Ranking the Most Talented Uneven Bars Lineups in Gymnastics History

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Note: The lowest possible score is 6 points.

CompetitionParticipantsPoints
2012
Olympics
Beth Tweddle
He Kexin
Koko Tsurumi
Aliya Mustafina
Elisabeth Seitz
Viktoria Komova
Gabby Douglas
Yao Jinnan
18
1962
Worlds
Eva Bosakova
Larissa Latynina
Polina Astakhova
Irina Pervuschina
Vera Caslavska
Katalin Makray
16
2013
Worlds
Aliya Mustafina
Yao Jinnan
Huang Huidan
Kyla Ross
Simone Biles
Sophie Scheder
Ruby Harrold
Becky Downie
16
1992
Olympics
Kim Gwang Suk
Tatiana Gutsu
Shannon Miller
Mirela Pasca
Li Li
Lavinia Milosovici
Lu Li
Cristina Fraguas
15
1996
Olympics
Lavinia Milosovici
Dominique Dawes
Svetlana Khorkina
Dina Kochetkova
Lilia Podkopayeva
Amy Chow
Bi Wenjing
Simona Amanar
15
1983
Worlds
Maxi Gnauck
Julianne McNamara
Lavinia Agache
Ecaterina Szabo
Tatiana Frolova
Gabriele Fahnrich
Silvia Topalova
Hana Ricna
14
1994
Worlds
Lavinia Milosovici
Dominique Dawes
Luo Li
Svetlana Khorkina
Dina Kochetkova
Lilia Podkopayeva
Nadia Hategan
Amanda Borden
14
1995
Worlds
Shannon Miller
Lavinia Milosovici
Svetlana Khorkina
Dina Kochetkova
Lilia Podkopayeva
Mo Huilan
Alexandra Marinescu
Jaycie Phelps
14
2014
Worlds
Aliya Mustafina
Yao Jinnan
Huang Huidan
Ruby Harrold
Becky Downie
Daria Spiridonova
Ashton Locklear
Lisa Katharina Hall
14
1979
Worlds
Nellie Kim
Marcia Frederick
Emilia Eberle
Maria Filatova
Steffi Kraker
Maxi Gnauck
Ma Yanhong
Zhu Zheng
13
2008
Olympics
Beth Tweddle
Nastia Liukin
Steliana Nistor
Ksenia Semyonova
Yang Yilin
He Kexin
Anastasia Koval
Daria Zgoba
13
2010
Worlds
Beth Tweddle
He Kexin
Rebecca Bross
Ana Porgras
Bridget Sloan
Aliya Mustafina
Huang Qiushuang
Elisabeth Seitz
13
2015
Worlds
Viktoria Komova
Gabby Douglas
Sophie Scheder
Ruby Harrold
Daria Spiridonova
Fan Yilin
Madison Kocian
Shang Chunsong
13
1964
Olympics
Larissa Latynina
Polina Astakhova
Tamara Lyukhina
Vera Caslavska
Katalin Makray
Toshiko Shirasu
12
1966
Worlds
Polina Astakhova
Keiko Ikeda
Vera Caslavska
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Taniko Nakamura
Taki Shibuya
12
1978
Worlds
Nadia Comaneci
Marcia Frederick
Elena Mukhina
Emilia Eberle
Maria Filatova
Steffi Kraker
Vera Cerna
Birgit Suss
12
1981
Worlds
Maxi Gnauck
Ma Yanhong
Elena Davydova
Julianne McNamara
Cristina Grigoras
Chen Yongyan
Lavinia Agache
Olga Bicherova
12
1996
Worlds
Lavinia Milosovici
Dominique Dawes
Svetlana Khorkina
Jaycie Phelps
Elena Piskun
Isabelle Severino
Lyubov Sheremeta
Elvire Teza
Anna Mirgorodskaya
Kathleen Stark
Liu Xuan
12
2002
Worlds
Svetlana Khorkina
Tatiana Zharganova
Ludmilla Ezhova
Courtney Kupets
Oana Petrovschi
Beth Tweddle
Laura Van Leeuwen
Irina Yarotska
12
2019
Worlds
Elisabeth Seitz
Simone Biles
Becky Downie
Daria Spiridonova
Nina Derwael
Sunisa Lee
Angelina Melnikova
Liu Tingting
12
2004
Olympics
Svetlana Khorkina
Courtney Kupets
Pyon Kwang Sun
Lin Li
Emilie Le Pennec
Terin Humphrey
Li Ya
Dana Sofronie
11
2007
Worlds
Beth Tweddle
Nastia Liukin
Vanessa Ferrari
Steliana Nistor
Ksenia Semyonova
Yang Yilin
Marie-Sophie Hindermann
Hong Su Jong
11
2016
Olympics
Aliya Mustafina
Elisabeth Seitz
Gabby Douglas
Sophie Scheder
Daria Spiridonova
Madison Kocian
Shang Chunsong
Jessica Lopez
11
2017
Worlds
Elisabeth Seitz
Ashton Locklear
Fan Yilin
Elena Eremina
Nina Derwael
Anastasia Ilyankova
Diana Varinska
Luo Huan
11
2018
Worlds
Aliya Mustafina
Elisabeth Seitz
Simone Biles
Becky Downie
Nina Derwael
Luo Huan
Morgan Hurd
Jonna Adlertag
11
1956
Olympics
Helena Rakoczy
Agnes Keleti
Eva Bosakova
Larissa Latynina
Sofia Muratova
Alice Kertesz
10
1960
Olympics
Larissa Latynina
Sofia Muratova
Polina Astakhova
Tamara Lyukhina
Keiko Ikeda
Sonia Iovan
10
1987
Worlds
Daniela Silivas
Dorte Thummler
Elena Shushunova
Aurelia Dobre
Svetlana Baitova
Fan Di
Martina Jentsch
Wang Xiaoyang
10
2005
Worlds
Isabelle Severino
Beth Tweddle
Chellsie Memmel
Fan Ye
Nastia Liukin
Mayu Kuroda
Polina Miller
Monette Russo
10
2021
Olympics
Elisabeth Seitz
Fan Yilin
Nina Derwael
Anastasia Ilyankova
Sunisa Lee
Angelina Melnikova
Lu Yufei
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos
10
1968
Olympics
Vera Caslavska
Karin Janz
Zinaida Voronina
Bohumila Rimnacova
Erika Zuchold
Miroslava Sklenickova
9
1972
Olympics
Karin Janz
Erika Zuchold
Ludmilla Turischeva
Olga Korbut
Ilona Bekesi
Angelika Hellmann
9
1984
Olympics
Ma Yanhong
Julianne McNamara
Lavinia Agache
Mary Lou Retton
Mihaela Stanulet
Romi Kessler
Zhou Ping
Noriko Mochizuki
9
1988
Olympics
Dagmar Kersten
Daniela Silivas
Dorte Thummler
Elena Shushunova
Aurelia Dobre
Svetlana Boginskaya
Iveta Polokova
Phoebe Mills
9
1991
Worlds
Kim Gwang Suk
Tatiana Gutsu
Shannon Miller
Henrietta Onodi
Mirela Pasca
Li Li
Cristina Bontas
Tatiana Lysenko
9
1992
Worlds
Mirela Pasca
Tatiana Lysenko
Lavinia Milosovici
Betty Okino
Lu Li
Li Yifang
Krisztina Molnar
Kerri Strug
Julie Anne Monico
9
1993
Worlds
Shannon Miller
Tatiana Lysenko
Lavinia Milosovici
Dominique Dawes
Andreea Cacovean
He Xuemei
Annia Hatch
Oksana Chusovitina
9
2003
Worlds
Beth Tweddle
Irina Yarotska
Chellsie Memmel
Hollie Vise
Pyon Kwang Sun
Lin Li
Irina Krasnyanskaya
Fan Ye
9
1952
Olympics
Margit Korondi
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Agnes Keleti
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova 
Edit Perenyi-Weckinger
8
1954
Worlds
Helena Rakoczy
Agnes Keleti
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova 
Galina Shamrai
Eva Bosakova
8
1958
Worlds
Eva Bosakova
Larissa Latynina
Polina Astakhova
Raisa Borisova
Tamara Manina
Lidia Ivanova
8
1970
Worlds
Karin Janz
Zinaida Voronina
Erika Zuchold
Ludmilla Turischeva
Lyubov Burda
Marianna Krajcirova
8
1976
Olympics
Olga Korbut
Nadia Comaneci
Teodora Ungureanu
Marta Egervari
Marion Kische
Nellie Kim
8
1980
Olympics
Nellie Kim
Emilia Eberle
Maria Filatova
Steffi Kraker
Maxi Gnauck
Melita Ruhn
8
1985
Worlds
Ecaterina Szabo
Gabriele Fahnrich
Hana Ricna
Dagmar Kersten
Camelia Voinea
Bojanka Demireva
Andrea Ladanyi
Diana Dudeva
8
2011
Worlds
Koko Tsurumi
Huang Qiushuang
Viktoria Komova
Tatiana Nabieva
Jordyn Wieber
Gabby Douglas
Asuka Teramoto
Youna Dufournet
8
1950
Worlds
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Gertrude Kolar
Helena Rakoczy
Ingrid Sandahl
Traudi Ruckser
Vida Gerbec
7
1974
Worlds
Ludmilla Turischeva
Olga Korbut
Angelika Hellmann
Annelore Zinke
Richarda Schmeisser
Krisztina Medveczky
7
1989
Worlds
Daniela Silivas
Fan Di
Svetlana Boginskaya
Olga Strazheva
Christy Henrich
Gabriela Potorac
Yang Bo
Sandy Woolsey
7
1997
Worlds
Svetlana Khorkina
Alexandra Marinescu
Lyubov Sheremeta
Bi Wenjing
Meng Fei
Claudia Presacan
Olga Teslenko
Evgenia Kuznetsova
7
1999
Worlds
Svetlana Khorkina
Huang Mandan
Ling Jie
Elena Produnova
Viktoria Karpenko
Maria Olaru
Elise Ray
Tatiana Zharganova
7
2001
Worlds
Svetlana Khorkina
Tatiana Zharganova
Renske Endel
Katie Heenan
Sara Moro
Ludmilla Ezhova
Jacqui Dunn
Verona van de Leur
7
2006
Worlds
Beth Tweddle
Irina Krasnyanskaya
Nastia Liukin
Mayu Kuroda
Vanessa Ferrari
Jana Bieger
Daria Joura
Steliana Nistor
7
2009
Worlds
He Kexin
Koko Tsurumi
Rebecca Bross
Ana Porgras
Cha Yong Hwa
Bridget Sloan
Larissa Miller
Serena Licchetta
7
2000
Olympics
Svetlana Khorkina
Elvire Teza
Ling Jie
Elena Produnova
Viktoria Karpenko
Tatiana Zharganova
Yang Yun
Olga Roschupkina
6
2021
Worlds
Angelina Melnikova
Wei Xiaoyuan
Rebeca Andrade
Luo Rui
Zsofia Kovacs
Elisa Iorio
Vladislava Urazova
Filipa Martins
6

One thought on “Ranking the Most Talented Uneven Bars Lineups in Gymnastics History

  1. 2012 and 1992 Olympic bars lineups were heaven. I’m glad they’re both rightly in the top 3. Huge variety, difficulty, so much talent separated by so little. 1992 was amazing. Nobody fell or even had a major error. The last-place finisher in 1992, Li Li, was so good (imagine a final where everyone performs so superbly that a step on your dismount sends you to last place.) 1992 bar finals is a pure-pleasure watch from top to bottom. 2012 podium is one of the most perfect podiums ever. All great, different routines and all ranked correctly. The 1992 podium was almost perfect (the under-rated Pasca should have tied Miller for bronze, but she was first up and got shanked with the deadly 9.912).
    1989 world bars seems ranked too low here, if only judging by performance quality and diversity of skill. Silivas was an experienced master, Fan Di’s release heights (while expected now) were revolutionary then. Strazheva introduced a very new combination and Henrich was flawless but could only place 4th in such stiff competition. 1989 was really the transition year between the “old” and the “new” bar styles and that event final really showed off both.

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