Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

Women's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Superdome
Date	September 21st, 2000
Competitors	97 from 43 nations
Medalists
Simona Amânar  Romania Maria Olaru  Romania Liu Xuan  China
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These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 17 and 21 at the Sydney SuperDome.^[1]

World all-around silver medalist Viktoria Karpenko led the competition until the last rotation, but was thrown from first place after she stubbed her toe, tripped, and fell out of bounds on floor exercise.^[2][3][4][5]

The all-around competition in the discipline of women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) was marred by three separate scandals.

The vault apparatus was set incorrectly for more than half of the meet, and consequently many gymnasts fell and/or were injured on the event. Officials blamed the series of falls and low scores on performance anxiety. It wasn't until Australian gymnast Allana Slater and her coach, Peggy Liddick, voiced concerns about the equipment that officials discovered the apparatus was five centimetres, or almost two inches, lower than it should've been. While athletes were given the opportunity to perform again, for some of them, the damage to their mental or physical health caused by the vault was irreparable. Chinese gymnast Kui Yuanyuan and American gymnast Kristen Maloney both injured their legs while attempting to stick their landings, with Kui needing to be carried to an examination area and Maloney damaging a titanium rod that had recently been implanted in her shin. Romanian gymnast Andreea Răducan ultimately took gold while her teammates, Simona Amânar and Maria Olaru took silver and bronze, respectively.^[6]This is the second all-around title won by a Romanian after Nadia Comăneci.

Andreea Răducan, who initially won the event, had her medal stripped after testing positive for pseudoephedrine, which was in a medication given to her by the team doctor. Raducan appealed the disqualification because she did not take the substance knowingly, nor was she responsible for the error; the IOC admitted Raducan was not at fault, but nonetheless upheld the decision, citing a strict liability standard. ^[7]

Finally, Dong Fangxiao was found in 2010 to have been 14 years old, two years under the minimum age to compete, at the Sydney Olympics. Consequently, all of her results from the Olympics were deleted from the records.^[8]

Results[]

Qualification[]

Sixty-four gymnasts competed in the all-around during the qualification round on September 17. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 21. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final.

Final[]

Rank	Gymnast	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor Exercise	Total
DSQ2	Andreea Răducan (ROU)	9.706	9.575	9.787	9.825	38.893
	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.656	9.512	9.662	9.812	38.642
	Maria Olaru (ROU)	9.656	9.600	9.700	9.625	38.581
	Liu Xuan (CHN)	9.331	9.725	9.750	9.612	38.418
4	Yekaterina Lobaznyuk (RUS)	9.693	9.700	9.425	9.575	38.393
5	Yang Yun (CHN)	9.531	9.787	9.287	9.700	38.305
6	Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)	9.731	9.725	9.700	9.112	38.268
7	Olga Roschupkina (UKR)	9.368	9.725	9.750	9.362	38.205
8	Lisa Skinner (AUS)	9.168	9.650	9.625	9.750	38.193
9	Esther Moya (ESP)	9.631	9.550	9.187	9.712	38.080
10	Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)	9.343	9.012	9.762	9.812	37.929
11	Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)	9.574	9.800	9.775	8.725	37.874
12	Laura Martinez (ESP)	9.518	9.612	9.062	9.637	37.829
13	Elise Ray (USA)	9.487	9.750	8.887	9.537	37.661
14	Amy Chow (USA)	9.443	9.737	9.225	9.187	37.592
15	Kate Richardson (CAN)	9.281	9.662	9.337	9.250	37.530
16	Allana Slater (AUS)	9.025	9.712	9.112	9.662	37.511
17	Martina Bremini (ITA)	9.325	9.600	9.375	9.187	37.487
18	Monica Bergamelli (ITA)	9.449	9.525	8.975	9.500	37.449
19	Kristen Maloney (USA)	9.543	9.587	8.887	9.412	37.429
20	Daniele Hypólito (BRA)	8.962	9.600	9.325	9.450	37.337
21	Sara Moro (ESP)	9.318	9.637	8.725	9.650	37.330
22	Halina Tyryk (UKR)	9.181	9.650	9.512	8.987	37.330
23	Lisa Mason (GBR)	9.356	9.262	9.537	9.012	37.167
24	Delphine Regease (FRA)	9.087	9.225	9.575	9.162	37.049
DSQ3	Dong Fangxiao (CHN)	9.293	9.025	9.275	9.300	36.893
25	Adriana Crisci (ITA)	9.187	9.062	8.962	9.675	36.886
26	Marina Zarzhitskaya (BLR)	9.387	9.637	9.150	8.700	36.874
27	Kana Yamawaki (JPN)	9.293	9.012	9.025	9.312	36.642
28	Jana Komrsková (CZE)	9.506	9.487	8.675	8.950	36.618
29	Nelly Ramassamy (FRA)	9.243	9.137	9.112	9.100	36.592
30	Alexandra Soler (FRA)	9.299	9.487	8.350	9.362	36.498
31	Emma Williams (GBR)	9.143	9.125	9.050	9.125	36.443
32	Yvonne Tousek (CAN)	9.081	9.150	9.225	8.825	36.281
33	Alena Polozkova (BLR)	9.100	8.225	9.275	9.562	36.162
DNF	Annika Reeder (GBR)	7.274	-	-	9.262	16.5361

¹ Annika Reeder was forced to withdraw after being injured on the faulty vaulting horse.

² Răducan originally won the event, but was disqualified after testing positive for pseudoephedrine.

³ Dong Fongxiao originally finished 25th, but was disqualified in 2010 after the IGF discovered she was 14 (and thus under the minimum age to compete) during the Olympics.

Remaining placings[]

Rank	Name	Country
5	Yelena Produnova	Russia
17	Loredana Boboc	Romania
29	Tetiana Yarosh	Ukraine
37	Elvire Teza	France
41	Dominique Dawes	United States
42	Mok Un-ju	North Korea
43	Sigrid Persoon	Belgium
44	Brooke Walker	Australia
45	Oksana Chusovitina	Uzbekistan
46	Tatyana Zharganova	Belarus
47	Irina Yevdokimova	Kazakhstan
48	Melina Sirolli	Argentina
49T	Camila Comin	Brazil
49T	Arlen Lovera	Venezuela
49T	Lise Leveille	Canada
52	Julie Beaulieu	Canada
53	Julija Kovaliova	Lithuania
54	Miho Takenaka	Japan
55	Vasiliki Millousi	Greece
56	Irene Castelli	Italy
57	Laura Robertson	New Zealand
58	Choi Mi-seon	South Korea
59	Zuzana Sekerová	Slovakia
60	Joanna Skowrońska	Poland
61	Katerina Khristoforidou	Greece
62	Mojca Mavrič	Slovenia
63	Kateřina Marešová	Czech Republic
64	Gharde Geldenhuys	Namibia
65	Ling Jie	China
66	Trudy McIntosh	Australia
67	Olha Teslenko	Ukraine
68	Michelle Conway	Canada
69	Anne-Sophie Endeler	France
70	Alexandra Croak	Australia
71	Susana García	Spain
72	Sharna Murray	Great Britain
73	Alice Capitani	Italy
74	Kelly Hackman	Great Britain
75	Nataliya Naranovich	Belarus
76	Marta Cusidó	Spain
77	Adrienn Nyeste	Hungary
78	Son Un-hui	North Korea
79	Tatyana Grigorenko	Belarus
80	Huang Mandan	China
81	Anastasiya Kolesnikova	Russia
82	Melinda Cleland	Australia
83	Kui Yuanyuan	China
84	Anna Chepeleva	Russia
85	Tasha Schwikert-Warren	United States
86	Andreea Isărescu	Romania
87	Paula Thomas	Great Britain
88	Claudia Presăcan	Romania
89	Jamie Dantzscher	United States
90	Paloma Moro	Spain
91	Anna Meysak	Belarus
92	Denisse López	Mexico
93	Alona Kvasha	Ukraine
94	Ludivine Furnon	France
95	Crystal Gilmore	Canada
96	Laura Trefiletti	Italy
97	Yen Au Li	Malaysia

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