Gabby Douglas Wins Women’s Gymnastics Individual All-Around Gold, Third In A Row For The USA

Poised and confident spitfire Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas, “The Flying Squirrel,” won the women’s gymnastics individual all-around gold last night in London, making it a threepeat for the USA.

Americans Nastia Liukin and Carly Patterson won in the 2008 and 2004 Games at Beijing and Athens, respectively.

Mary Lou Retton, perhaps the US’s most famous female gymnast, is the fourth, and last, American woman to win the all-around gold.

For most of the sport’s Olympic history, though, it has been the Romanians and Soviets who have dominated, at least in terms of overall medals.

Here are all the Olympics medalists in the event since 1952, the first year it became official, followed by a breakdown by country.

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OLYMPICS WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND MEDALISTS

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND GOLD MEDALS BY COUNTRY

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND OVERALL MEDALS BY COUNTRY

* Following the political collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and 11 other former Communist block countries formed the Unified Team of 1992.

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