1968 Olympic Games - Vault Event Final

Vault event final from the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Results:
1 Vera Caslavska TCH 9.875 9.900 19.775
2 Erika Zuchold GDR 9.825 9.800 19.625
3 Zinaida Voronina URS 9.700 9.800 19.500
4 Mariana Krajcirova TCH 9.725 9.750 19.475
5 Natalia Kuchinskaya URS 9.725 9.650 19.375
6 Miroslava Sklenickova TCH 9.675 9.650 19.325

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• gymnastics
• vault
• vt
• event
• finals
• 1968
• olympic
• games
• caslavska
• zuchold
• voronina
• krajcirova
• kuchinskaya
• sklenickova

[allimoballi]

i love the hair

[carelt1985]

It's good, but too elementary for today's gymnastics standards.

[LMA629]

@KarenLovesGymnastics Sandra Izbasa is actually a very tall gymnast. I think she's around 5'5". 

[garyj79]

@greenkiwi689 - so has the apparatus tho remember! there VERY little spring in those boards compared to today.....

[AnnaGymnastica]

how easy is da vault :)

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Well, I wouldn't call Vera a real woman only standing 5'2" and weighing only 110. I mean, that's probably how tall and heavy 17-year-old Sandra Izbasa is. And I don't think the height , age, or weight of the gymnast matters to the judges, look at gymnasts like Severino or Chusovitina.

[pellebravesskylar]

But I think it's changed for the worse. I believe Vera stood 5 feet two, weighed 110 pounds and was a ripe old 26 years of age when she won all her golds at the 1968 Olympics. I miss the days when ladies - real women - were not the exception to the rule.

[greenkiwi689]

wow gymnastics sure has changed a front handspring in the olympic finals