Ranking the Most Dominant Gymnasts of the 1980s

Data Crunch #5.5
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To explain this post: A gold is worth three points, silver is worth two points, and bronze is worth one point. Only individual medals will be counted as to avoid punishing gymnasts who competed for nations that aren’t established WAG powers. If there is a tie, both gymnasts get the full point total. For example Elena Shushunova and Oksana Omelianchik each get three points for sharing the gold medal in the All-Around at the 1985 World Championships. The data is below:

NameCountryPoints
Daniela SilivasRomania31
Elena ShushunovaSoviet Union26
Ecaterina SzaboRomania24
Maxi GnauckEast Germany18
Svetlana BoginskayaSoviet Union13
Elena DavydovaSoviet Union9
Aurelia DobreRomania8
Nadia ComaneciRomania8
Mary Lou RettonUnited States7
Olga MostepanovaSoviet Union7
Dagmar KerstenEast Germany6
Julianne McNamaraUnited States6
Lavinia AgacheRomania6
Oksana OmelianchikSoviet Union6
Ma YanhongChina5
Natalia ShaposhnikovaSoviet Union5
Olesia DudnikSoviet Union5
Boriana StoyanovaBulgaria4
Gabriela PotoracRomania4
Simona PaucaRomania4
Steffi KrakerEast Germany4
Cristina BontasRomania3
Dorte ThummlerEast Germany3
Fan DiChina3
Gabriele FahnrichEast Germany3
Hana RicnaCzechoslovakia3
Maria FilatovaSoviet Union3
Natalia IlienkoSoviet Union3
Natalia YurchenkoSoviet Union3
Nellie KimSoviet Union3
Olga BicherovaSoviet Union3
Brandy JohnsonUnited States2
Chen YongyanChina2
Emilia EberleRomania2
Eugenia GoleaRomania2
Melita RuhnRomania2
Natalia LaschenovaSoviet Union2
Olga StrazhevaSoviet Union2
Stella ZakharovaSoviet Union2
Diana DoudevaBulgaria1
Kathy JohnsonUnited States1
Phoebe MillsUnited States1
Tracee TalaveraUnited States1
Ulrike KlotzEast Germany1
Wu JianiChina1
Zoja GrantcharovaBulgaria1

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