Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
| Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic | ||||
| Team all-around | men | women | ||
| Individual all-around | men | women | ||
| Vault | men | women | ||
| Floor | men | women | ||
| Pommel horse | men | |||
| Rings | men | |||
| Parallel bars | men | |||
| Horizontal bar | men | |||
| Uneven bars | women | |||
| Balance beam | women | |||
| Rhythmic | ||||
| Group all-around | women | |||
| Individual all-around | women | |||
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby Athens, on the campus of the University of Georgia from August 1–4. In artistic gymnastics, this was the last major competition to include compulsory exercises, which was then replaced by prelims.
Artistic gymnastics
Format of competition
The gymnastics competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages:
- Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. Six of the seven team members performed on each apparatus, while only the five highest scores during each rotation were used to determined the overall team total. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The eight highest-scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
- Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was determined by adding the scores earned by him or her on each of the six apparatuses in the men's competition and each of the four apparatuses in the women's competition.
- Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast determined solely by the score earned by him or her on the apparatus during this competition.
Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team all-around |
 United States (USA)Amanda Borden Amy Chow Dominique Dawes Shannon Miller Dominique Moceanu Jaycie Phelps Kerri Strug |
 Russia (RUS)Elena Dolgopolova Rozalia Galiyeva Elena Grosheva Svetlana Khorkina Dina Kotchetkova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Oksana Liapina |
 Romania (ROU)Simona Amânar Gina Gogean Ionela Loaieş Alexandra Marinescu Lavinia Miloşovici Mirela Ţugurlan |
| Individual all-around |
 Lilia PodkopayevaUkraine (UKR) |
Gina Gogean Romania (ROU) |
Simona Amânar Romania (ROU) |
| Lavinia Miloşovici Romania (ROU) | |||
| Vault |
Simona Amânar Romania (ROU) |
 Mo HuilanChina (CHN) |
Gina Gogean Romania (ROU) |
| Uneven bars |
Svetlana Khorkina Russia (RUS) |
Bi Wenjing China (CHN) |
none awarded |
| Amy Chow United States (USA) | |||
| Balance beam |
Shannon Miller United States (USA) |
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine (UKR) |
Gina Gogean Romania (ROU) |
| Floor |
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine (UKR) |
Simona Amânar Romania (ROU) |
Dominique Dawes United States (USA) |
Rhythmic gymnastics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group all-around |
 Spain (ESP)Estela Giménez Cid Marta Baldó Marín Nuria Cabanillas Provencio Lorena Guréndez García Estíbaliz Martínez Yerro Tania Lamarca Celada |
 Bulgaria (BUL)Ina Delcheva Valentina Kevlian Maria Koleva Maja Tabakova Ivelina Taleva Viara Vatachka |
Russia (RUS) Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova |
| Individual all-around |
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ukraine (UKR) |
Yanina Batyrchina Russia (RUS) |
Elena Vitrichenko Ukraine (UKR) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea (KOR ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 18 | 17 | 51 | |
See also
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
- 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
References
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