The Perfect Scores before Nadia Comăneci and Nellie Kim

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At the Olympic Games in Paris 1900 Hugo Peitsch of Germany received a perfect score for his high bar routine.

In the World Championships in 1922 Leon Štukelj (YUG) scored the maximum of 20 points on parallel bars (compulsory and optional exercises).The maximum score was also achieved by Štukelj on his optional exercise of rings.

Albert Seguin of France scored 10 on the side horse at the 1924 Olympics. (Horse vault breadth without pommels to give it its full title). In these Olympic Games, the maximum scores were given to Zamporini (ITA) for his optional exercise on parallel bars, also to the optional exercise from Štukelj (YUG) on rings and to Segiun (FRA) on compulsory vault. 19 gymnasts scored a 10 in the AA competition at this Olympics in …rope-climbing. The gymnast had to climb a 25-foot rope from a standing position in 9 seconds or less. If the gymnast took over 9 seconds he lost 1 point for every 1/5th of a second.A 10 second climb would score a 5.A 10 1/5 climb would also receive a 5 but for every additional 2/5ths of a second beyond that, another 1.0 would be lost .A gymnast who took 12 or more seconds would score 0. Eleven gymnasts scored 0.Al Joachim of the USA finished 31st AA after scoring 2 on the rope climb. Without it he would have finished 10th. M.Klinger of Czechoslovakia scored 8 and finished 5th AA. A score of 10 on the ropeclimb and he would have won bronze AA.

Leon Stukelj scored a 10 on rings at the 1926 World Championships. IG magazine,november 1996, page 37, interview with Leon Stukelj. He said that at the 1926 World Championships “In my rings routine i was the only one to perform a difficult element – a cross handstand. When i finished my routine all three judges awarded the highest score,10 points, and even started to applaud”.

In the Olympic Games 1928 Eugene Mack (SUI) obtained the maximum score on vault over pommel horse (the apparatus from that time).

In the World Championships 1930 the maximum score was achieved by Istvan Pelle (HUN) for compulsory and optional exercises on high bar. Other maximum scores were obtained by Peter (HUN) and Štukelj (YUG) both on their optional exercise on high bar, also by Emanual Loeffler (TCH) for compulsory and optional exercises on rings and Josip Primožič (YUG) on his compulsory exercise of pommel horse.

Eugen Mack of Switzerland received 2 perfect scores of 10.00 in vaulting at the 1934 World Championships. The 1934 World Championships were held in Budapest and were the FIG’s first World Championship. 15 teams competed but Mexico were the only non-European country there.

Grant Shaginyan scored 4 10’s at a 1949 dual meet between the USSR and Hungary. He received perfect scores for his compulsory pommel horse exercise and his optional exercises on pommel horse, parallel bars and rings.

Hans Eugster (Switzerland) scored 10 on the compulsory parallel bars at the 1950 World Championships.

In the 1952 USSR V Hungary Dual Meet Dmytro Leonkin scored a 10 for his compulsory Rings routine and Viktor Chukarin for his optional pommel horse routine.

At the 1953 NAAU championships in the USA Charlie Simms got a perfect score on high bar.

A Swiss judge scored Haruhiro Yamashita a 10 for his full-twisting Yami in the 1960 Olympic VT event finals.

In the early 1960’s Yale gymnast Russ Mills would often score 10.00 almost every time he competed on pommel horse.

Cerar of Yugoslavia was scored a 10 by 1 judge on pommel-horse in both team optionals and event final in the 1962 World Championships.

Nik Stuart scored a 10 on high bar at the 1963 British Championships.

Mikhail Voronin recieved a 10 on rings at the 1965 USSR Championships and, while it wasn’t his final score, one judge gave him a 10 at 1966 Worlds – i can’t remember if it was rings or high bar.

In 1972 a Japanese gymnast scored 10 on the High Bar.

A Soviet gymnast scored a 10 on vault at the April 1976 competition between Switzerland, Australia and the USSR.

( At the 76 Olympics in team optionals Nikolai Andrianov scored a 9.5 on high bar with a fall which meant the judges would have scored it a 10 without the fall).

In women’s gymnastics the 10’s came later.

At the 1951 Hungarian Masters Championships Agnes Keleti scored a perfect score for her compulsory portable hand apparatus exercise.

At the 1952 USSR v Hungary Dual Meet Medea Jugeli scored a 10 for her compulsory vault.

At the 1958 World Championships the South African judge scored Bosakova of Czechoslovakia a 10 on beam.

Muratova was scored 10 by 1 judge at the 1963 USSR Championships for her bars exercise.

10 was given to US gymnast Muriel Grossfeld for her fx at the 1964 US Olympic trials. (She is one of only 5 US female gymnasts to have competed at three Olympics).

In 1965 US gymnast Hali Sheriff scored several perfect scores in competitions.

In 1966 Vera Caslavska scored 10 at the Czechoslovakian national championships.

In 1966, in a junior competition, Liepaya All-Union meet in Latvia, Olga Korbut scored a 10 on assymetric bars.

At the 1966 World championships 1 judge scored Natalia Kuchinskaya a 10 for her beam exercise. Also at 66 Worlds 2 judges scored Druzhnina 10 on fx in event final.

In 1967 at the European championships Caslavska scored 10 for both her beam and floor routines during event finals.

At the 1968 East German championships Zuchold scored 10’s on floor and vault. Janz also scored a 10 on vault.

At the 1968 USSR Championships Larissa Petrik scored 10’s on floor and vault, Natalia Kuchinskaya a 10 on bars.

Nina Dronova scored a 10 on floor in 1971 at the USSR jr Spartakiade.

At the 1974 world championships 1 judge scored Ludmilla Turischeva a 10 on floor. Also at the 1974 World championships 2 judges scored Annelore Zinke a 10 on bars in AA final.

At the 1975 Romanian national championships Nadia Comaneci Scored her first 10’s.

At the 1976 East German championships Marina Schalck scored a 10 on beam. Carola Dombeck twice scored a 10 on bars.

In March 1976 Dombeck scored a 10 on vault at the GDR V Cuba Dual-meet.

In 1976 Nadia Comaneci scored 6 tens in a dual meet Romania v Holland ; she scored 4 tens in a dual meet Romania v West Germany; She scored 4 tens at the Romanian Olympic trials; She scored 2 tens at the American Cup .Ungureanu scored a 10 on beam at 76 Romanian nationals.