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]
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![]() ![]() ![]() 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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Qualification
editQualification 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
editQ | Qualification | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thur 11 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 |
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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 |
Event↓/Date → | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 |
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Individual all-around | Q | F | |
Group all-around | Q | F |
Event↓/Date → | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | ||
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Men | Q | F | ||
Women | Q | F |
Participation
editParticipating nations
editBrazil, 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
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (Brazil)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
Events
editArtistic gymnastics
editMen's events
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Team all-around |
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 |
Kōhei Uchimura Japan |
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine |
Max Whitlock Great Britain | |||
Floor exercise |
Max Whitlock Great Britain |
Diego Hypólito Brazil |
Arthur Mariano Brazil | |||
Pommel horse |
Max Whitlock Great Britain |
Louis Smith Great Britain |
Alexander Naddour United States | |||
Rings |
Eleftherios Petrounias Greece |
Arthur Zanetti Brazil |
Denis Ablyazin Russia | |||
Vault |
Ri Se-gwang North Korea |
Denis Ablyazin Russia |
Kenzō Shirai Japan | |||
Parallel bars |
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine |
Danell Leyva United States |
David Belyavskiy Russia | |||
Horizontal bar |
Fabian Hambüchen Germany |
Danell Leyva United States |
Nile Wilson Great Britain |
Women's events
editFor 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 | |||
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Team all-around |
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 |
Simone Biles United States |
Aly Raisman United States |
Aliya Mustafina Russia | |||
Vault |
Simone Biles United States |
Maria Paseka Russia |
Giulia Steingruber Switzerland | |||
Uneven bars |
Aliya Mustafina Russia |
Madison Kocian United States |
Sophie Scheder Germany | |||
Balance beam |
Sanne Wevers Netherlands |
Laurie Hernandez United States |
Simone Biles United States | |||
Floor exercise |
Simone Biles United States |
Aly Raisman United States |
Amy Tinkler Great Britain |
Rhythmic gymnastics
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Group all-around |
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 |
Margarita Mamun Russia |
Yana Kudryavtseva Russia |
Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine |
Trampoline
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual |
Uladzislau Hancharou Belarus |
Dong Dong China |
Gao Lei China |
Women's individual |
Rosie MacLennan Canada |
Bryony Page Great Britain |
Li Dan China |
Gala
editFor 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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