Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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 Konecny
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 Boczogo
Natalia Sanchez
Marisela Cantu
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 Lopez
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.

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