These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Larisa Petrik's gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country. A similar controversy occurred in the balance beam, where Čáslavská was denied gold altogether.

Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final Compulsory Voluntary Total Prelim. Final Total Věra Čáslavská 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.775 9.900 19.675 Larisa Petrik 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.775 9.900 19.675 Natalia Kuchinskaya 9.75 9.85 19.60 9.800 9.850 19.650 4 Zinaida Voronina 9.65 9.75 19.40 9.700 9.850 19.550 5 Olga Karasyova 9.70 9.85 19.55 9.575 9.750 19.325 Bohumila Řimnáčová 9.50 9.65 19.15 9.575 9.750 19.325 7 Marianna Krajčírová 9.55 9.55 19.10 did not advance 8 Karin Janz 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance Jana Kubičková-Posnerová 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance Ludmilla Tourischeva 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance Erika Zuchold 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance 12 Anikó Ducza 9.50 9.45 18.95 did not advance 13 Hana Lišková 9.40 9.50 18.90 did not advance 14 Miyuki Matsuhisa 9.40 9.45 18.85 did not advance Taniko Mitsukuri 9.40 9.45 18.85 did not advance Chieko Oda 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance 17 Maritta Bauerschmidt 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance Kayoko Hashiguchi 9.30 9.50 18.80 did not advance Miroslava Skleničková 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance 20 Ágnes Bánfai 9.45 9.30 18.75 did not advance Lyubov Burda 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance Evelyne Letourneur 9.30 9.45 18.75 did not advance Cathy Rigby 9.45 9.30 18.75 did not advance 24 Kazue Hanyu 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance Marianne Noack 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance 26 Katalin Müller 9.35 9.20 18.55 did not advance 27 Mitsuko Kandori 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance Magdalena Schmidt 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance Ute Starke 9.25 9.25 18.50 did not advance 30 Dominique Lauvard 9.15 9.25 18.40 did not advance 31 Joyce Tanac 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance 32 Linda Metheny 9.30 9.00 18.30 did not advance 33 Kathy Gleason 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance Katalin Makray 9.10 9.15 18.25 did not advance Vanya Marinova 9.00 9.25 18.25 did not advance Françoise Nourry 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance Márta Tolnai 9.10 9.15 18.25 did not advance 38 Ilona Békési 9.05 9.10 18.15 did not advance 39 Zulema Bregado 8.95 9.15 18.10 did not advance Mireille Cayre 9.05 9.05 18.10 did not advance Marie-Luise Stegemann 8.90 9.20 18.10 did not advance 42 Wendy Cluff 9.10 8.95 18.05 did not advance 43 Irmi Krauser 8.80 9.20 18.00 did not advance Colleen Mulvihill 9.15 8.85 18.00 did not advance Łucja Ochmańska 8.95 9.05 18.00 did not advance Grażyna Witkowska 8.95 9.05 18.00 did not advance 47 Nicole Bourdiau 9.00 8.95 17.95 did not advance Wiesława Lech 8.90 9.05 17.95 did not advance 49 Rayna Atanasova 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance Sandra Hartley 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance Mariya Karashka 8.80 9.10 17.90 did not advance Natalija Sljepica 8.85 9.05 17.90 did not advance 53 Jacqueline Brisepierre 9.00 8.85 17.85 did not advance 54 Petra Jebram 8.70 9.10 17.80 did not advance Angelika Kern 8.75 9.05 17.80 did not advance 56 Halina Daniec 8.60 9.15 17.75 did not advance Marie Lundqvist 8.80 8.95 17.75 did not advance Theresa McDonnell 8.80 8.95 17.75 did not advance Anna Stein 8.70 9.05 17.75 did not advance 60 Jennifer Diachun 8.65 9.05 17.70 did not advance Christiane Goethals 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance Vesela Pasheva 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance Neli Stoyanova 8.80 8.90 17.70 did not advance 64 Else Trangbaek 8.70 8.95 17.65 did not advance Barbara Zięba 8.70 8.95 17.65 did not advance 66 Małgorzata Chojnacka 8.65 8.95 17.60 did not advance Helga Matschkur 8.60 9.00 17.60 did not advance 68 Rose-Marie Holm 8.80 8.75 17.55 did not advance Torunn Isberg 8.65 8.90 17.55 did not advance 70 Solveig Egman-Andersson 8.70 8.80 17.50 did not advance 71 Horta Van Hoye 8.65 8.80 17.45 did not advance Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin 8.60 8.85 17.45 did not advance Valerie Norris 8.55 8.90 17.45 did not advance 74 Nancy Aldama 8.35 9.05 17.40 did not advance 75 Nereida Bauta 8.45 8.90 17.35 did not advance Gabriella Pozzuolo 8.80 8.55 17.35 did not advance 77 Mary Prestidge 8.55 8.75 17.30 did not advance 78 Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj 8.60 8.65 17.25 did not advance 79 Helga Braathen 8.55 8.65 17.20 did not advance Suzanne Cloutier 8.65 8.55 17.20 did not advance Daniela Maccelli 8.65 8.55 17.20 did not advance 82 Adriana Biagiotti 8.60 8.55 17.15 did not advance Marilynn Minaker 8.55 8.60 17.15 did not advance 84 Norikhoo Dorj 8.60 8.50 17.10 did not advance Jill Kvamme 8.55 8.55 17.10 did not advance 86 Margaret Bell 8.40 8.65 17.05 did not advance 87 Miriam Villacian 8.20 8.80 17.00 did not advance 88 Suzette Blanco 8.20 8.75 16.95 did not advance Esbela da Fonseca 8.40 8.55 16.95 did not advance 90 Unni Holmen 8.55 8.30 16.85 did not advance Wenche Sjong 8.40 8.45 16.85 did not advance 92 Rosario Briones 8.40 8.30 16.70 did not advance Laura Rivera 8.55 8.15 16.70 did not advance 94 Luisa Morales 8.25 8.40 16.65 did not advance Julietta Saenz de Secilia 8.40 8.25 16.65 did not advance 96 Yolanda Vega 8.05 8.55 16.60 did not advance 97 Elena Ramirez 8.30 8.25 16.55 did not advance 98 Rosalinda Puente 8.20 8.25 16.45 did not advance 99 Ann-Mari Hvaal 7.95 8.35 16.30 did not advance 100 Yu Mai-Lee 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance Hong Tai-kwai 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance

References

Official Olympic Report www.gymnasticsresults.com www.gymn-forum.net