A Yurchenko vault (first performed by Natalia Yurchenko of the Soviet Union) begins with a round-off on the runway with the gymnast's feet landing backwards on the springboard. The gymnast then jumps backwards to a handstand, with or without a half or full twist.
Yurchenko vaults are by far the most popular type of vault for women. Yurchenkos without a twist onto the vault table are the easiest vaults.
Without twist onto table or salto off (Men)[]
- Flight backwards off (back handspring over table): 3.0
- Flight backwards with half twist off: 3.4
- Flight backwards with full twist off: 3.8
Yurchenko[]
No twist onto table, salto off.
- Yurchenko tucked: Men 3.8; Women 3.8
- Yurchenko tucked with 1/2 twist: Men 4.2; Women 4.1
- Yurchenko tucked with full twist: Men 4.6; Women 4.4
- Yurchenko tucked with 1 1/2 twist: Men 5.0; Women 4.9
- Yurchenko tucked with double twist: Men 5.4; Women 5.2 (Dungelova)
- Yurchenko piked: Men 4.0; Women 4.0
- Yurchenko piked with full twist: 4.8
- Yurchenko tucked with additional back salto tucked (Melissanidis): Men 6.6
- Yurchenko piked with additional back salto piked: Men 7.0
- Yurchenko stretched: Men 4.6; Women 4.4
- Yurchenko stretched with half twist: Men 5.0; Women 4.7
- Yurchenko stretched with full twist: Men 5.4; Women 5.0
- Yurchenko stretched with 1 1/2 twist: Men 5.8; Women 5.3
- Yurchenko stretched with double twist: Men 6.2; Women 5.8 (Baitova)
- Yurchenko stretched with 2 1/2 twist: Men 6.6 (Shewfelt); Women 6.5 (Amanar)
Half twist onto board (Handspring)[]
Without salto[]
- Flight forwards (handspring): Men 3.2
- Piked flight forwards (Yamashita-style): Men 3.2
- 1/2 twist off (straight or piked): Men 3.6
- Full twist off: Men 4.0; Women 3.4
- 1 1/2 twist off: Women 3.8
With salto forward[]
- Tucked: Men 4.0; Women 4.6 (Ivantcheva)
- Tucked with 1/2 twist or 1/2 twist to salto backwards tucked: Men 4.4; Women 5.0 (Servente)
- Tucked with full twist: Women 5.5
- Tucked with 1 1/2 twist: Women 5.9 (Khorkina)
- Double tucked: Men 6.8
- Piked: Men 4.4; Women 4.8 (Omelianchik)
- Piked with 1/2 twist or 1/2 twist to salto backwards piked: Men 4.8 (Nemov); Women 5.2 (Podkopaieva)
- Piked with full twist: Women 5.7
- Piked with 1 1/2 twist: Women 6.1
- Stretched: Men 5.2; Women 5.2
- Stretched with 1/2 twist: Men 5.6 (Hutcheon); Women 5.6
- Stretched with full twist: Men 6.0; Women 6.1
- Stretched with 1 1/2 twist: Men 6.4; Women 6.5 (Cheng)
- Stretched with double twist: Men 6.8
- Stretched with 2 1/2 twist (Li Xiao Peng): Men 7.2
Full twist onto board[]
Without salto[]
- Flight backwards off: Men 3.4
- 1/2 twist off: Men 3.8
- Full twist off: Men 4.2; Women 4.0 (Korbut)
With salto[]
- Tucked: Men 4.2; Women 4.6 (Luconi)
- Tucked with 1/2 twist: Men 4.6; Women 4.9
- Tucked with full twist: Men 5.0; Women 5.2
- Tucked with 1 1/2 twist: Men 5.4
- Tucked with double twist: Men 5.8
- Piked: Men 4.4; Women 4.8
- Stretched: Men 5.0 (Scherbo); Women 5.2
- Stretched with 1/2 twist: Men 5.4; Women 5.5
- Stretched with full twist: Men 5.9; Women 5.8
- Stretched with 1 1/2 twist: Men 6.2
- Stretched with double twist: Men 6.6