:Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Gymnastics

| games = 2016 Summer

| image = 90px 90px 90px

| caption = Pictograms for artistic gymnastics (left), rhythmic gymnastics (center), and trampolining (right)

| venue = Arena Olímpica do Rio

| dates = 6–21 August 2016

| competitors =

| nations = 63

| num_events = 18

| prev = 2012

| next = 2020

}}

File:Rhythmic Gymnastics - Rio 2016 (29004863522).jpg

{{Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/artistic-gymnastics |title=Rio 2016: Artistic Gymnastics |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330025238/http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/artistic-gymnastics |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/rhythmic-gymnastics |title=Rio 2016: Rhythmic Gymnastics |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330030509/http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/rhythmic-gymnastics |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/trampoline-gymnastics |title=Rio 2016: Gymnastics (Trampoline) |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330081242/http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/gymnastics-trampoline |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}

Qualification

{{Main|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.{{cite news |title=Rio 2016 – FIG Gymnastics Qualification System |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/rules/files/olympic/Rio%202016-Qualification-system.pdf |publisher=FIG |access-date=20 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319073321/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/rules/files/olympic/Rio%202016-Qualification-system.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 |df=dmy-all}}

Schedule

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Final

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|+Artistic (HSBC Arena){{cite web|url=http://ingressos.rio2016.com/rio2016.html?affiliate=OGR&doc=search&fun=search&action=filter|title=Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions|publisher=Rio 2016|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909132338/https://ingressos.rio2016.com/rio2016.html?affiliate=OGR&doc=search&fun=search&action=filter|url-status=dead}}

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Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thur 11Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16
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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's individual all-around

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's team all-around

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's vault

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's floor

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's pommel horse

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's rings

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's parallel bars

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men's horizontal bar

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's individual all-around

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's team all-around

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's vault

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's balance beam

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's uneven bars

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women's floor

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|+Rhythmic (HSBC Arena)

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| style="text-align:left;" | Individual all-around

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| style="text-align:left;" | Group all-around

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|+Trampoline (HSBC Arena)

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! Event↓/Date →

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| style="text-align:left;" | Men

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women

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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.

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  • {{flagIOC|ALG|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ARG|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ARM|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|AUS|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|AUT|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|AZE|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|BLR|2016 Summer|12}}
  • {{flagIOC|BEL|2016 Summer|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|BRA|2016 Summer|17}}
  • {{flagIOC|BUL|2016 Summer|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|2016 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|CPV|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|CHI|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|CHN|2016 Summer|20}}
  • {{flagIOC|COL|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|CRO|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|CUB|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|CYP|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|CZE|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|EGY|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|2016 Summer|13}}
  • {{flagIOC|GEO|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|GER|2016 Summer|17}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|2016 Summer|13}}
  • {{flagIOC|GRE|2016 Summer|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|GUA|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ISL|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|IND|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|IRL|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ISR|2016 Summer|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|2016 Summer|12}}
  • {{flagIOC|JAM|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|JPN|2016 Summer|19}}
  • {{flagIOC|KAZ|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|LTU|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|MEX|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|MON|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|NED|2016 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|NZL|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|PRK|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|NOR|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|PAN|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|PER|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|POL|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|POR|2016 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROU|2016 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|RUS|2016 Summer|20}}
  • {{flagIOC|SVK|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|SLO|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|RSA|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|KOR|2016 Summer|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|ESP|2016 Summer|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|2016 Summer|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|TTO|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|TUR|2016 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|UKR|2016 Summer|13}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|2016 Summer|18}}
  • {{flagIOC|UZB|2016 Summer|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|VEN|2016 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|VIE|2016 Summer|2}}

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=Participating gymnasts=

{{main|List of gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = BRA

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 2016 Summer

| team =

| gold_USA = 4 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 2

| gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0

| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 0

| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 0

| gold_PRK = 1 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 0

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 1 | host_BRA = yes

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 4

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1

}}

Events

=Artistic gymnastics=

==Men's events==

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
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|Team all-around
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around}}

|{{flagIOC|JPN|2016 Summer}} (JPN)
Kenzō Shirai
Yusuke Tanaka
Koji Yamamuro
Kōhei Uchimura
Ryōhei Katō

|{{flagIOC|RUS|2016 Summer}} (RUS)
Denis Ablyazin
David Belyavskiy
Ivan Stretovich
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikita Nagornyy

|{{flagIOC|CHN|2016 Summer}} (CHN)
Deng Shudi
Lin Chaopan
Liu Yang
You Hao
Zhang Chenglong

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|{{nowrap begin}}Individual all-around{{nowrap end}}
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Kōhei Uchimura|JPN|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Oleg Verniaiev|UKR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Max Whitlock|GBR|2016 Summer}}

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Floor exercise
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's floor}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Max Whitlock|GBR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Diego Hypólito|BRA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Arthur Mariano|BRA|2016 Summer}}

Pommel horse
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Max Whitlock|GBR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Louis Smith|GBR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Alexander Naddour|USA|2016 Summer}}

Rings
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's rings}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Eleftherios Petrounias|GRE|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Arthur Zanetti|BRA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Denis Ablyazin|RUS|2016 Summer}}

Vault
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's vault}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Ri Se-gwang|PRK|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Denis Ablyazin|RUS|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Kenzō Shirai|JPN|2016 Summer}}

Parallel bars
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Oleg Verniaiev|UKR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Danell Leyva|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|David Belyavskiy|RUS|2016 Summer}}

Horizontal bar
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Fabian Hambüchen|GER|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Danell Leyva|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Nile Wilson|GBR|2016 Summer}}

==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.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/19/romanian-gymnastics-olympics-failure |title=Romania's Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong? |author=Dvora Meyers |date=19 April 2016 |publisher=The Guardian (London)}}{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/18/474696387/romanian-womens-gymnastics-team-fails-to-qualify-for-olympics-ending-medal-strea |title=Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak |date=18 April 2016 |author=Laura Wagner |publisher=npr}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/176881-why-isnt-the-romania-gymnastics-team-at-rio-the-womens-team-isnt-competing-this-year |title=Why Isn't The Romania Gymnastics Team At Rio? The Women's Team Isn't Competing This Year |author=Erin Corbett |date=4 August 2016 |publisher=Bustle.com}}

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
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|Team all-around
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around}}

|{{flagIOC|USA|2016 Summer}} (USA)
Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
Laurie Hernandez
Madison Kocian
Aly Raisman

|{{flagIOC|RUS|2016 Summer}} (RUS)
Angelina Melnikova
Aliya Mustafina
Maria Paseka
Daria Spiridonova
Seda Tutkhalyan

|{{flagIOC|CHN|2016 Summer}} (CHN)
Fan Yilin
Mao Yi
Shang Chunsong
Tan Jiaxin
Wang Yan

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|{{nowrap begin}}Individual all-around{{nowrap end}}
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Simone Biles|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Aly Raisman|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Aliya Mustafina|RUS|2016 Summer}}

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Vault
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's vault}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Simone Biles|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Maria Paseka|RUS|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Giulia Steingruber|SUI|2016 Summer}}

Uneven bars
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Aliya Mustafina|RUS|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Madison Kocian|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Sophie Scheder|GER|2016 Summer}}

Balance beam
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Sanne Wevers|NED|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Laurie Hernandez|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Simone Biles|USA|2016 Summer}}

Floor exercise
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's floor}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Simone Biles|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Aly Raisman|USA|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Amy Tinkler|GBR|2016 Summer}}

=Rhythmic gymnastics=

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
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|Group all-around
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around}}

| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2016 Summer}}
Vera Biryukova
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Tatareva
Maria Tolkacheva

| {{flagIOCteam|ESP|2016 Summer}}
Sandra Aguilar
Artemi Gavezou
Elena López
Lourdes Mohedano
Alejandra Quereda

| {{flagIOCteam|BUL|2016 Summer}}
Reneta Kamberova
Lyubomira Kazanova
Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova
Tsvetelina Naydenova
Hristiana Todorova

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| Individual all-around
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Margarita Mamun|RUS|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yana Kudryavtseva|RUS|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ganna Rizatdinova|UKR|2016 Summer}}

=Trampoline=

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
Men's individual
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's trampoline}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Uladzislau Hancharou|BLR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Dong Dong|CHN|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Gao Lei|CHN|2016 Summer}}

{{nowrap begin}}Women's individual{{nowrap end}}
{{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's trampoline}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Rosie MacLennan|CAN|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Bryony Page|GBR|2016 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Li Dan|CHN|2016 Summer}}

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.{{cite news |title=Parallel Bars, Stripteases, Wigs: Rio's Hottest Club Is the Gymnastics Gala |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/parallel-bars-stripteases-wigs-rios-hottest-club-is-the-gymnastics-gala-1471469066 |website=Wall Street Journal |date=17 August 2016 |access-date=15 October 2016|last1=Radnofsky |first1=Louise }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5187-188809-206031-44770-316559-news-item,00.html |title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : ACRO |publisher=Fig-gymnastics.com |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=30 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184816/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0%2C10869%2C5187-188809-206031-44770-316559-news-item%2C00.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy}}

References

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