Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016.[1][2][3]

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Pictograms for artistic gymnastics (left), rhythmic gymnastics (center), and trampolining (right)
VenueArena Olímpica do Rio
Dates6–21 August 2016
No. of events18
Competitors from 63 nations
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Arena Olímpica prior to the rhythmic gymnastics competition.

Qualification

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Qualification was based on the results of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 24 October to 1 November 2015; the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 to 13 September 2015; the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, held in Odense, Denmark, from 25 to 28 November 2015; and the Olympic Test Event, held on 16–22 April 2016 at Arena Olímpica do Rio.[4]

Schedule

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Q Qualification F Final
Artistic (HSBC Arena)[5]
Event↓/Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thur 11 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16
Men's individual all-around Q F
Men's team all-around F
Men's vault F
Men's floor F
Men's pommel horse F
Men's rings F
Men's parallel bars F
Men's horizontal bar F
Women's individual all-around Q F
Women's team all-around F
Women's vault F
Women's balance beam F
Women's uneven bars F
Women's floor F
Rhythmic (HSBC Arena)[5]
Event↓/Date → Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Individual all-around Q F
Group all-around Q F
Trampoline (HSBC Arena)[5]
Event↓/Date → Fri 12 Sat 13
Men Q F
Women Q F

Participation

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Participating nations

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Brazil, as the host country, receives a guaranteed spot, in case it were not to earn one by the regular qualifying methods.

Participating gymnasts

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States46212
2  Russia35311
3  Great Britain2237
4  Japan2013
5  Ukraine1113
6  Germany1012
7  Belarus1001
  Canada1001
  Greece1001
  Netherlands1001
  North Korea1001
12  Brazil*0213
13  China0145
14  Spain0101
15  Bulgaria0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (16 entries)18181854

Events

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Artistic gymnastics

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
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  Japan (JPN)
Kenzō Shirai
Yusuke Tanaka
Koji Yamamuro
Kōhei Uchimura
Ryōhei Katō
  Russia (RUS)
Denis Ablyazin
David Belyavskiy
Ivan Stretovich
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikita Nagornyy
  China (CHN)
Deng Shudi
Lin Chaopan
Liu Yang
You Hao
Zhang Chenglong
Individual all-around
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Kōhei Uchimura
  Japan
Oleg Verniaiev
  Ukraine
Max Whitlock
  Great Britain
Floor exercise
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Max Whitlock
  Great Britain
Diego Hypólito
  Brazil
Arthur Mariano
  Brazil
Pommel horse
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Max Whitlock
  Great Britain
Louis Smith
  Great Britain
Alexander Naddour
  United States
Rings
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Eleftherios Petrounias
  Greece
Arthur Zanetti
  Brazil
Denis Ablyazin
  Russia
Vault
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Ri Se-gwang
  North Korea
Denis Ablyazin
  Russia
Kenzō Shirai
  Japan
Parallel bars
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Oleg Verniaiev
  Ukraine
Danell Leyva
  United States
David Belyavskiy
  Russia
Horizontal bar
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Fabian Hambüchen
  Germany
Danell Leyva
  United States
Nile Wilson
  Great Britain

Women's events

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For the first time since the 1972 Olympics, Romania did not win a medal in the women's team event, due to Romania's failure to qualify a team for the first time since 1968, ending a 40-year medal run.[6][7][8]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
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  United States (USA)
Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
Laurie Hernandez
Madison Kocian
Aly Raisman
  Russia (RUS)
Angelina Melnikova
Aliya Mustafina
Maria Paseka
Daria Spiridonova
Seda Tutkhalyan
  China (CHN)
Fan Yilin
Mao Yi
Shang Chunsong
Tan Jiaxin
Wang Yan
Individual all-around
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Simone Biles
  United States
Aly Raisman
  United States
Aliya Mustafina
  Russia
Vault
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Simone Biles
  United States
Maria Paseka
  Russia
Giulia Steingruber
  Switzerland
Uneven bars
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Aliya Mustafina
  Russia
Madison Kocian
  United States
Sophie Scheder
  Germany
Balance beam
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Sanne Wevers
  Netherlands
Laurie Hernandez
  United States
Simone Biles
  United States
Floor exercise
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Simone Biles
  United States
Aly Raisman
  United States
Amy Tinkler
  Great Britain

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Group all-around
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  Russia (RUS)
Vera Biryukova
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Tatareva
Maria Tolkacheva
  Spain (ESP)
Sandra Aguilar
Artemi Gavezou
Elena López
Lourdes Mohedano
Alejandra Quereda
  Bulgaria (BUL)
Reneta Kamberova
Lyubomira Kazanova
Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova
Tsvetelina Naydenova
Hristiana Todorova
Individual all-around
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Margarita Mamun
  Russia
Yana Kudryavtseva
  Russia
Ganna Rizatdinova
  Ukraine

Trampoline

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Uladzislau Hancharou
  Belarus
Dong Dong
  China
Gao Lei
  China
Women's individual
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Rosie MacLennan
  Canada
Bryony Page
  Great Britain
Li Dan
  China

Gala

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For the first time since 2008, a gala was held in gymnastics; it was held on 17 August 2016, following the completion of competition in the artistic disciplines. The exhibition event featured performances by artistic gymnasts who participated in Rio.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Artistic Gymnastics". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016: Rhythmic Gymnastics". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016: Gymnastics (Trampoline)". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016 – FIG Gymnastics Qualification System" (PDF). FIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ^ Dvora Meyers (19 April 2016). "Romania's Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?". The Guardian (London).
  7. ^ Laura Wagner (18 April 2016). "Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak". npr.
  8. ^ Erin Corbett (4 August 2016). "Why Isn't The Romania Gymnastics Team At Rio? The Women's Team Isn't Competing This Year". Bustle.com.
  9. ^ Radnofsky, Louise (17 August 2016). "Parallel Bars, Stripteases, Wigs: Rio's Hottest Club Is the Gymnastics Gala". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : ACRO". Fig-gymnastics.com. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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