These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered either 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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

Results The results of the competition:Official Report, pp. 492–97.

Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total 9.266 9.466 18.733 9.266 9.466 18.733 9.266 9.433 18.700 4 9.300 9.266 18.566 4 9.300 9.266 18.566 4 9.233 9.333 18.566 7 9.266 9.266 18.533 8 9.266 9.233 18.500 9 9.200 9.266 18.466 9 9.000 9.466 18.466 11 9.266 9.166 18.433 11 9.266 9.166 18.433 13 9.166 9.233 18.400 14 9.133 9.233 18.366 14 9.133 9.233 18.366 14 9.200 9.166 18.366 17 9.166 9.166 18.333 18 9.133 9.100 18.233 18 9.100 9.133 18.233 20 9.133 9.066 18.200 20 9.000 9.200 18.200 22 9.066 9.100 18.166 22 9.166 9.000 18.166 22 9.033 9.133 18.166 25 9.033 9.100 18.133 25 9.033 9.100 18.133 25 9.000 9.133 18.133 25 9.066 9.066 18.133 25 9.100 9.033 18.133 30 9.166 8.933 18.100 30 9.066 9.033 18.100 30 9.000 9.100 18.100 33 8.966 9.100 18.066 34 9.066 8.966 18.033 35 8.966 9.000 17.966 35 8.900 9.066 17.966 37 9.000 8.933 17.933 38 9.033 8.866 17.900 39 9.033 8.833 17.866 39 8.666 9.200 17.866 39 8.966 8.900 17.866 42 8.766 9.066 17.833 42 8.700 9.133 17.833 44 8.800 9.000 17.800 44 8.966 8.833 17.800 44 8.966 8.833 17.800 47 8.833 8.900 17.733 47 8.933 8.800 17.733 47 8.700 9.033 17.733 50 8.833 8.866 17.700 51 8.633 9.033 17.666 52 8.800 8.766 17.566 53 8.700 8.833 17.533 53 9.100 8.433 17.533 53 8.766 8.766 17.533 56 8.500 8.966 17.466 57 8.933 8.500 17.433 57 8.900 8.533 17.433 59 8.333 9.033 17.366 60 8.733 8.333 17.066 61 8.766 7.933 16.700 62 8.266 7.666 15.933 63 8.566 7.200 15.766 64 7.766 7.933 15.700

References

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