Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in gymnastics. Who was the second person to achieve this?

BRY2K

Ann educated guess would be Soviet gymnast Alexandre Ditiatine who won a medal in all eight events he took part in with three gold, four silver and one bronze. (Olympic Games in Moscow). To crown this acheivement he also became the first man to be awarded a perfect ten. Prior to the 1980 Games in Moscow a sensation had been caused when Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect ten in an Olympic event, namely the assymetrical bars. Yet, it was only a matter of time before that honour would be conferred upon a male gymnast of similar calibre. In Moscow, he showed up in the shape of the Soviet Union's 22-year-old Alexander Dityatin (long horse vault - all around competition). At last, the Soviets, who had played decisive roles in the development of olympic, and indeed, world gymnastics, were awarded their "perfect ten". The Leningrad-born gymnast would also walk away with numerous medals. Dityatin's perfect ten score brought him worldwide attention, but being decided on the axis of time, it seemed that someone would eventually match Comaneci's feat. Indeed, following his "ten" triumph, no less than four other such scores were awarded in gymnastics events in Moscow: Stoyan Deltchev on the rings (Bulgaria), Alexander Tkachyov (Sov/Russ) on the horizontal bar, Zoltan Magyar (Hungary) and Michael Nikolay (East Germany) on the side horse. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2008Beijing/History/2008/07/15/6161711-afp.html Nov 20 09, 9:55 AM

Datsmeharse

Vera Caslavska scored the second perfect 10 in gynmastics, she also scored the first perfect 10: http://www.gymmedia.com/Athens04/Amsterdam/history1.htm Nadia Comaneci scored the fist perfect 10 in an Olympic competition. Nelli Kim scored a 10 on the floor excercise in the same Olympics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelli_Kim Nov 20 09, 11:45 AM