# 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?

*By YPB Team · Published June 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-8-greatest-olympic-gymnasts-of-all-time*

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1. **Simone Biles** — score 1000/1000
   The most decorated gymnast in history with 11 Olympic medals and 25 World Championship gold medals, and has four skills named after her.
2. **Kerri Strug** — score 686/1000
   Completed a perfect vault on a torn ankle ligament at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clinching the first-ever U.S. women's team gold.
3. **Kohei Uchimura** — score 412/1000
   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.
4. **Mary Lou Retton** — score 412/1000
   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.
5. **Olga Korbut** — score 247/1000
   The Soviet pixie whose dazzling backflips at the 1972 Munich Olympics sparked a global gymnastics craze and earned her four gold medals.
6. **Nadia Comaneci** — score 247/1000
   Romanian legend who became the first gymnast in history to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, winning three gold medals.
7. **Shannon Miller** — score 1/1000
   America's most decorated gymnast before Biles, winning seven Olympic medals including two golds at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
8. **Nastia Liukin** — score 1/1000
   Won five medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including the women's all-around gold, dazzling audiences with her graceful balletic style.

Tags: sports, olympics, gymnastics