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
Larisa Petrik Larisa Petrik Larisa Leonidovna Petrik (; born 28 August 1949) is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion. Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared in the team silver medal (gold went to the Czechoslovaks) and earned an individual bronze medal on the beam. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in floor exercise (shared with Věra Čáslavská), a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in balance beam. Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the