The 8 Greatest Olympic Gymnasts of All Time

From the first perfect 10 to record-breaking medal hauls and gravity-defying elements named after their inventors, the list spans decades of impossible athletic genius. Who gets the gold?

1. 1
   Simone Biles

   The most decorated gymnast in history with 11 Olympic medals and 25 World Championship gold medals, and has four skills named after her.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Kerri Strug

   Completed a perfect vault on a torn ankle ligament at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clinching the first-ever U.S. women's team gold.
   686pts
3. 3
   Kohei Uchimura

   Japanese all-around master who won six consecutive World Championship all-around titles and back-to-back Olympic all-around golds in 2012 and 2016.
   412pts
4. 4
   Mary Lou Retton

   The first American woman to win Olympic all-around gold, scoring perfect 10s on vault at the 1984 Los Angeles Games to become a national icon.
   412pts
5. 5
   Olga Korbut

   The Soviet pixie whose dazzling backflips at the 1972 Munich Olympics sparked a global gymnastics craze and earned her four gold medals.
   247pts
6. 6
   Nadia Comaneci

   Romanian legend who became the first gymnast in history to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, winning three gold medals.
   247pts
7. 7
   Shannon Miller

   America's most decorated gymnast before Biles, winning seven Olympic medals including two golds at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
   1pts
8. 8
   Nastia Liukin

   Won five medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including the women's all-around gold, dazzling audiences with her graceful balletic style.
   1pts