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Countries with Most Olympic Medals in Gymnastics

Can you name the countries who have earned the most medals in the sport of gymnastics?
Many of these countries NO LONGER EXIST
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First submittedSeptember 23, 2012
Times taken55,047
Average score75.0%
Rating4.45
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G
S
B
Medals
Country
81
72
47
200
Soviet Union
incl. Unified Team
42
45
42
129
United States
36
34
37
107
Japan
32
27
22
81
China
25
20
27
72
Romania
16
19
14
49
Switzerland
10
15
19
44
Russia
15
13
15
43
Germany
incl. West Germany
15
11
14
40
Hungary
6
13
17
36
East Germany
G
S
B
Medals
Country
12
13
10
35
Czechoslovakia
15
7
12
34
Italy
8
5
12
25
Finland
3
10
9
22
France
4
3
12
19
Great Britain
5
4
4
13
Ukraine
5
3
4
12
Greece
5
2
4
11
Yugoslavia
2
4
5
11
South Korea
2
3
6
11
Bulgaria
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53 Comments
sillie
+2
Level 76
Dec 14, 2018
That's tons of time. I must've typed in every European country except the Vatican and a good portion of the Asian ones as well as South America. And I still had 45 seconds left after I got them all.
Tramp
+132
Level 78
Dec 14, 2018
Quite disappointed in your lack of faith in Pope Francis' gymnastic abilities to be honest
QRU
+13
Level 74
Feb 27, 2019
This fourth place will bother him to the end of his days.
Magarara
+1
Level 54
Aug 15, 2021
Lol!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Dec 14, 2018
Reduced the time to 3 minutes
mikeb
+10
Level 65
Jan 31, 2019
Thanks, "sillie". Now it's hard for me to get the image of the Vatican gymnastics team out of my head!
springb
+2
Level 60
Feb 26, 2019
Well, they now have a track team!
Penguin
+3
Level 45
Dec 14, 2018
I got Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia but not Ukraine Hungary east Germany and finland
skukka
+3
Level 58
Dec 14, 2018
Had no idea Finland and/or Switzerland had anything to do do with this sport.
joedimaggio
+7
Level 73
Feb 26, 2019
Gymnastics has always been very popular in Switzerland, especially in the first half of the 20th century (when almost all the medals were won). There is 450'000 members of the Swiss Gymnastics Federation (out of 8 mio Swiss people!), much more than football or skiing. Until the late 60s, it was a very patriotic activity and closely related to the Swiss Army.
lexxie
+1
Level 80
Aug 14, 2024
I agree! Switzerland is not the gymnastics powerhouse anymore like it used to be. However, I would say that it's actually still a very popular and patriotic sport. In many Swiss municipalities, you can still find yearly gymnastics shows ("Turnerchränzli") with participants of all ages demonstrating their skills in front of large crowds. It's a tradition that remains popular to this day
Djilas
+3
Level 85
Dec 15, 2018
All of Yugoslav medallists were actually Slovene, except 1/8 of the team bronze. And all Olympic medals of the first Yugoslavia (Kingdom) were in gymnastics.
samiamco
+5
Level 68
Dec 18, 2018
Do these statistics include both rhythmic and artistic?
CosmicCalamity
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2024
Obviously not. They don't include trampoline either. 🙄
JWC1202
+1
Level 75
Dec 26, 2018
This quiz is a case study on why reading the instructions is a good idea. I missed the clue that many of the countries no longer exist; consequently, I kept trying nations like Czech Republic and Slovakia. Taking a moment to think, I finally concluded the Soviet Union must top the list, but it was too late to help me with East Germany and the rest. Dummy.
CosmicCalamity
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2024
That's a great story. 🙄
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Feb 26, 2019
Got all with 3 secs remaining
unknown2000
+2
Level 48
Feb 26, 2019
Switzerland and Finland were the only ones I missed. And I'm from Finland...
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 72
Apr 30, 2019
Mäkään en kokeillu Suomea. T_T
TheQuizzler
+2
Level 64
Feb 26, 2019
I know that the IOC does not keep an official medal count so I am curious about the source for this info.
GymnastPunk
+1
Level 82
Feb 26, 2019
Hi there! The wonderful resource of Wikipedia was my source for this quiz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_Summer_Olympics
rocamorar
+5
Level 78
Aug 8, 2021
A pity you didn't choose to keep wikipedia's much more natural order of the ranking, sorting it first by number of gold medals, then silver, then bronze.

For instance, Sweden's five golds are a much greater success than South Korea's lesser eleven medals.

vermiciousknid
+1
Level 90
Aug 27, 2021
@rocamorar: Actually, 9 "lesser" medals, since two of South Korea's 11 are gold. Anyway, considering this quiz is about most olympic medals and not just gold medals, I think the ranking is fine as is.
MaaaxiKing
+1
Level 52
Aug 15, 2024
So this quiz actually represents Artistic Gymnastics. Notice the overall medal table is at the bottom of the article page.
TjizzleDizzle
+3
Level 68
Feb 26, 2019
Had 'm all at first attempt, except East Germany...which feels kinda stupid...considering I am reading a book about East Germany right now. *facepalm*
CardinalSin
+1
Level 80
Feb 26, 2019
Would you believe that I got them all except the USA (which stats say was guessed buy 100%)? I'm now giving lessons in how to be a plonker.
kenpo17
+1
Level 66
Feb 26, 2019
Feeling pretty dumb right now. I read the hint about many answers being countries that no longer exist, and I got Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, but it never even occurred to me that the Soviet Union would be counted separately from Russia. And here I was wracking my brain trying to think of who could possibly have gotten that many more medals over everyone else.
CosmicCalamity
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2024
That is pretty dumb.
Feech
+2
Level 51
Aug 15, 2024
Why are you always so negative?
jellyperson
+7
Level 55
Feb 26, 2019
When combined, the USSR+Russia tally is more than twice as much as the next highest country (US)! To be fair, some of the USSR medalists were from states that are now separate countries, but I think it still illustrates how dominant Russia and close countries were (and to a lesser extent still are) in gymnastics.
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Aug 9, 2021
It would be fascinating to break down (I wish I had the time or attention span) how many of the medalists from the USSR were from states outside of what is currently Russia, such as Uzbekistan or Ukraine.
cmr0
+2
Level 73
Aug 14, 2021
It's no matter cuz they all were the soviet people. Neither ukraine nor Uzbekistan didn't exist at this time, there was only Soviet Union
AlekHek
+3
Level 47
Aug 17, 2021
I mean... sure, but the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic were entities within the USSR. That's the reason why Ukraine and Belarus are considered to have joined the UN in 1945 despite not existing as countries...
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Aug 9, 2021
It would be fascinating to break down (I wish I had the time or attention span) how many of the medalists from the USSR were from states outside of what is currently Russia, such as Uzbekistan or Ukraine.
D31415
+1
Level 81
Aug 15, 2024
Olga Korbut and Larisa Latynina, for example, competed for USSR but were born in Belarusian SSR and Ukrainian SSR respectively
kogatora
+2
Level 94
Mar 14, 2019
Read that many no longer exist, tried Molvania. :D
JonOfKent
+4
Level 58
Jul 3, 2020
Really interesting quiz. I must say it was a bit confusing to have Russia separate from the Soviet Union while West Germany is lumped together with unified Germany - I didn't even think of typing "Russia" after I'd seen that.
Djilas
+1
Level 85
Aug 15, 2024
Because legally it wasn't a unification resulting in a new country, but Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany") annexed GDR (East Germany) and continued to exist.
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 84
Aug 9, 2021
Funny to allow UK as an abbreviation for Great Britain but not GB
kaderschaufel
+1
Level 72
Aug 9, 2021
Now I know, why I always had to do gymnastics in school, here in Switzerland. Apparently, it's not that much of a thing elsewhere.
Shambles84
+1
Level 46
Aug 14, 2021
Got a very respectful 18/19. go me !
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Aug 15, 2021
Had no idea the Soviet Union was so dominant in gymnastics.
Kingsfisher
+2
Level 66
Apr 3, 2023
Socialist block over 30 years after collapse saves leadership.

It's amazing how powerful Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the GDR were in sports

flycc
+1
Level 84
Nov 4, 2023
Can someone explain me why Germany and West Germany are counted together and East Germany separately?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Aug 13, 2024
East Germany ceased to exist in 1990 but West Germany did not. The two countries did not merge to form a new country. Instead, East Germany was absorbed.
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 71
Dec 10, 2023
Surprisingly easy.
bserbvb23
+2
Level 81
Aug 14, 2024
Should accept "GB" for Great Britain, especially if UK is accepted.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 14, 2024
Okay
Myles980
+1
Level 22
Aug 15, 2024
I thought us Americans had 1st place by far with Simone Biles on our team
Sly67
+1
Level 75
Aug 16, 2024
surprised not to see Brazil
elcampeador
+1
Level 79
Oct 28, 2024
I was too, based upon this year. If they keep it up, they'll be on here soon
quizzicalguy
+1
Level 68
Aug 16, 2024
The number one country for this has got to be Greece. This is one of the original olympic events. So for the first 1,000 years it was all Greece. Total domination. Gold/Silver/Bronze every time.
joedimaggio
+1
Level 73
Sep 4, 2024
Nice joke! But in the antique olympics, there was only THE winner, no medals, no podiums :)
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