Women were first allowed to compete in Olympic gymnastics at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. There were no individual gold medals awarded, only medals for team all-around. The winner of the all-around gold medal was the team from The Netherlands which was comprised of Estella Agsteribbe, Jacomina van den Berg, Alida van den Bos, Petronella Burgerhof, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Ans Polak, Petronella van Randwijk, Hendrika van Rumt, Jud Simons, Jacoba Stelma, and Anna van der Vegt. These ladies were the first to win an Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics.
Nadia Comaneci, A Romanian Gymnast, winner of 3 olympic gold medals was the first ever to achieve a perfect 10 in Gymnastics.
The best gymnast in the world is currently Gabrielle Douglas, a member of the US Gymnastics Team at the 2012 London Olympics. She took the individual gold. She is also the first woman of color and African-American to win individual gold in the Olympics.
No one, Ethiopia has never won a gold at the olympics.
Nikolai Andrianov
First U.S female gymnast to get the gold medal was Julianne McNamara.
Gymnast Hermann Weingärtner of Germany with 6 (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
Yes, she won the all-around gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm won the gold medals
In her first Olympics Nadia Comaneci left with 7 perfect 10's, 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
The all-around women's gymnastics gold in 2004 went to Carly Patterson.
A perfect 10.0 points. It is By Nadia Elena Comăneci, the winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics. and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
The first Australian to win Gold at the Olympics was Edwin Flack at the first ever modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896.