Radka Zemanová	TCH	78.00	39.20	38.80	Q
=15	Cristina Elena Grigoraș	ROU	78.00	38.70	39.30
17	Birgit Süß	GDR	77.90	39.30	38.60
18	Jana Labáková	TCH	77.85	38.80	39.05	Q
19	Katarína Šarišská	TCH	77.55	38.90	38.65
20	Erika Csányi	HUN	77.50	39.00	38.50	Q
21	Silvia Hindorff	GDR	77.35	39.30	38.05
22	Dumitrița Turner	ROU	77.25	38.30	38.95
=23	Silviya Topalova	BUL	77.20	38.95	38.25	Q
=23	Karola Sube	GDR	77.20	38.90	38.30
=23	Erika Flander	HUN	77.20	38.50	38.70	Q
26	Dana Brýdlová	TCH	77.05	38.80	38.25
=27	Galina Marinova	BUL	76.50	38.80	37.70	Q
=27	Márta Egervári	HUN	76.50	38.60	37.90	Q
=29	Éva Óvári	HUN	76.25	38.90	37.35
=29	Krasimira Toneva	BUL	76.25	38.75	37.50	Q
=29	Lenke Almási	HUN	76.25	38.45	37.80
32	Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska	POL	76.15	38.95	37.20	Q
33	Anita Šauerová	TCH	76.05	38.40	37.65
34	Kameliya Eftimova	BUL	75.60	38.40	37.20
35	Dimitrinka Filipova	BUL	75.50	38.20	37.30
36	Erzsébet Hanti	HUN	75.35	38.10	37.25
37	Małgorzata Majza	POL	75.20	38.20	37.00	q
38	Anita Jokiel	POL	74.95	38.05	36.90	q
39	Choe Jong-Sil	PRK	74.85	37.95	36.90	q
40	Antoaneta Rahneva	BUL	74.35	37.40	36.95
41	Wiesława Żelaskowska	POL	74.30	38.10	36.20
42	Agata Jaroszek	POL	73.65	37.20	36.45
43	Irene Martínez	ESP	73.50	36.65	36.85	q
44	Katarzyna Snopko	POL	73.45	38.05	35.40
45	Denise Jones	GBR	72.85	36.70	36.15	q
46	Sin Myong-Ok	PRK	72.50	36.35	36.15	q
47	Kang Myong-Suk	PRK	72.35	36.55	35.80	q
48	Suzanne Dando	GBR	72.05	36.55	35.50	q
49	Aurora Morata	ESP	71.95	36.50	35.45
50	Marina Sulicich	AUS	71.60	36.00	35.60	q
51	Kim Chun-Son	PRK	71.40	36.00	35.40
52	Estela de la Torre	MEX	71.25	36.00	35.25	q
53	Choi Myong-Hui	PRK	71.20	36.60	34.60
54	Susan Cheesebrough	GBR	71.15	36.85	34.30	q
55	Davaasürengiin Oyuuntuyaa	MGL	70.80	35.60	35.20	q
=56	Kerry Bayliss	AUS	70.55	35.95	34.60	q
=56	Cláudia Magalhães	BRA	70.55	35.70	34.85	q
58	Lo Ok-Sil	PRK	70.50	35.50	35.00
59	Lena Adomat	SWE	70.40	36.45	33.95	q
60	Dashzevgiin Ariunaa	MGL	69.40	35.20	34.20	q
61	Avelina Alvarez	POR	69.00	35.35	33.65
62	Gloria Viseras	ESP	37.15	37.15	0.00

Final (24 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Yelena Davydova	URS	79.150	39.500	39.65
=2	Nadia Comăneci	ROU	79.075	39.525	39.55
=2	Maxi Gnauck	GDR	79.075	39.675	39.40
4	Nataliya Shaposhnikova	URS	79.025	39.575	39.45
5	Nelli Kim	URS	78.425	39.475	38.95
6	Emilia Eberle	ROU	78.400	39.550	38.85
7	Rodica Dunca	ROU	78.350	39.250	39.10
8	Steffi Kräker	GDR	78.200	39.250	38.95
9	Katharina Rensch	GDR	78.125	39.275	38.85
10	Radka Zemanová	TCH	77.850	39.000	38.85
11	Jana Labáková	TCH	77.675	38.925	38.75
12	Eva Marečková	TCH	77.375	39.025	38.35
13	Erika Flander	HUN	77.000	38.600	38.40
14	Márta Egervári	HUN	76.950	38.250	38.70
15	Silviya Topalova	BUL	76.900	38.600	38.30
16	Krasimira Toneva	BUL	76.625	38.125	38.50
17	Erika Csányi	HUN	76.600	38.750	37.85
18	Anita Jokiel	POL	74.825	37.475	37.35
19	Choe Jong-Sil	PRK	74.775	37.425	37.35
20	Małgorzata Majza	POL	74.500	37.600	36.90
21	Galina Marinova	BUL	74.200	38.250	35.95
22	Irene Martínez	ESP	73.850	36.750	37.10
23	Denise Jones	GBR	72.375	36.425	35.95
24	Sin Myong-Ok	PRK	72.300	36.250	36.05
25	Aurora Morata	ESP	71.975	35.975	36.00
26	Davaasürengiin Oyuuntuyaa	MGL	71.050	35.400	35.65
27	Suzanne Dando	GBR	70.775	36.025	34.75
28	Susan Cheesebrough	GBR	70.725	35.575	35.15
29	Estela de la Torre	MEX	70.675	35.625	35.05
30	Lena Adomat	SWE	70.050	35.200	34.85
31	Cláudia Magalhães	BRA	69.775	35.275	34.50
32	Marina Sulicich	AUS	69.700	35.800	33.90
33	Kerry Bayliss	AUS	69.475	35.275	34.20
34	Kang Myong-Suk	PRK	69.275	36.175	33.10
35	Dashzevgiin Ariunaa	MGL	68.550	34.700	33.85
36	Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska	POL	46.475	38.075	8.40