Gymnastics at the 1974 Asian Games

Gymnastics at the 1974 Asian Games
Venue	Aryamehr Indoor Stadium
Dates	2–6 September
1978 →

Gymnastics was contested at the 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran, Iran from September 1, 1974, to September 16, 1974. It was the first time that gymnastics was included as the medal sport in the Asian Games, and only artistic events were contested.^[1] In the Games, only four participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) succeeded in winning any medal. China lead the medal table, with overall 18 medals (including eight gold), Japan finished second with four gold, and total nine medals. South Korea, although won only four total medals but its two gold helped it to clinch third position in final standings, while North Korea with one gold and 11 overall medals finished last.

of Japan won three gold medals in individual all-around, floor exercise and vault, and became most successful male gymnast of the Games. of China won gold medals in all the individual events (except vault), and became most successful gymnast of the Games. In men's events, China and Japan both won three gold medals, while two gold went to South Korea.^[2] Women's events were widely perceived as being dominated by the China, who claimed nine medals in total, including five golds.^[3]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	China	Japan	North Korea Kim Song-il Song Sun-bong
Individual all-around	Japan	China	South Korea
Floor	Japan	Song Sun-bong  North Korea	Kim Song-il  North Korea
Pommel horse	China	China	South Korea
Rings	South Korea	China	Song Sun-bong  North Korea
Vault	Japan	China	Japan
Parallel bars	South Korea	Japan	Shared silver
		China
Horizontal bar	China	Japan	China

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	China	North Korea	Japan Kazue Hanyu
Individual all-around	China	China	China
Vault	Japan	North Korea	North Korea
Uneven bars	North Korea	Shared gold	North Korea
	China
Balance beam	China	China	North Korea
Floor	China	China	North Korea

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	8	2	18
2	Japan (JPN)	4	3	2	9
3	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	2	4
4	North Korea (PRK)	1	3	7	11
Totals (4 nations)		15	14	13	42

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