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The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics.

The early IGHOF was founded in 1972 by Frank Wells of the National Gymnastics Clinic. It had only one member, Olga Korbut, and disbanded in the late 1970s. The current museum was founded in 1986 by Glenn Sundby, publisher of the International Gymnast Magazine. Initially located in Oceanside, California, it was moved into Oklahoma City in 1997.

The museum is housed inside the Science Museum Oklahoma, formerly called the Omniplex.

List of inductees

Name Country Year inducted
Korbut, OlgaOlga Korbut Soviet Union 1988
Comaneci, NadiaNadia Comaneci Romania 1993
Takemoto, MasaoMasao Takemoto Japan 1997
Stukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj Slovenia 1997
Rigby, CathyCathy Rigby United States 1997
Retton, Mary LouMary Lou Retton United States 1997
Karolyi, BelaBéla Károlyi Romania 1997
Günthard, JackJack Günthard Switzerland 1997
Arthur Gander Switzerland 1997
Conner, BartBart Conner United States 1997
Vidmar, PeterPeter Vidmar United States 1998
Tourischeva, LudmillaLudmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union 1998
Ono, TakashiTakashi Ono Japan 1998
Latynina, LarisaLarisa Latynina Soviet Union 1998
Guglielmetti, SavinoSavino Guglielmetti Italy 1998
Caslavska, VeraVera Cáslavská Czechoslovakia 1998
Titov, YuriYuri Titov Soviet Union 1999
Mack, EugenEugen Mack Switzerland 1999
Kim, NellieNellie Kim Soviet Union 1999
Endo, YukioYukio Endo Japan 1999
Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar Slovenia 1999
Bare Sr., FrankFrank Bare Sr. United States 1999
Yamashita, HaruhiroHaruhiro Yamashita Japan 2000
Szabo, EcaterinaEcaterina Szabo (Katalin Szabó) Romania 2000
Li, NingLi Ning China 2000
Gnauck, MaxiMaxi Gnauck East Germany 2000
Ungureanu, TeodoraTeodora Ungureanu Romania 2001
Thoresson, WilliamWilliam Thoresson Sweden 2001
Kato, SawaoSawao Kato Japan 2001
Grandi, BrunoBruno Grandi Italy 2001
Burda, LyubovLyubov Burda Soviet Union 2001
Andrianov, NikolaiNikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 2001
Berthe Villancher France 2002
Silivaș, DanielaDaniela Silivaș Romania 2002
Shakhlin, BorisBoris Shakhlin Soviet Union 2002
Keleti, ÁgnesÁgnes Keleti Hungary 2002
Tanaka-Ikeda, KeikoKeiko Tanaka-Ikeda Japan 2002
Astakhova, PolinaPolina Astakhova Soviet Union 2002
Thomas, KurtKurt Thomas United States 2003
Menichelli, FrancoFranco Menichelli Italy 2003
Büttner-Janz, KarinKarin Büttner-Janz East Germany 2003
Bilozerchev, DmitryDmitry Bilozerchev Soviet Union 2003
Max Bangerter Switzerland 2003
Shushunova, YelenaYelena Shushunova Soviet Union 2004
Savolainen, HeikkiHeikki Savolainen Finland 2004
Rakoczy, HelenaHelena Rakoczy Poland 2004
Hayata, TakujiTakuji Hayata Japan 2004
Dityatin, AlexanderAlexander Dityatin Soviet Union 2004
Zuchold, ErikaErika Zuchold East Germany 2005
Nakayama, AkinoriAkinori Nakayama Japan 2005
Liukin, ValeriValeri Liukin Soviet Union 2005
Boginskaya, SvetlanaSvetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union 2005
Miller, ShannonShannon Miller United States 2006
Kuchinskaya, NataliaNatalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union 2006
Kenmotsu, EizoEizo Kenmotsu Japan 2006
Artemov, VladimirVladimir Artemov Soviet Union 2006
Kasamatsu, ShigeruShigeru Kasamatsu Japan 2007
Gienger, EberhardEberhard Gienger Germany 2007
Davydova, YelenaYelena Davydova Soviet Union 2007
Amânar, SimonaSimona Amânar Romania 2007
Ma, YanhongMa Yanhong China 2008
Tsurumi, ShujiShuji Tsurumi Japan 2008
Podkopayeva, LiliaLilia Podkopayeva Ukraine 2008
Deltchev, StoyanStoyan Deltchev Bulgaria 2008
Scherbo, VitalyVitaly Scherbo Belarus 2009
Saadi, ElviraElvira Saadi Uzbekistan 2009
Dawes, DominiqueDominique Dawes United States 2009
Chukarin, ViktorViktor Chukarin Ukraine 2009
Bellu, OctavianOctavian Bellu Romania 2009
Voronin, MikhailMikhail Voronin Russia 2010
Korolev, YuriYuri Korolev Russia 2010
Ónodi, HenriettaHenrietta Ónodi Hungary 2010
Kräker, SteffiSteffi Kräker East Germany 2011
Leonid Arkayev Russia 2011
Tkachyov, AleksandrAleksandr Tkachyov Russia 2011
Miloșovici, LaviniaLavinia Miloșovici Romania 2011
Shaposhnikova, NataliaNatalia Shaposhnikova Russia 2012
Zmeskal, KimKim Zmeskal United States 2012
Magyar, ZoltánZoltán Magyar Hungary 2012
Gogean, GinaGina Gogean Romania 2013
Azaryan, AlbertAlbert Azaryan Armenia 2013
Yurchenko, NataliaNatalia Yurchenko Soviet Union 2014
Yuejiu, LiLi Yuejiu China 2014
Köste, KlausKlaus Köste East Germany 2014
Fie, JackieJackie Fie United States 2014
Zamolodchikova, ElenaElena Zamolodchikova Russia 2015
Belenky, ValeryValery Belenky Azerbaijan, Soviet Union 2015
Korobchynskyi, IhorIhor Korobchynskyi Ukraine 2016
Lysenko, TatianaTatiana Lysenko Ukraine 2016
Jovtchev, JordanJordan Jovtchev Bulgaria 2016
Dobre, AureliaAurelia Dobre Romania 2016
Nemov, AlexeiAlexei Nemov Russia 2017
Sacramone, AliciaAlicia Sacramone United States 2017
Chusovitina, OksanaOksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 2017
Fujimoto, ShunShun Fujimoto Japan 2017
Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin United States 2018
Raducan, AndreeaAndreea Raducan Romania 2018
Hamm, PaulPaul Hamm United States 2018
Ivankov, IvanIvan Ivankov Belarus 2019
Xiaopeng, LiLi Xiaopeng China 2019
Filatova, MariaMaria Filatova Russia 2019
Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson United States 2019

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