Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held at the West Melbourne Stadium between December 3 and December 7. It is located some
Yuri Titov, Takashi Ono, and Masao Takemoto on the podium for men's horizontal bar
Larisa Latynina
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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals for the Soviet Union. She holds the record for the mo
Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
…United Team of Germany none awarded Yuri Titov Soviet Union Valentin Muratov Soviet Union Women's events Games Gold Silver Bronze Individual all-around Larisa Latynina Soviet Union Ágnes Keleti Hungary Sofia Muratova Soviet Union Team all-around Soviet Union Polina Astakhova Lyudmila Yegorova Lidia Kalinina Larisa…
Latynina in the Kremlin in 2010
Latynina during the vault award ceremony at the 1964 Olympics