Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

The women's vault event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July and 3 August 2024 at the Accor Arena (referred to as the Bercy Arena due to IOC sponsorship rules).[1] Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only participating in other apparatus). 19 gymnasts from 14 nations (of the 95 total gymnasts) competed two vaults in the qualifying round.[2]

Women's vault
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic artistic gymnastics
VenueAccor Arena
Dates28 July 2024 (qualifying)
3 August 2024 (final)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning score15.300
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Simone Biles  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rebeca Andrade  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jade Carey  United States
← 2020
2028 →

Background

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This was the 20th appearance of the event, after making its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The previous two champions Simone Biles (2016) and Rebeca Andrade (2020) both qualified for the event final.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 5 qualified gymnasts. A total of 95 quota places are allocated to women's artistic gymnastics.[3]

The 12 teams that qualified were able to send 5 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 60 of the 95 quota places. The top three teams at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (the United States, Great Britain, and Canada) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania, and South Korea) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 35 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2023 World Championships, the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a reallocation guarantee and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 95 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the vault competition, but due to the requirement that the gymnast perform two vault exercises in the qualifying round (rather than the one needed to count for team and individual all-around events), many gymnasts do not attempt to qualify for the vault final.

Competition format

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The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. For the vault, only gymnasts who performed two exercises on the vault were considered for the final; the average score of the two exercises was counted. The finalists again performed two vaults. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores (average of the two exercises) counting.

Schedule

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Date Time Round Subdivision
28 July 09:30 Qualification Subdivision 1
11:40 Subdivision 2
14:50 Subdivision 3
18:00 Subdivision 4
21:10 Subdivision 5
3 August 16:20 Final
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Results

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Qualifying

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The gymnasts who ranked in the top eight qualified for the final round. In a case where more than two gymnasts from the same NOC were in the top eight, the last ranked among them would not qualify to final round. The next-best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Rank Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total Qual.
D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2
1   Simone Biles (USA) 6.4 9.400 15.800 5.6 9.200 14.800 15.300 Q
2   Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 5.6 9.400 0.100 14.900 5.0 9.466 14.466 14.683 Q
3   Jade Carey (USA) 5.6 9.166 0.100 14.666 5.0 9.200 14.200 14.433 Q
4   Jordan Chiles (USA) 5.0 9.333 14.333 4.8 9.300 14.100 14.216
5   Yeo Seo-jeong (KOR) 5.4 9.000 14.400 5.0 8.966 13.966 14.183 Q
6   An Chang-ok (PRK) 5.0 9.066 14.066 5.6 8.700 14.300 14.183 Q
7   Shallon Olsen (CAN) 5.6 8.833 14.433 5.0 8.900 13.900 14.166 Q
8   Ellie Black (CAN) 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 9.100 13.900 14.000 Q
9   Valentina Georgieva (BUL) 5.0 9.166 14.166 4.8 9.033 13.833 13.999 Q
10   Alexa Moreno (MEX) 5.4 8.766 14.166 5.2 8.533 13.733 13.949 R1
11   Ming van Eijken (FRA) 5.4 8.833 14.233 4.4 8.933 13.333 13.783 R2
12   Csenge Bácskay (HUN) 5.0 8.900 13.900 4.8 8.833 13.633 13.766 R3

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Reserves

The reserves for the vault event final were:

  1.   Alexa Moreno (MEX)
  2.   Ming van Eijken (FRA)
  3.   Csenge Bácskay (HUN)

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the vault final. Gymnasts who did not qualify for the final because of the quota, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

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Rank Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total
D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2
    Simone Biles (USA) 6.4 9.400 0.100 15.700 5.6 9.300 14.900 15.300
    Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 5.6 9.500 15.100 5.4 9.433 14.833 14.966
    Jade Carey (USA) 5.6 9.133 14.733 5.0 9.200 14.200 14.466
4   An Chang-ok (PRK) 5.0 9.066 14.066 5.6 8.766 14.366 14.216
5   Valentina Georgieva (BUL) 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 9.066 13.866 13.983
6   Ellie Black (CAN) 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 8.966 13.766 13.933
7   Yeo Seo-jeong (KOR) 5.4 8.766 14.166 5.0 7.666 12.666 13.416
8   Shallon Olsen (CAN) 5.6 8.500 14.100 5.0 7.633 12.633 13.366

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References

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  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Artistic Gymnastics". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Qualification". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Artistic – Entry List by NOC". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Vault - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's Vault - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.