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Vault
at the Olympic Games
Vault; at the Olympic Games
	The first men's vault winner, Carl Schuhmann, in 1896
Overview
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1896, 1904, 1924–2024 ; Women: 1952–2024
Reigning champion
Men	Carlos Yulo (PHI)
Women	Simone Biles (USA)

The vault is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. The vault was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, however. The men's vault returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Vault scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the vault was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the vault scores used in the all-around. The women's vault was added in 1952 and has been held every Games since. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.

The vault used a "vaulting horse" until 2000; after that, a "vaulting table" has been used.

Medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Carl Schuhmann Germany	Louis Zutter Switzerland	Hermann Weingärtner Germany
1900 Paris	Not held
1904 St. Louis details	George Eyser United States Anton Heida United States	Not awarded	William Merz United States
1908 London	Not held
1912 Stockholm	Not held
1920 Antwerp	Not held
1924 Paris details	Frank Kriz United States	Jan Koutný Czechoslovakia	Bohumil Mořkovský Czechoslovakia
1928 Amsterdam details	Eugen Mack Switzerland	Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia	Stane Derganc Yugoslavia
1932 Los Angeles details	Savino Guglielmetti Italy	Al Jochim United States	Ed Carmichael United States
1936 Berlin details	Alfred Schwarzmann Germany	Eugen Mack Switzerland	Matthias Volz Germany
1948 London details	Paavo Aaltonen Finland	Olavi Rove Finland	János Mogyorósi-Klencs Hungary Ferenc Pataki Hungary Leo Sotorník Czechoslovakia
1952 Helsinki details	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Masao Takemoto Japan	Takashi Ono Japan Tadao Uesako Japan
1956 Melbourne details	Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany Valentin Muratov Soviet Union	Not awarded	Yuri Titov Soviet Union
1960 Rome details	Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union Takashi Ono Japan	Not awarded	Vladimir Portnoi Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo details	Haruhiro Yamashita Japan	Victor Lisitsky Soviet Union	Hannu Rantakari Finland
1968 Mexico City details	Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union	Yukio Endo Japan	Sergei Diomidov Soviet Union
1972 Munich details	Klaus Köste East Germany	Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union	Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union
1976 Montreal details	Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union	Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan	Hiroshi Kajiyama Japan
1980 Moscow details	Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union	Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union	Roland Brückner East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Lou Yun China	Li Ning China Koji Gushiken Japan Mitchell Gaylord United States Shinji Morisue Japan	Not awarded
1988 Seoul details	Lou Yun China	Sylvio Kroll East Germany	Park Jong-Hoon South Korea
1992 Barcelona details	Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team	Grigory Misutin Unified Team	Yoo Ok-ryul South Korea
1996 Atlanta details	Alexei Nemov Russia	Yeo Hong-Chul South Korea	Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
2000 Sydney details	Gervasio Deferr Spain	Alexei Bondarenko Russia	Leszek Blanik Poland
2004 Athens details	Gervasio Deferr Spain	Evgeni Sapronenko Latvia	Marian Drăgulescu Romania
2008 Beijing details	Leszek Blanik Poland	Thomas Bouhail France	Anton Golotsutskov Russia
2012 London details	Yang Hak-Seon South Korea	Denis Ablyazin Russia	Igor Radivilov Ukraine
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Ri Se-gwang North Korea	Denis Ablyazin Russia	Kenzō Shirai Japan
2020 Tokyo details	Shin Jea-hwan South Korea	Denis Ablyazin ROC	Artur Davtyan Armenia
2024 Paris details	Carlos Yulo Philippines	Artur Davtyan Armenia	Harry Hepworth Great Britain

Multiple medalists

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nikolai Andrianov	Soviet Union (URS)	1972–1980	2	0	1	3
2	Lou Yun	China (CHN)	1984–1988	2	0	0	2
2	Gervasio Deferr	Spain (ESP)	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
4	Eugen Mack	Switzerland (SUI)	1928–1936	1	1	0	2
5	Vitaly Scherbo	Unified Team (EUN) Belarus (BLR)	1992–1996	1	0	1	2
	Takashi Ono	Japan (JPN)	1952–1960	1	0	1	2
	Leszek Blanik	Poland (POL)	2000–2008	1	0	1	2
8	Denis Ablyazin	Russia (RUS) ROC	2012–2020	0	3	0	3
9	Artur Davtyan	Armenia (ARM)	2020–2024	0	1	1	2

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	3	4	13
2	United States (USA)	3	2	2	7
3	Japan (JPN)	2	5	4	11
4	China (CHN)	2	1	0	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	3	5
6	Germany (GER)	2	0	2	4
7	Spain (ESP)	2	0	0	2
8	Russia (RUS)	1	3	1	5
9	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	0	3
10	Finland (FIN)	1	1	1	3
10	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
12	Unified Team (EUN)	1	1	0	2
13	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
14	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
18	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	2	4
19	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
20	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	ROC	0	1	0	1
23	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	2	2
24	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki details	Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne details	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union	Tamara Manina Soviet Union	Olga Tass Hungary Ann-Sofi Colling Sweden
1960 Rome details	Margarita Nikolaeva Soviet Union	Sofia Muratova Soviet Union	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo details	Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union	Birgit Radochla United Team of Germany
1968 Mexico City details	Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia	Erika Zuchold East Germany	Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union
1972 Munich details	Karin Janz East Germany	Erika Zuchold East Germany	Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union
1976 Montreal details	Nellie Kim Soviet Union	Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union	Carola Dombeck East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union	Steffi Kräker East Germany	Melita Ruhn Romania
1984 Los Angeles details	Ecaterina Szabo Romania	Mary Lou Retton United States	Lavinia Agache Romania
1988 Seoul details	Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union	Gabriela Potorac Romania	Daniela Silivaş Romania
1992 Barcelona details	Henrietta Ónodi Hungary Lavinia Miloșovici Romania	Not awarded	Tatiana Lysenko Unified Team
1996 Atlanta details	Simona Amânar Romania	Mo Huilan China	Gina Gogean Romania
2000 Sydney details	Elena Zamolodchikova Russia	Andreea Răducan Romania	Yekaterina Lobaznyuk Russia
2004 Athens details	Monica Roșu Romania	Annia Hatch United States	Anna Pavlova Russia
2008 Beijing details	Hong Un Jong North Korea	Oksana Chusovitina Germany	Cheng Fei China
2012 London details	Sandra Izbașa Romania	McKayla Maroney United States	Maria Paseka Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Simone Biles United States	Maria Paseka Russia	Giulia Steingruber Switzerland
2020 Tokyo details	Rebeca Andrade Brazil	MyKayla Skinner United States	Yeo Seo-jeong South Korea
2024 Paris details	Simone Biles United States	Rebeca Andrade Brazil	Jade Carey United States

Multiple medalists

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Simone Biles	United States (USA)	2016, 2024	2	0	0	2
1	Věra Čáslavská	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1964–1968	2	0	0	2
3	Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union (URS)	1956–1964	1	1	1	3
4	Rebeca Andrade	Brazil (BRA)	2020–2024	1	1	0	2
5	Erika Zuchold	East Germany (GDR)	1968–1972	0	2	0	2
6	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Soviet Union (URS)	1972–1976	0	1	1	2
6	Maria Paseka	Russia (RUS)	2012–2016	0	1	1	2

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	5	4	15
2	Romania (ROU)	5	2	4	11
3	United States (USA)	2	4	1	7
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	0	2
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	3	1	5
6	Russia (RUS)	1	1	3	5
7	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	0	2
8	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
9	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
10	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
11	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
12	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1

Gallery

handspring double salto forward tucked (2012)

Axel Augis, 2016

Petro Pakhnyuk, 2020

Men's Vault at the Olympics

Shawn Johnson, 2008

Daniele Hypólito, 2016

Abigail Magistrati, 2020

Women's Vault at the Olympics

Sidehorse vault

The 1924 Summer Olympics had an odd programme. The regular vault event featured an unusual format, using a bar that had to be jumped over between the springboard and the vaulting horse. There was also a "sidehorse vault" (French: saut de cheval en largeur) event in which the competitors used a vaulting horse set sideways (perpendicular to the approach) to make a single flip. This was the only time that event was held.