Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The compulsory and optional rounds took place on August 27 and 28 at the Sports Hall. The team competition saw the first performance of a standing back somersault on the balance beam, by Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut. The final score for each team was determined by combining all of the scores earned by the team on each apparatus during the compulsory and
Nadia Comăneci to win two gold medals, one for the balance beam and one for the floor exercise (in which she tied with Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim, against whom she also competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics). She also won two silver medals, one for the team all-around and one for individual all-around. Controversies arose concerning the scoring in the all-around and floor exercise competitions. Her coach, Bela Károlyi, protested that she was scored unfairly. His protests were captured on television, however, causing him to fall out of favor with members of the Romanian government, who felt that he had humiliated them.