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
1896 Athens 1900 Paris Not held1904 St. Louis Not awarded 1908 London Not held 1912 Stockholm Not held 1920 Antwerp Not held1924 Paris1928 Amsterdam1932 Los Angeles1936 Berlin1948 London1952 Helsinki1956 Melbourne Not awarded1960 Rome Not awarded1964 Tokyo1968 Mexico City1972 Munich1976 Montreal1980 Moscow1984 Los Angeles Not awarded1988 Seoul1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo2024 Paris
Multiple medalists
Rank Gymnast Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 1972–1980 2 0 1 3 2 Lou Yun 1984–1988 2 0 0 2 2000–2004 2 0 0 2 4 1928–1936 1 1 0 2 5 1992–1996 1 0 1 2 1952–1960 1 0 1 2 2000–2008 1 0 1 2 8 2012–2020 0 3 0 3 9 2020–2024 0 1 1 2
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 6 3 4 13 2 3 2 2 7 3 2 5 4 11 4 2 1 0 3 5 2 0 3 5 6 2 0 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 8 1 3 1 5 9 1 2 0 3 10 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 12 1 1 0 2 13 1 0 1 2 14 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 18 0 2 2 4 19 0 1 1 2 20 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 23 0 0 2 2 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Women
1952 Helsinki1956 Melbourne1960 Rome1964 Tokyo1968 Mexico City1972 Munich1976 MontrealNot awarded1980 Moscow1984 Los Angeles1988 Seoul1992 Barcelona Not awarded1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo2024 Paris
Multiple medalists
Rank Gymnast Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2016, 2024 2 0 0 2 1964–1968 2 0 0 2 3 1956–1964 1 1 1 3 4 2020–2024 1 1 0 2 5 1968–1972 0 2 0 2 6 1972–1976 0 1 1 2 2012–2016 0 1 1 2
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 6 5 4 15 2 5 2 4 11 3 2 4 1 7 4 2 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 5 6 1 1 3 5 7 1 1 0 2 8 1 0 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 10 0 1 1 2 11 0 1 0 1 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Gallery
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" () 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.
1924 Paris
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