Nadia Comaneci, in 1976.
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.
At the first Olympic games.
Nadia Comaneci, A Romanian Gymnast, winner of 3 olympic gold medals was the first ever to achieve a perfect 10 in Gymnastics.
The first gymnast to gain the first ever Perfect 10 was Nadia Comaneci. Who was from the country of Romania. She was 14 years old at the time. She scored the perfect ten not once, but seven times during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Nadia now lives in the state of Oklahoma and is married to Olympic gymnast Bart Connor.
1896
Triple Jump
Mary Lou Retton was the first female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title. Another gymnastic contributor is Bart Wayne Conner who won gold at every level of competition including collegiate, national, and international.
Modern Olympics: first medal awarded was in the Men's Triple Jump in 1896.
The Olympic gold medal is awarded for coming first in an Olympic event. It looks like a small golden circle.
Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic competition.
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In the modern Olympic games, Gold medals are awarded for first-place, Silver medals are awarded for second-place, and Bronze medals are awarded for third-place. Typically the medals are only plated with the respective metals - the cost would otherwise be outrageous. In the ancient Olympic games, the winners received laurel wreaths.