Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Gymnastics; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Dome (artistic); Stegeman Coliseum (rhythmic)
Dates	20 July – 4 August 1996
	← 1992 2000 →

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.^[1]

The women's rhythmic group all-around was contested for the first time at these Games. This marked the second time that a women's only sport was introduced to the Games.^[2]

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 determine 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 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[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Li Xiaoshuang China	Alexei Nemov Russia	Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
Team all-around details	Russia (RUS) Sergei Kharkov Nikolai Kryukov Alexei Nemov Yevgeni Podgorny Dmitri Trush Dmitri Vasilenko Alexei Voropaev	China (CHN) Fan Bin Fan Hongbin Huang Huadong Huang Liping Li Xiaoshuang Shen Jian Zhang Jinjing	Ukraine (UKR) Ihor Korobchynskyi Oleg Kosiak Grigory Misutin Vladimir Shamenko Rustam Sharipov Olexander Svitlichni Yuri Yermakov
Floor exercise details	Ioannis Melissanidis Greece	Li Xiaoshuang China	Alexei Nemov Russia
Horizontal bar details	Andreas Wecker Germany	Krasimir Dunev Bulgaria	Fan Bin China Alexei Nemov Russia Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
Parallel bars details	Rustam Sharipov Ukraine	Jair Lynch United States	Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
Pommel horse details	Li Donghua Switzerland	Marius Urzică Romania	Alexei Nemov Russia
Rings details	Yuri Chechi Italy	Szilveszter Csollány Hungary Dan Burincă Romania	none awarded
Vault details	Alexei Nemov Russia	Yeo Hong-Chul South Korea	Vitaly Scherbo Belarus

Women's events[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine	Gina Gogean Romania	Simona Amânar Romania Lavinia Miloșovici Romania
Team all-around details	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 Kochetkova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Oksana Liapina	Romania (ROU) Simona Amânar Gina Gogean Ionela Loaieș Alexandra Marinescu Lavinia Miloșovici Mirela Țugurlan
Balance beam details	Shannon Miller United States	Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine	Gina Gogean Romania
Floor exercise details	Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine	Simona Amânar Romania	Dominique Dawes United States
Uneven bars details	Svetlana Khorkina Russia	Amy Chow United States Bi Wenjing China	none awarded
Vault details	Simona Amânar Romania	Mo Huilan China	Gina Gogean Romania

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ukraine	Yanina Batyrchina Russia	Elena Vitrichenko Ukraine
Group all-around details	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 Vjara Vatachka	Russia (RUS) Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova

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	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
11	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	0	2
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
12	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
14	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	4	4
Totals (14 nations)		16	18	17	51

References[]

^ "Gymnastics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ Womens Group at Sports Reference

External links[]

[SR-1] "Gymnastics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[2] Womens Group at Sports Reference

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