Tokyo, October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Men's artistic gymnastics: Boris SHAKHLIN of the Soviet Union competes on the horizontal bar. He won the gold medal. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Tokyo, October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Men's artistic gymnastics, medal ceremony for the team competition: (L to R) Soviet Union 2nd, Japan 1st and Unified Team of Germany 3rd. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Tokyo, 22 October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Men's artistic gymnastics, medal ceremony for the individual all-round competition: (L to R) Shuji TSURUMI of Japan, Boris SHAKHLIN and Viktor LISITSKY of the Soviet Union joint 2nd and Yukio ENDO of Japan, 1st. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Rome, 1960, Games of the XVII Olympiad. Gymnast Boris SHAKHLIN ot the Soviet Union poses for photographs with his medals. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Melbourne December 1956, Games of the XVI Olympiad. Women's artistic gymnastics: Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union competes on the beam. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Tokyo, October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Women's artistic gymnastics: eventual winner, Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union, competes in the floor exercisess event. Credit: Getty Images

Tokyo, October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Women's artistic gymnastics. Floor exercises: eventual winner Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union in action. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Rome, September 1960, Games of the XVII Olympiad. Medal winning athletes (L to R) Polina ASTAKHOVA and Tamara LYUKHINA-ZAMOTAILOVA of the Soviet Union, Keiko TANAKA-IKEDA of Japan, Sofiya MURATOVA and Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union and Sonia IOVAN of Romania. Credit: CIO Collections Musée Olympique/RÜBELT Lothar

Atlanta, 28 July 1996. Uneven bars. Wenjiing Bi (CHN), 2nd. Credit: Getty Images/Pascal Rondeau

Atlanta, 29 July 1996. Alexei Nemov (RUS), 1st. Credit: Getty Images

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