The Olympic vault medalists from 1952 (the first year women's vault competition was held), through 2012.

• 1952 (Helsinki, Finland)
  GOLD Ekaterina Kalintshuk, USSR 19.200
  SILVER Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR 19.190
  BRONZE Galina Minaitsheva, USSR 19.160
   
  
• 1956 (Melbourne, Australia)
  GOLD Larissa Latynina, USSR 18.833
  SILVER Tamara Manina, USSR 18.800
  BRONZE (tie) Ann-Sofi Volling, Sweden 18.733; Olga Tass, Hungary 18.733
   
  

• 1960 (Rome, Italy)
  GOLD Margarita Nicolaeva, USSR 19.316
  SILVER Sofia Mouratova, USSR 19.049
  BRONZE Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.016
   
  
• 1964 (Tokyo, Japan)
  GOLD Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia 19.483
  SILVER (tie) Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.283; Birgit Radochla, East Germany 19.283
   
  
• 1968 (Mexico City, Mexico)
  GOLD Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia 19.775
  SILVER Erika Zuchold, East Germany 19.625
  BRONZE Zinaida Voronina, USSR 19.500
   
  
• 1972 (Munich, Germany)
  GOLD Karin Janz, East Germany 19.525
  SILVER Erika Zuchold, East Germany 19.275
  BRONZELudmilla Tourischeva, USSR 19.250
   
  
• 1976 (Montreal, Canada)
  GOLD Nellie Kim, USSR 19.800
  SILVER (tie) Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR 19.650; Carola Dombeck, East Germany 19.650
   
  
• 1980 (Moscow, USSR)
  GOLD Natalia Shaposhnikova, USSR 19.725
  SILVER Steffi Kraeker, East Germany 19.675
  BRONZE Melita Ruhn, Romania 19.650
   
  
• 1984 (Los Angeles, USA)*
  GOLD Ecaterina Szabo, Romania 19.875
  SILVER Mary Lou Retton, USA 19.850
  BRONZE Lavinia Agache, Romania 19.750
   
  
• 1988 (Seoul, Korea)
  GOLDSvetlana Boguinskaya, USSR 19.905
  SILVER Gabriela Potorac, Romania 19.830
  BRONZE Daniela Silivas, Romania 19.818
   
  

• 1992 (Barcelona, Spain)
  GOLD (tie) Lavinia Milosovici, Romania 9.925; Henrietta Onodi, Hungary 9.925
  BRONZE Tatiana Lysenko, The Unified Team**
   
  
• 1996 (Atlanta, USA)
  GOLD Simona Amanar, Romania 9.825
  SILVER Mo Huilan, China 9.768
  BRONZE Gina Gogean, Romania 9.750
   
  
• 2000 (Sydney, Australia)
  GOLD Elena Zamolodchikova, Russia 9.731
  SILVER Andreea Raducan, Romania 9.693
  BRONZE Ekaterina Lobaznyuk, Russia 9.674
   
  
• 2004 (Athens, Greece)
  GOLD Monica Rosu, Romania 9.656
  SILVERAnnia Hatch, USA 9.481
  BRONZE Anna Pavlova, Russia 9.475
   
  
• 2008 (Beijing, China)
  GOLD Hong Un Jong, North Korea 15.650
  SILVER Oksana Chusovitina, Germany 15.575
  BRONZECheng Fei, China 15.562
   
  
• 2012 (London, Great Britain)
  GOLD Sandra Raluca Izbasa, Romania 15.191
  SILVERMcKayla Maroney, USA 15.083
  BRONZE Maria Paseka, Russia 15.050

* In 1984 the USSR -- the most dominant team of the era -- boycotted the Games, possibly affecting the results

** In 1992, the former USSR competed as the Unified Team, then split into independent republics starting in 1996

 
 

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