Qualification Summary

* Artistic Gymnastics, NOCs with 6 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.

Nation	Artistic		Rhythmic		Trampoline		Total
	Men	Women	Individual	Group	Men	Women
Australia	1	6	1		1		9
Austria			1				1
Azerbaijan			2	6			8
Belarus	6	1	2	6	1	1	17
Belgium	1	1					2
Brazil	1	6		6			13
Bulgaria	1	1	2	6			10
Canada	6	2	1		1	2	12
Cape Verde			1				1
China	6	6	1	6	2	2	23
Colombia	1	1					2
Croatia	1	1					2
Czech Republic	1	1				1	3
Denmark					1		1
Egypt	1	1					2
Estonia			1				1
Finland		1					1
France	6	6			1		13
Georgia	1					1	2
Germany	6	6			1	1	14
Great Britain	2	6				1	9
Greece	1	1	1	6			9
Hungary	1	1					2
Israel	1		2	6			9
Italy	6	6		6	1		19
Japan	6	6		6	2	1	21
Kazakhstan			1				1
Lithuania		1					1
Luxembourg	1						1
Mexico		1					1
Netherlands	1	1					2
North Korea		2					2
Poland	1	1	1				3
Portugal					1	1	2
Puerto Rico	1						1
Romania	6	6					12
Russia	6	6	2	6	2	2	24
Slovakia		1					1
Slovenia	1	1					2
South Africa			1				1
South Korea	6	1	1				8
Spain	6	2	1	6			15
Switzerland	2	1					3
Ukraine	2	6	2	6	1	1	18
United States	6	6			1	1	14
Uzbekistan	1					1	2
Venezuela	1	1					2
Vietnam		1					1
Yemen	1						1
Total: 49 NOCs	98	98	24	72	16	16	324

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	September 1–9, 2007	Stuttgart
2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	September 19–21, 2007	Patras
2007 World Trampoline Championships	Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2007	Quebec
Tripartite Invitation	March 17, 2008	-

Artistic

An NOC may enter up to 6 men and 6 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Men

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
World Championship	Teams places 1-12	China   Japan   Germany   United States   South Korea   Spain   Russia   Romania   France   Italy   Canada   Belarus	6
	Teams places 13-15	Ukraine   Switzerland   Great Britain	2
	Teams places 16-18	Puerto Rico   Brazil   Greece	1
	Top 7 athletes from NOCs not already qualified	Yordan Yovchev Anton Fokin Filip Ude José Luis Fuentes Epke Zonderland Martin Konečný Ilia Giorgadze
	Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners	Leszek Blanik Mitja Petkovšek
	FIG Executive Board Invitations*	Samuel Simpson Mohamed Serour
	Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified	Róbert Gál Koen Van Damme Sascha Palgen Alexander Shatilov Jorge Hugo Giraldo
Tripartite Invitation		Nashwan Al-Harazi
TOTAL		98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Women

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
World Championship	Teams places 1-12	United States   China   Romania   Italy   Brazil   France   Great Britain   Russia   Ukraine   Germany   Australia   Japan	6
	Teams places 13-15	North Korea   Canada   Spain	2
	Teams places 16-18	Czech Republic   Netherlands   Switzerland	1
	Top 9 athletes from NOCs not already qualified	Stefani Bismpikou Nastassia Marachkouskaya Dorina Böczögő Natalia Sánchez Marisela Cantù Jo Hyun-Joo Marta Pihan Gaelle Mys Adela Šajn
	Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners	-
	FIG Executive Board Invitations*	Sherine El Zeiny
	Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified	Tina Erceg Annamari Maaranen Jessica López Nikolina Tankoucheva Ivana Kovacova Jelena Zanevskaya
Tripartite Invitation		Do Thi Ngan Thuong
TOTAL		98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Rhythmic

An NOC may enter up to 1 Group and 2 athletes for individual competition. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.

Individual

Event	Criterion	Qualified
World Championship	Top 20	Ukraine   Russia   Russia   Belarus   Azerbaijan   Kazakhstan   Israel   Belarus   Canada   Bulgaria   Spain   Greece   Azerbaijan   Austria   Bulgaria   Poland   South Korea   Estonia   Ukraine   Israel
	FIG Executive Board*	Li Hongyang Odette Richard Naazmi Johnston
Tripartite Invitation		Wania Monteiro
TOTAL		24

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Group

Event	Criterion	Qualified
World Championship	Top 10	Russia   Italy   Belarus   Bulgaria   Spain   Israel   Japan   Ukraine   China   Azerbaijan
	FIG Executive Board*	Brazil   Greece
TOTAL		12

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Trampoline

An NOC may enter up to 2 men and 2 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.

Men

Event	Criterion	Qualified
World Championship	Top 14	China   China   Russia   Germany   Japan   Japan   Russia   Italy   Ukraine   Canada   Denmark   Belarus   France   Portugal   United States**
	FIG Executive Board*	Ben Wilden
Tripartite Invitation**		-
TOTAL		16

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.

Women

Event	Criterion	Qualified
World Championship	Top 15	Russia   China   Russia   China   Canada   Germany   Belarus   Canada   Great Britain   Japan   Uzbekistan   Portugal   Ukraine   Georgia   United States   Czech Republic**
	FIG Executive Board*	-
Tripartite Invitation**		-
TOTAL		16

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.

References

• International Gymnastics Federation