GYMNASTICS AT THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Gymnastics; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
	Pictograms for artistic gymnastics (left), rhythmic gymnastics (center), and trampolining (right)
Venue	Arena Olímpica do Rio
Dates	6–21 August 2016
No. of events	18
Competitors	from 63 nations
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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]

Qualification

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

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

Participating nations

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

Algeria (2)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (3)
Australia (3)
Austria (1)
Azerbaijan (3)
Belarus (12)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (17)
Bulgaria (6)
Canada (8)
Cape Verde (1)
Chile (2)
China (20)
Colombia (2)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (3)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Egypt (1)
Finland (2)
France (13)
Georgia (2)
Germany (17)
Great Britain (13)
Greece (9)
Guatemala (1)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (1)
India (1)
Ireland (2)
Israel (7)
Italy (12)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (19)
Kazakhstan (2)
Lithuania (1)
Mexico (2)
Monaco (1)
Netherlands (10)
New Zealand (3)
North Korea (2)
Norway (1)
Panama (1)
Peru (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (3)
Romania (4)
Russia (20)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (7)
Spain (9)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Turkey (2)
Ukraine (13)
United States (18)
Uzbekistan (9)
Venezuela (1)
Vietnam (2)

Participating gymnasts

Medal table

* Host nation ( Brazil)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	6	2	12
2	Russia	3	5	3	11
3	Great Britain	2	2	3	7
4	Japan	2	0	1	3
5	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
6	Germany	1	0	1	2
7	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	North Korea	1	0	0	1
12	Brazil*	0	2	1	3
13	China	0	1	4	5
14	Spain	0	1	0	1
15	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
15	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		18	18	18	54

Events

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	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 details	Kōhei Uchimura Japan	Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine	Max Whitlock Great Britain

Floor exercise details	Max Whitlock Great Britain	Diego Hypólito Brazil	Arthur Mariano Brazil
Pommel horse details	Max Whitlock Great Britain	Louis Smith Great Britain	Alexander Naddour United States
Rings details	Eleftherios Petrounias Greece	Arthur Zanetti Brazil	Denis Ablyazin Russia
Vault details	Ri Se-gwang North Korea	Denis Ablyazin Russia	Kenzō Shirai Japan
Parallel bars details	Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine	Danell Leyva United States	David Belyavskiy Russia
Horizontal bar details	Fabian Hambüchen Germany	Danell Leyva United States	Nile Wilson Great Britain

Women's events

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 details	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 details	Simone Biles United States	Aly Raisman United States	Aliya Mustafina Russia

Vault details	Simone Biles United States	Maria Paseka Russia	Giulia Steingruber Switzerland
Uneven bars details	Aliya Mustafina Russia	Madison Kocian United States	Sophie Scheder Germany
Balance beam details	Sanne Wevers Netherlands	Laurie Hernandez United States	Simone Biles United States
Floor exercise details	Simone Biles United States	Aly Raisman United States	Amy Tinkler Great Britain

Rhythmic gymnastics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Group all-around details	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 details	Margarita Mamun Russia	Yana Kudryavtseva Russia	Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine

Trampoline

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

Gala

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

^ "Rio 2016: Artistic Gymnastics". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016: Rhythmic Gymnastics". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016: Gymnastics (Trampoline)". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 – FIG Gymnastics Qualification System" (PDF). FIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ Dvora Meyers (19 April 2016). "Romania's Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?". The Guardian (London).
^ Laura Wagner (18 April 2016). "Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak". npr.
^ 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.
^ Radnofsky, Louise (17 August 2016). "Parallel Bars, Stripteases, Wigs: Rio's Hottest Club Is the Gymnastics Gala". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : ACRO". Fig-gymnastics.com. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links

Artistic Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio2016.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio2016.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
Trampoline Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio2016.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
Results Book – Gymnastic Artistic. library.olympic.org.
Results Book – Gymnastic Rhythmic. library.olympic.org.
Results Book – Gymnastic Trampoline. library.olympic.org.
Artistic Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Olympedia
Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Olympedia
Trampolining at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Olympedia
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

[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.

[gymsched-5] "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.

[wsj-gala-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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v t e 2016 in artistic gymnastics
Olympic Games	Olympic Games
FIG competitions	World Cup series American Cup Glasgow World Cup
Continental championships	African Championships European Championships ( Men Women) Northern European Championships Pan American Championships South American Championships
National championships	Russian Nationals British Nationals Chinese Nationals USA Classic Nationals Olympic trials Winter Cup
International events	City of Jesolo Trophy Pacific Rim Championships Olympic Test Event Voronin Cup
Years in artistic gymnastics: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2016 in rhythmic gymnastics
Olympic Games	Olympic Games
FIG competitions	World Cup series
Continental championships	Asian Championships European Championships Pacific Rim Championships Pan American Championships South American Championships
International competitions	Olympic Test Event

v t e 2016 in artistic gymnastics
Olympic Games	Olympic Games
FIG competitions	World Cup series American Cup Glasgow World Cup
Continental championships	African Championships European Championships ( Men Women) Northern European Championships Pan American Championships South American Championships
National championships	Russian Nationals British Nationals Chinese Nationals USA Classic Nationals Olympic trials Winter Cup
International events	City of Jesolo Trophy Pacific Rim Championships Olympic Test Event Voronin Cup
Years in artistic gymnastics: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2016 in rhythmic gymnastics
Olympic Games	Olympic Games
FIG competitions	World Cup series
Continental championships	Asian Championships European Championships Pacific Rim Championships Pan American Championships South American Championships
International competitions	Olympic Test Event

Qualification

Schedule