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
Thais Fidelis Fidelis took part at the Koper World Challenge Cup, where she earned the bronze medal on the balance beam. That same month, she took two gold medals, on balance beam and floor exercise, at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. In September, Thais competed at the Varna Challenge Cup where she earned gold on the floor exercise and bronze on the uneven bars. At the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in October, Thais became the first female Brazilian gymnast to qualify for the floor final since Daiane dos Santos in 2006. Fidelis placed fourth, the best international result from a female