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Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | Gymnastics | |||
| games | 2016 Summer | |||
| image | [[File:Gymnastics (Artistic), Rio 2016.png | 90px]] [[File:Gymnastics (Rhythmic), Rio 2016.png | 90px]] [[File:Gymnastics (Trampoline), Rio 2016.png | 90px]] |
| caption | Pictograms for artistic gymnastics (left), rhythmic gymnastics (center), and trampolining (right) | |||
| venue | Arena Olímpica do Rio | |||
| dates | 6–21 August 2016 | |||
| nations | 63 | |||
| num_events | 18 | |||
| prev | 2012 | |||
| next | 2020 |
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.
Qualification
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.
Schedule
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's team all-around | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's vault | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's floor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's pommel horse | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's rings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's parallel bars | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's horizontal bar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's individual all-around | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's team all-around | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's vault | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's balance beam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's uneven bars | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's floor |
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual all-around | ||||||
| Group all-around |
| Event↓/Date → | colspan=2 | Fri 12 | colspan=2 | Sat 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||
| Women |
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.
- ALG
- ARG
- ARM
- AUS
- AUT
- AZE
- BLR
- BEL
- BRA
- BUL
- CAN
- CPV
- CHI
- CHN
- COL
- CRO
- CUB
- CYP
- CZE
- EGY
- FIN
- FRA
- GEO
- GER
- GBR
- GRE
- GUA
- HUN
- ISL
- IND
- IRL
- ISR
- ITA
- JAM
- JPN
- KAZ
- LTU
- MEX
- MON
- NED
- NZL
- PRK
- NOR
- PAN
- PER
- POL
- POR
- ROU
- RUS
- SVK
- SLO
- RSA
- KOR
- ESP
- SWE
- SUI
- TTO
- TUR
- UKR
- USA
- UZB
- VEN
- VIE
Participating gymnasts
Main article: List of gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medal table
Events
Artistic gymnastics
Men's events
| Horizontal bar | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fabian Hambüchen | Danell Leyva | Nile Wilson |
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.
| Floor exercise | ||
|---|---|---|
| Simone Biles | Aly Raisman | Amy Tinkler |
Rhythmic gymnastics
Trampoline
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.
References
References
- "Rio 2016: Artistic Gymnastics". [[Rio 2016]].
- "Rio 2016: Rhythmic Gymnastics". [[Rio 2016]].
- "Rio 2016: Gymnastics (Trampoline)". [[Rio 2016]].
- "Rio 2016 – FIG Gymnastics Qualification System". [[International Federation of Gymnastics.
- "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". [[Rio 2016]].
- 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 Romania's Gymnastics Team Isn't At Rio". Bustle.com.
- (17 August 2016). "Parallel Bars, Stripteases, Wigs: Rio's Hottest Club Is the Gymnastics Gala".
- (23 May 2012). "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : ACRO". Fig-gymnastics.com.
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