Uneven bars at the Olympics
# Uneven bars at the Olympics

The uneven bars is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics on which only women compete. Women started competing in and earning medals at apparatus finals in 1952.

## Medalists

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Margit Korondi Hungary | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti Hungary |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome details | Polina Astakhova Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Lyukhina Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Polina Astakhova Soviet Union | Katalin Makray Hungary | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Karin Janz East Germany | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
| 1972 Munich details | Karin Janz East Germany | Olga Korbut Soviet UnionErika Zuchold East Germany | none awarded |
| 1976 Montreal details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Teodora Ungureanu Romania | Marta Egervari Hungary |
| 1980 Moscow details | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Maria Filatova Soviet UnionSteffi Kräker East GermanyMelita Ruhn Romania |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Ma Yanhong ChinaJulianne McNamara United States | none awarded | Mary Lou Retton United States |
| 1988 Seoul details | Daniela Silivaș Romania | Dagmar Kersten East Germany | Yelena Shushunova Soviet Union |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Lu Li China | Tatiana Gutsu Unified Team | Shannon Miller United States |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Svetlana Khorkina Russia | Amy Chow United StatesBi Wenjing China | none awarded |
| 2000 Sydney details | Svetlana Khorkina Russia | Ling Jie China | Yang Yun China |
| 2004 Athens details | Émilie Le Pennec France | Terin Humphrey United States | Courtney Kupets United States |
| 2008 Beijing details | He Kexin China | Nastia Liukin United States | Yang Yilin China |
| 2012 London details | Aliya Mustafina Russia | He Kexin China | Beth Tweddle Great Britain |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Aliya Mustafina Russia | Madison Kocian United States | Sophie Scheder Germany |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Nina Derwael Belgium | Anastasia Ilyankova ROC | Sunisa Lee United States |

**Multiple medalists**

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Polina Astakhova | Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia (RUS) | 1996–2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Aliya Mustafina | Russia (RUS) | 2012–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | He Kexin | China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Karin Janz | East Germany (GDR) | 1968–1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Ágnes Keleti | Hungary (HUN) | 1952–1956 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |

**Medalists by country**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | ROC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
