Format of competition
The scoring in the team competition event and in event finals was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics . But in the all-around the scoring system became similar to that of event finals: for the all-around a gymnast showed one's skills once more on each of the apparatuses; to get the "Total" value for the all-around performance, marks in the team competition were added together, the result was divided by two ("Prelim" value) and added to the sum of marks for all-around routines ("Final" value). Judging system was basically the same, as at the previous Olympics.
Medals
Pos Country:
Gold:
Silver:
Bronze:
Total:
1
USSR 6
6
4
16
2
Japan 5
5
6
16
3
GDR 3
4
2
9
4
Hungary 0
0
1
1
Men's events
"C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".
Individual all-around
"Prelim" mark is the value from the "Score" column of the team competition table, divided by two.
Team competition
Rank
Team / Competitor
VT
UB
BB
FX
Total
Score
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
1 USSR 47.55
47.65
47.70
47.55
45.90
48.20
48.00
47.95
189.15
191.35
380.50
257 Ludmilla Tourischeva
9.60
9.70
9.60
9.65
9.05
9.75
9.80
9.70
38.05
38.80
76.85
253 Olga Korbut
9.45
9.60
9.60
9.70
9.25
9.75
9.60
9.75
37.90
38.80
76.70
255 Tamara Lazakovich
9.60
9.30
9.55
9.50
9.40
9.75
9.70
9.60
38.25
38.15
76.40
251 Ljubov Burda
9.50
9.55
9.45
9.30
9.00
9.55
9.50
9.50
37.45
37.90
75.35
Elvira Saadi 9.40
9.40
9.20
9.40
9.20
9.25
9.40
9.40
37.20
37.45
74.65
Antonina Koshel 9.20
9.40
9.50
8.50
8.95
9.40
9.35
8.70
37.00
36.00
73.00
2 GDR 46.85
47.90
48.00
47.65
45.80
46.10
46.65
47.60
187.30
189.25
376.55
93 Karin Janz
9.45
9.80
9.85
9.70
9.35
9.50
9.50
9.70
38.15
38.70
76.85
Erika Zuchold 9.45
9.70
9.70
9.60
9.25
9.35
9.40
9.55
37.80
38.20
76.00
92 Angelika Hellmann
9.35
9.50
9.60
9.50
9.15
9.20
9.40
9.60
37.50
37.80
75.30
Irene Abel 9.30
9.55
9.20
9.40
8.90
9.00
9.15
9.25
36.55
37.20
73.75
Christine Schmitt 9.30
9.35
9.30
9.30
8.90
9.05
9.20
9.30
36.70
37.00
73.70
Richarda Schmeißer 9.25
8.45
9.55
9.45
9.15
8.85
9.05
9.45
37.00
36.20
73.20
3 Hungary 44.70
46.65
47.00
46.85
45.40
46.10
45.05
46.50
182.15
186.10
368.25
Ilona Békési 8.90
9.40
9.60
9.55
9.15
9.30
9.10
9.40
36.75
37.65
74.40
Mónika Császár 9.05
9.30
9.15
9.25
9.25
9.40
9.15
9.30
36.60
37.25
73.85
Krisztina Medveczky 8.85
9.20
9.40
9.35
9.15
9.35
9.00
9.30
36.40
37.20
73.60
Anikó Kéry 9.00
9.40
9.40
9.30
8.85
8.95
8.95
9.55
36.20
37.20
73.40
Márta Kelemen 8.90
9.35
9.45
9.40
9.00
9.10
8.85
8.95
36.20
36.80
73.00
Zsuzsa Nagy 8.85
9.15
9.15
9.10
8.80
8.75
8.80
8.85
35.60
35.85
71.45
Floor exercise
Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1972 .
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
"Prelim" value is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine on the respective apparatus in the team competition, divided by two.
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Women's events
"C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".
Uneven bars
Balance beam
References 
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