1969 European Gymnastics Champs. women's EF partial *synced audio*

Partial coverage of the event finals at the women's 1969 European gymnastics championships. All medalists' routines are shown, along with a few non-medal routines. Janz, Zuchold, Karaseva, Turischeva and Kostalova.

[@butterfly2604]

Beehive Hairdos,Big Bows, and Rocket Bras..it sure was the 60s . Can't get enough of these beautiful performances.

[@kalitheamare]

And they actually looked like.... women!! Wow! I do admire the technical perfection and tumbling power of ms Biles, for ex, but, as an ex gymnast myself, I sincerely do not like what this beautiful sport has become.

[@corazoncubano5372]

And I'm glad they are gone. To each his own i see.

[@lorimav]

I adopted boys from a Russian orphanage in 2007. Those bows were still in style for Russian girls back then but perhaps not among the girls the age of Ludmila anymore.

[@prislonova1004]

Желаю вам здоровья!

[@MistyLaneLoveConquersALL]

Aqua Net! 😊

[@MsDeathguardian]

Damn let's also appreciate those hairstyles on the gymnast way back then.

[@nondescriptbeing5944]

the amount of hairspray to keep that in place...

[@Girlhead]

Right! I love the little bows Ludmilla was wearing- so cute!

[@SuperZytoon]

Aquanet hairspray!

[@nichellerodriguez1524]

There's a lot of hairspray.

[@princesscandlewax5170]

I was thinking about that too….how at that time they didn’t have the hair technology we do today, and that probably limited the styles they could achieve back then.

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

What a gem this video is. The intricateness of the uneven parallel bar routines. The moves are scrumptious. They are like slight of hand. And the leotards so plain and pure and cover the derrierre. The gymnastics is incredibly beautiful. I like the uneven parallel bars better then. Such intricate and varied and colorful.moves. The gymnasts are wonderful. And there is wonderful Ludmilla Tourecheva right before the 1972 Olympics she and Olga Korbut. I love this video.

[@user-dl4ut8sk7v]

Большое спасибо за видео!Людмилу Турищеву помню,а прекрасную Ольгу Карасёву нет.Какие красивые девушки-гимнастки:стройные,артистичные.Лица играют улыбками и очарованием.Сейчас женская гимнастика из-за сложности утратила красоту.Девушки были женственнымии стройными,а сейчас многие гимнастки совершенно мужеподобные.

[@pebblesbrown2308]

I was a gymnasts in the 70s. We sure thought we were doing some things back then. Compares to now, the difficulty of what we were doing doesn't even compare. Also, i remember just how far away the springboard was from the horse. Always scared me. So glad both the horse and springboard has been updated as it has.

[@yippee8570]

One thing that really strikes me about the floor routines is that the dance moves and the gymnastic moves flow seamlessly into one another, and it's a shame that that has been lost. The recent Olympic floor champion was excellent, her tumbling incredible, but the choreography was stiff and awkward compared to these 60s routines.

[@tintinRELOS]

now, they're like doing the "robot" dance😂

[@blee30]

Yes. When I was a competitive gymnast in the late 80s, I did floor routines to theme music from Ghostbusters, one year was Indiana Jones, one year was Star Wars. One of my teammates had a great routine to Jaws theme music. Back then we danced and did elements TO the music. You rarely see that anymore. All they want to do is throw their arms around while getting a breath before the next tumbling pass. The artistry is gone.

[@lanavalova8184]

Спасибо за видео! Всех девочек помню: Ольгу, Людмилу, Карин, Эрику. Все изумительные красавицы. Будто в юность вернулась.

[@user-dh6go7pe8q]

Приятно вернуться в ту эпоху.🤗 красивые женские лица и фигуры у гимнасток. Как много мы потеряли.....

[@kherise]

The short hair girl at uneven bars seems to be flying on that aparatus, AMAZING 😳🌟🙌

[@Rufus80]

No spring floors, no soft mats. They did awesome tricks on hard floors.

[@Anwelei]

I could watch these older routines all day. It’s amazing how artistic and feminine the routines were. Also, full grown women! And I wasn’t concerned someone might break their neck if they slipped or anything.

[@Filmdude0]

That start to change in 1972.

[@user-db1ne9dd8g]

Me too

[@KatieLHall-fy1hw]

I guess they are feminine? It still looks like gymnastics to me! ❤️ (I do love the leg lines and toe points!)

[@user-xk4wj6ge5b]

@@Filmdude0 why did it change? it's made it harder for young girls and dangerous too.

[@mitchikoparrish4646]

As we advance we take risks. Unlike you I am not concerned at all about the women of today who work to perfect their skills over an entire lifetime. The level of razzle dazzle has been elevated by the new women of gymnastics!!

[@brigitteafridi2361]

Isn’t it amazing how far Gymnastics has come ? This is the stuff I used to do in the early 70’s , without the double twist.😁

[@abevillanueva1974]

Ludmilla was graceful, athletic, and beautiful!!

[@deboraholsen2504]

I love how she makes the uneven parallel bars routine at 6:45 look so easy and how the bars used to be spaced apart so that the girls could swing to meet the lower bar at their hips. The routines were more interesting to watch with this kind of spacing between the bars.

[@AmatGotchi]

I love watching these old bar routines but I'm so glad they don't do them like this anymore. Really harrowing to think about how easy it was to accidentally hit the low bar. And the hip thing looks so painful!

[@Alkozavrius]

Очень хорошо, что есть в общем доступе такие исторические документальные видео. Каждый желающий сам может сделать выводы о степени развития этого прекрасного вида спорта.

[@jcaslove1]

I love this rare footage and how high quality it is! Usually coverage from back then is so grainy. I love how elegant gymnasts were back then.

[@jasnaflanjak9038]

I love how much attention was paid to hair, for example here. Or at the old photos you can see how much more quality there was in clothes, hair styles. These women here have better hairstyle than me at my own wedding

[@bettyboop-xg6jo]

So much more elegant than today.

[@theire483]

Yes....but less athleticism.

[@avonleagirl2925]

I agree. It seems everything was better years ago

[@chrissy7651]

you guys are so repetitive, jfc

[@nichellerodriguez1524]

Gymnasts today have taken it to a new level.

[@mr.balloffur]

Also a lot easier

[@nico576]

these floor routines are so beautiful to watch

[@user-bp8so4ou7y]

Спасибо огромное. Великие спортсмены, история настоящих спортсменов.

[@unknownuser_99]

It's curious how in 1969, Ludmilla was considered ahead of her time; in 1972, her difficulty was the norm, if not higher; and in 1976, her routines were deemed old-fashioned.

[@doro8856]

Which one was Ludmilla?

[@Diana-0312]

Which one is ludmilla ??

[@IndianOutlaw1870]

@@Diana-0312 Ludmilla Turischeva was number 51, I believe. It looks like her.

[@luciparadise6781]

@@Diana-0312 I believe the one with the large hair bows.

[@jbloveday9538]

@@Diana-0312 at about 11.30min

[@TheEilypily]

Ludmilla was such a beauty. Just a gorgeous face.

[@lorimav]

I got interested in gymnastics beginning with the 1972 Olympics when I was 12. The whole Russian team shortly after had an exhibition in the winter in Buffalo, New York. I decided to get to see the team as they arrived (or maybe departed) at the airport (airport security was much looser back then.) I always admired Ludmila and Olga both but especially Ludmila. She was so pretty. I remember having her autograph my program for their exhibition. Olga was sitting with the rest of the team but she was crying.

[@georgiapines7906]

Something about her reminds me of a young Ingrid Bergman.

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Yes i also started w 72 olympics at 12 lol i always found ludmila quite beautiful which she retains to this day...

[@cottoncandy4486]

On those uneven bars !!! As well as gymnasticly great, also so so elegant. The girls today are fantastic not taking anything away from them admire them. But these ladies just seem more gracefull somehow. Plus they are not skinny little waifs. Ah Walla!! Thanks for the upload.

[@user-wk5iu8qx3s]

Как интересная раньше была гимнастика женственная,изящная,пластичная,а сейчас больше сложной акробатикой берут,спасибо за такие кадры! А какие красивые девушки,особенно наши!!

[@larisamaksimova1839]

Это время, когда у гимнасток ещё была грудь...

[@viktoria6045]

сложность упражнений была такая, что их можно было выполнить при наличии груди и женственной фигуры . То, что выполняют гимнастики сегодня ( например двойное сальто с тремя винтами) предполагает совсем другое строение тела-пакет мускул, маленький рост. С женской фигурой это выполнить невозможно. Если вернуться к сложности 60-х годов, то тогда и фигуры опять станут женственными, девочек не нужно будет закачивать до "неженского" состояния

[@debrabolton9372]

Boy, times have changed. It was very interesting to watch this. This women are now in their late sixties, early seventies.

[@nikkispark6477]

Спасибо за редкое видео!!! Из России с любовью!

[@yelenaradcenko8507]

Гимнастки как взрослые тётеньки.

[@SummerofKittyLove]

The FX was much more choreographed to the music than it is now!

[@ply49105mouth]

back then they had a live pianist who would watch the gymnast closly and make the music match, esp. russia

[@sallysimpson7]

This is so cool to see. Thank you!

[@user-gt5rx5ht6e]

Браво, Ольга!

[@ljudmilahabarova5813]

Я в школе когда училась завязывала хвостики под Турищеву.

[@UDG2000]

live piano playing, GREAT!

[@patriziapace4169]

When comaneci won the Olympic medal was in 1976! Only 7 years later!! That s so stunning!😱

[@eileencollins8799]

Leotards were cut more modestly in those days.

[@gifthorse9779]

This was really interesting to watch, thank you so much. Too bad Ludmillia was out of bounds. Hers was the best by far otherwise. I liked the vaulting, it's the first time I've ever seen it done artistically. And it's so funny to see no mats and such a small crowd.

[@Janellabelle]

Ha yea I saw pretty much no crowd this year at Tokyo due to covid restrictions. Thought it must be the worst olympics to compete in for them. No adrenaline or applause from the crowd. Just a big empty building with cameras.

[@bluezetoc.4154]

It is dangerous without the mats

[@erikapuno3163]

I wish this was more of our gymnastics. It is more safer and with amazing grace!

[@mulliganbrian]

The springboard looks so far from the horse!!!! That makes it even harder to block!

[@peanutandoreobasset1859]

That is because the preflight counted as much as after you hit the horse. You were required to have it a certain distance from the horse. It made vaulting dangerous and caused many injuries.

[@deedeedenzel6104]

I thought the vaulting looked quite simple until I noticed this too.... it looks super dangerous with no padding anywhere!

[@geekchick4859]

I used to vault like this and now on the table. Honestly, I hate the table. It’s so much harder.

[@carolhutchinson7763]

@@deedeedenzel6104: It was the horrible injury of Julissa Gomez that set in motion the change from a vaulting horse to a table. Julissa lived in a vegetative state on machines for three years, then died.

[@mindyschocolate]

21:34 huh. The first wolf turn on beam. That was nice.

[@reginafallangie2867]

I’ve seen them in videos dated before ‘69

[@1019lms]

That wasn’t the first wolf turn on beam. The first was performed by Natalia Kuchinskaya at the World Championships three years prior.

[@tinkhix]

Yup!! She killed it too

[@k.7.l.m]

The first uneven bar was quite difficult specially the dismount was tricky. I want to see current gymnasts to perform a similar routine.

[@KitKatToeBeans]

I was skeptical after reading your comment, but, after seeing the bar routine I agree. It was far more interesting than previous bar routines I’ve seen from old footage. The second routine was terrible.

[@caldy206]

Speaking as a judge in the 70’s that routine was being done by 10 year old club gymnasts. Speaking as a former coach, it just looked hard but really wasn’t.

[@bonnielucas153]

Beautiful, doesn't look as punishing as these days

[@corazoncubano5372]

Not as interesting as say 15 years ago either. Which was before they banned many skills.

[@bonnielucas153]

Thank you for posting this on KZbin

[@janmcguire5268]

Love the live piano floor music!

[@user-wm9tr6qo2z]

Какие красивые девушки!

[@teresasmith2161]

I did gymnastics 1976-1980 and it was more like this than it is now.

[@caldy206]

This was an interesting time in gymnastics. Specifically judging. If you think figure skating has biased judges in the 60’s gymnastics judges were worse. The US team had a front flip in a forward tumbling pass. The Russians protested it as an illegal move and the US team was penalized. Kathy Rigby received a score of 5.4 on her beautiful beam routine because Russian judges felt the US judge gave a Russian gymnast too low of a score. Having been a gymnastic judge in the 70’s I can tell you these scores are way over inflated especially since the first vaulter didn’t even do her vault correctly. Her twist on was only the arms and not the body. Such were the days of Soviet controlled sports.

[@1956Bluedragonfly]

I like the way their costumes covers their behinds.

[@reginarobertkrystyn]

Ludmila T looks so young here. On fx, she's like a ballerina who can tumble!

[@NeanderthalOverlord]

She was 16.

[@Artist.359.]

Janz also looks very young here compared to the other women

[@nicmacmahon5697]

She was my hero as a kid .. so young here

[@maeve4686]

Wow ! What a drastic difference in ability, strength, style and today's expectations. Cannot even imagine , if these women are still around, what they think! Thanks for showing a slower time of performance and athleticism. It's all about the tricks now. Poor Simone Biles felt sooo much pressure. I'm glad she took herself out to say " It's too MUCH!". We love & admire you all the more. Stay safe SB !!!! YOUR FANS LOVE YOU!

[@vmurt]

Fun to see the wolf turn on beam back then! (And performed w way better form than nowadays)

[@mennis1966]

I really enjoyed this, wow how gymnastics has evolved.

[@budubeebobop]

I love the bar routines the most because i never know what is going to happen next

[@annabethsmith-kingsley2079]

These athletes have grace, composure and covered derrières: everything that’s missing from contemporary gymnastics.

[@sarinabi]

Wooow 🥰 so lovely to.watch...those skill on bars, why do on earth we have now those powerful exercises without class and soul ??

[@user-xn9zq5ug8r]

Причёски 💥

[@innakylymchuk9642]

They are so feminine and graceful. Technical robots perform in the modern sport.

[@bluezetoc.4154]

Like that leotard with collar

[@Brissieskater1]

I love the original Black & White footage.

[@guymandudely324]

I saw Ludmilla Turischeva, Olga Korbut, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Nikolai Andrianov compete in the 1970's. It was exciting to see a pianist sit down at a grand piano alongside the floor ex mat (unloaded at that time). Nadia Comaneci changed the entire direction of gymnastics when she appeared on the scene in 1976 at the America's Cup in Madison Square Garden.

[@user-uh9su8le1m]

Какие невероятные девочки, великие! В каждой своя красота и красота исполнения! Живая фортепианная музыка....благодарность гимнасток музыканту за ее исполнение....!! Какая публика, болельщики, в выходных костюмах и галстуках, женщины в жемчужных бусах, у комментаторов чистейший французский язык. Культура, эстетика и какая заметная спортивная этика.

[@user-jx5rl5ie3v]

Красавицы!

[@77LadyHawke77]

Meraviglioso vederle sulla trave con quella leggiadria ed eleganza! C’è da dire che, paragonato alla trave di oggi, erano di una semplicità imbarazzante gli esercizi. Oggi ci sono solo salti mortali doppi carpiati e le ginnaste sono potentissime. Ma questa “danza” sulla trave anni ‘60 è di una delicatezza incredibile, un piacere per gli occhi 🤩

[@_rainey]

13:45 the twist in that routine (you know the one) just about had my heart in my throat. WOW!

[@lovefamlia8880]

And her landing!

[@user-rc3rm4tk6d]

Юная Турищева с бантиками)

[@tonymontana3532]

This is real gymnastics here.

[@KitKatToeBeans]

🤔

[@KrystyneY]

They actually had women's bodies back then

[@yuttasakarakkitsakul4288]

This is the classic era of female gymnastics.

[@stefanieromay2212]

I don't see them nowadays do uneven bars like that! Those ladies had skills

[@bonnielucas153]

I loved the Karin janz routine on uneven

[@mangos2888]

Ny gymnastics career went no where but I still managed to learn that first vault. It’s incredible how much the sport changed 20 years from this.

[@nevelaskes6161]

Очень здорово, некоторые гимнастки показывают такую сложную и отточенную программу, могли бы составить хорошую конкуренцию сегодняшним программам)))

[@user-kv5qp6nu1f]

Сложную?!

[@user-js8lu6qu2m]

Спасибо за видео!!!!

[@freespirit752]

WooooooW, a lot better than in 2021 because of the difficulty. I ♥️ gymnastics ✳️🇲🇽

[@JuicyFashion11]

So different. Bars were so close together, never left them. Vault was co fusing as it seemed like a leap and a hair was never out of place. Seemed like no one even broke a sweat or a hair fell out of place

[@mariandradep5815]

Puede que los movimientos que hacen sean más lentos a comparación de lo que hacen ahora, pero no deja de ser impresionante y aparte tienen mucha elegancia en su rutina...

[@marybroussard5776]

WOW the vault sure has changed since then!!

[@fosbury68]

Tourischeva was born in late 1952 so she would have been 16 or 17 in this competition.

[@SummerofKittyLove]

The time right before the death- defying dazzling stunts started...

[@gailruffu6073]

Right! If Nadia C. and Simone B. had been doing their thing then they would have been barred until they could prove they werent from another planet...

[@jesseleeward2359]

Nadia Comaneci... the phenomenon

[@wtf8020]

a real gymnast wheres a bee hive! lol...

[@Janellabelle]

It actually looks really good to me. i wanna know how she did that to her hair first off. Lol

[@deboraholsen2504]

At 4:13, this girl did her vault with a perfect landing! Also, it’s fun to see the “big” hair do’s of this era!

[@LynnT39]

The flips were much slower than they are today and were much more basic. These Gymnasts look like and are built like Women unlike the Gymnasts today who look like children with muscles. I suppose our Gymnasts today are much younger. The piano music is funny considering the music that they used today, what a difference time makes. I however found it very interesting watching Gymnasts of the past.

[@Janellabelle]

Why do I love their hair sooo much! Omg if I had even the slightest clue how to do that I'd have my hair like that constantly.

[@sharroon7574]

You probably could create a beehive with enough hairsoray LOL

[@bcaye]

It's backcombing or teasing. Btw, it's horrible for your hair.

[@LJ-ne1bd]

Lots, lots, lots of spray lacquer and back combing! Those hairstyles were works of art!

[@corazoncubano5372]

I have big hair which I must say is very sweaty and feels like having a coat on your head in 75 degree, high humidity days. I can't imagine doing any type of sport activity with lots of hair on the head. 🤢

[@Leelz247]

They accomplished that look in the 60s with a lot of teasing, hairspray, and hairpieces. Best kept secret of their generation ;-).

[@sophievanderbilt1325]

They move so elegantly. I’m guessing this is what all those jerky arm movements that gymnasts do today are modeled after?

[@avagates2039]

There were no springs under the floor, so these routines were quite impressive.

[@beverlywaits7663]

Wow this Amazement was going on around the time I was being born 1969😀🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️

[@renatomarques3554]

absolutely amazing!

[@spanishflyIam]

As the gymnasts await their turn, the coaches give them a pep talk. " You can do this blindfolded. Just like at practice ( pulls out a tall can of Aqua Net and sprays her hair like no tomorrow ) smooth and stick the landing ( more spray) You got this!"

[@momof2momof2]

I think that first one was perfection

[@tatilalima2874]

Wow, how cool!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@kalitheamare]

40'56, the way she wiped off that kiss.........

[@alexglezhdez3804]

Me gusta más esta versión q la actual, tan dura , tensa , la mayoría se ven muy estresadas, como q no disfrutan, estas chicas se ven casi como jugando, relajadas, flexibles

[@lyudmilad8809]

Я родилась намного позже и не видела этого в детстве. Красиво! Очень! Поражает артистичность и плавность. Прямо завораживают...

[@lhdollbaby]

Janz should've received a 10 instead of a 9.75 her jump was (the first one) absolutely flawless and soooo smooth 👌

[@sharpie205]

I liked her floor routine also.

[@gailblack6976]

Those ladies had some serious aqua net super hold going on. Lady helmet in case of fall 😂

[@ang350]

Plus look how nicely dressed the audience is.

[@marcelaavilessalinas5144]

Que hermoso conocer el pasado y ver cómo ha evolucionado la gimnasia muy agradable ver a,estas deportistas participando en aquellos años.

[@Janellabelle]

Wow look at all the grown women! That would be nice. I actually have a memory of being a kid and wanting to be a gymnast but being too shy to wear the Leo in front of a crowd because it can be...so ill fitting and you know when you're a kid you're real shy, or at least I was. These leos actually fit!

[@jukihiw]

Grown women? Olga is 14 here; Ludmilla is 17. What are you talking about

[@carolhutchinson7763]

The ones from Romania were the best looking. They were completely tailored with seams down the front, elastic in the waist and everything covered; no butt or pubic area exposed. Also, matching underwear.

[@kherise]

They aren’t grown women but the image of the face changes with the ages, it’s a fact. Before people used to look more mature than now at young ages

[@russianballet681]

@@jukihiw no. Olga is 20 in this video and already married

[@andrealuvshouse]

Interesting to see just how dramatically women’s gymnastics has changed since then.

[@teresaplew7714]

So funny to see the girl with the lady like up do making sure her Bobbie pins are tight 😊

[@carmenandreea]

Was the piano live? ( for the floor exercises)

[@reginarobertkrystyn]

Karin and Olga were great on floor but I think Ludmila got robbed...she had the most difficulty!

[@NeanderthalOverlord]

Legend has it that her routine was considered (for the times) too 'kinesthetically complex'.

[@admetric]

Ludmilla landed out of bounds.

[@larciabella]

@@admetric i thought so.

[@larciabella]

I thought Karin was more athletic and her routine was difficult with the twists.Ludmilla was more balletic and graceful.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Ludmila wasn't robbed. She landed one of her passes with both feet out of bounds.

[@SoneBlink]

Love it!