2008 Summer Olympics / Gymnastics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing , 14 artistic gymnastics competitions were held, with both men and women battling for medals in all- around competitions , in teams, on vaults and on the ground . In addition, there were decisions on the balance beam and the uneven bars for the women and on the rings , the parallel bars , the horizontal bar and the pommel horse for the men. A total of 98 gymnasts each took part in Beijing.

Qualification criteria

The 12 best teams from the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart qualified for the team competition, both for women and men . Each of the 12 qualified teams was allowed to send six starters, so that 72 of the 98 places were taken. The National Olympic Committees of the teams placed 13 to 15 at the World Championships were each allowed to send two starters to Beijing, and those of the teams in ranks 16 to 18 were allowed to send one each. Another six places went to the NOK, whose participants did best in the all-around competition, apart from the 18 NOKs mentioned above. The remaining free places in the field of participants were distributed to less occupied continents and by wildcard according to the performance at the device finals in Stuttgart .

Artistic gymnastics women

All-around

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Nastia Liukin	63,325 jump 15,025 uneven bars 16,650 balance beam 16,125 bottom 15,525
2	United States	Shawn Johnson	62,725 jump 15,875 uneven bars 15,275 balance beam 16,050 bottom 15,525
3	CHN	Yang Yilin	62,650 jump 15,175 uneven bars 16,725 balance beam 15,750 bottom 15,000
4th	RUS	Xenia Semenova	61,925 jump 14,750 uneven bars 16,475 balance beam 15,925 bottom 14,775
5	ROME	Steliana Nistor	61.050 Jump 15.025 Uneven Bars 15.975 Balance Beam 15.550 Floor 14.500
6th	CHN	Jiang Yuyuan	60,900 jump 14,825 uneven bars 15,875 balance beam 15,425 bottom 14,775
7th	RUS	Anna Pavlova	60.825 jump 15.275 uneven bars 14.525 balance beam 15.975 bottom 15.050
8th	ROME	Sandra Izbașa	60,750 jump 15,075 uneven bars 14,300 balance beam 15,875 floor 15,500

Date: August 15, 2008, 11:15 a.m.

Balance beam

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Shawn Johnson	16.225
2	United States	Nastia Liukin	16.025
3	CHN	Cheng Fei	15,950
4th	RUS	Anna Pavlova	15,900
5	ROME	Gabriela Drăgoi	15.625
6th	CHN	Li Shanshan	15,300
7th	RUS	Xenia Afanasseva	14.825
8th	JPN	Koko Tsurumi	14,450

Date: August 19, 2008, 6:46 pm

ground

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	ROME	Sandra Izbașa	15,650
2	United States	Shawn Johnson	15,500
3	United States	Nastia Liukin	15.425
4th	CHN	Jiang Yuyuan	15,350
5	RUS	Ekaterina Kramarenko	15.025
6th	BRA	Daiane dos Santos	14.975
7th	CHN	Cheng Fei	14,550
8th	RUS	Anna Pavlova	14.125

Date: August 17, 2008, 8:15 p.m.

Uneven bars

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	CHN	Hey Kexin	16.725
2	United States	Nastia Liukin	16.725
3	CHN	Yang Yilin	16,650
4th	GBR	Beth Tweddle	16.625
5	UKR	Anastassija Kowal	16.375
6th	RUS	Xenia Semenova	16,325
7th	ROME	Steliana Nistor	15.575
8th	UKR	Daryna Shoba	14.875

Date: August 18, 2008, 6:43 pm

Leap

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	PRK	Hong Un Jong	15,650
2	GER	Oksana Chusovitina	15,575
3	CHN	Cheng Fei	15,562
4th	United States	Alicia Sacramone	15,537
5	SUI	Ariella Kaeslin	15,050
6th	ITA	Carlotta Giovannini	14,550
7th	BRA	Jade Barbosa	14,487
8th	RUS	Anna Pavlova	7,812

Date: August 17, 2008, 6:43 pm

team

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	CHN	Cheng Fei He Kexin Jiang Yuyuan Li Shanshan Yang Yilin Deng Linlin	188,900 floor 45,800 jump 46,350 uneven bars 49,625 balance beam 47,125
2	United States	Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan	186,525 floor 44,425 jump 46,875 uneven bars 47,975 balance beam 47,250
3	ROME	Steliana Nistor Sandra Izbașa Andreea Acatrinei Andreea Grigore Gabriela Drăgoi Anamaria Tămârjan	181,525 floor 45,075 jump 45,275 uneven bars 45,000 balance beam 46,175
4th	RUS	Xenija Afanassjewa Swetlana Kljukina Jekaterina Kramarenko Anna Pavlova Lyudmila Grebenkowa Xenija Semjonowa	180,625 floor 43,350 jump 45,425 uneven bars 46,950 balance beam 44,900
5	JPN	Kōko Tsurumi Kyōko Ōshima Yū Minobe Miki Uemura Mayu Kuroda Yūko Shintake	176.700 floor 42.675 jump 43.550 uneven bars 45.525 balance beam 44.950
6th	OUT	Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan Lauren Mitchell Olivia Vivian Daria Joura Shona Morgan	176,525 floor 42,900 jump 44,150 uneven bars 43,575 balance beam 45,900
7th	FRA	Marine Debauve Laetitia Dugain Katheleen Lindor Erika Morel Marine Petit Rose-Eliandre Bellemare	175.275 floor 43.325 jump 44.050 uneven bars 44.175 balance beam 43.725
8th	BRA	Ana Silva Daiane dos Santos Daniele Hypólito Ethiene Franco Jade Barbosa Laís Souza	174,875 floor 42,975 jump 44,300 uneven bars 43,700 balance beam 43,900

Date: August 12, 2008, final at 10:30 am
The Chinese gymnastics team won team gold for the women for the first time. However, the performance of the Chinese gymnasts attracted a lot of attention, as the four gymnasts He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Yang Yilin and Deng Linlin are said to have not yet reached the minimum age of 16 years. Yang Yun had already competed illegally at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney because she was only 14 years old at the competitions, which she later admitted. The international gymnastics federation FIG announced, however, that he had to stick to the passports on which all Chinese women are at least 16 years old.

Qualified teams

1.  United States
2.  People's Republic of China
3.  Romania
4.  Russia
5.  Italy
6.  United Kingdom
7.  Brazil
8.  France
9.  Ukraine
10.  Germany
11.  Australia
12.  Japan

NOKs with two single starters

1.  North Korea
2.  Canada
3.  Spain

NOKs with a single starter

1.  Czech Republic
2.  Netherlands
3.  Switzerland
4.  Greece
5.  Belarus
6.  Sweden
7.  Hungary
8.  Colombia
9.  Mexico
10.  South Korea
11.  Poland
12.  Belgium
13.  Egypt
14.  Croatia
15.  Finland
16.  Venezuela
17.  Bulgaria
18.  Israel
19.  Lithuania

Artistic gymnastics men

All-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Yang Wei	94,575 floor 15,250 pommel horse 15,275 rings 16,625 jump 16,550 bars 16,100 horizontal bar 14,775
2	JPN	Kōhei Uchimura	91.975 floor 15.825 pommel horse 13.275 rings 15.200 jump 16.300 bars 15.975 horizontal bar 15.400
3	FRA	Benoît Caranobe	91,925 floor 15,350 pommel horse 14,875 rings 15,175 jump 16,600 bars 15,050 horizontal bar 14,875
4th	JPN	Hiroyuki Tomita	91,750 floor 15,100 pommel horse 15,425 rings 13,850 jump 15,700 bars 16,000 horizontal bar 15,675
5	RUS	Sergei Chorochordin	91,700 floor 15,150 pommel horse 15,100 rings 15,400 jump 15,300 bars 15,700 horizontal bar 15,050
6th	RUS	Maxim Deviatovsky	91.700 floor 15.225 pommel horse 15.200 rings 15.625 jump 15.225 parallel bars 15.325 horizontal bar 15.100
7th	GER	Fabian Hambüchen	91.675 floor 15.625 pommel horse 14.375 rings 15.025 jump 15.975 bars 15.275 horizontal bar 15.400
8th	COR	Yang Tae-young	91.600 floor 15.225 pommel horse 14.300 rings 14.900 jump 16.075 bars 16.350 horizontal bar 14.750

Date: August 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m.

ground

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Zou Kai	16,050
2	ESP	Gervasio Deferr	15.775
3	RUS	Anton Golozuzkow	15.725
4th	GER	Fabian Hambüchen	15,650
5	JPN	Kōhei Uchimura	15.575
6th	BRA	Diego Hypolito	15,200
7th	ROME	Marian Drăgulescu	14,850
8th	ISR	Alexander Shatilov	14.125

Date: August 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Zou Kai	16,200
2	United States	Jonathan Horton	16.175
3	GER	Fabian Hambüchen	15.875
4th	ITA	Igor Cassina	15.675
5	JPN	Takuya Nakase	15,450
6th	JPN	Hiroyuki Tomita	15.225
7th	NED	Epke Zonderland	15,000
8th	FRA	Yann Cucherat	14.825

Date: August 19, 2008, 7:33 pm

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Li Xiaopeng	16,450
2	COR	Yoo Won-chul	16,250
3	UZB	Anton Fokin	16,200
4th	GER	Fabian Hambüchen	15.975
5	SLO	Mitja Petkovšek	15.725
6th	CHN	Huang Xu	15,700
7th	COR	Yang Tae-young	15,650
8th	RUS	Nikolai Kryukov	15,150

Date: August 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Xiao Qin	15.875
2	CRO	Filip Ude	15.725
3	GBR	Louis Smith	15.725
4th	CHN	Yang Wei	15,450
5	JPN	Hiroyuki Tomita	15.375
6th	COR	Kim Ji-hoon	15.175
7th	United States	Alexander Artemev	14.975
8th	VEN	José Luis Fuentes	14,650

Date: August 17, 2008, 7:29 pm

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Chen Yibing	16,600
2	CHN	Yang Wei	16,425
3	UKR	Oleksandr Vorobyov	16.325
4th	ITA	Andrea Coppolino	16.225
5	FRA	Danny Rodrigues	16.225
6th	ITA	Matteo Morandi	16,200
7th	ROME	Robert Stănescu	15.825
8th	BUL	Jordan Jovchev	15.525

Date: August 18, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

Leap

space	country	athlete	Points
1	POLE	Leszek Blanik	16,537
2	FRA	Thomas Bouhail	16,537
3	RUS	Anton Golozuzkow	16.475
4th	ROME	Marian Drăgulescu	16.225
5	FRA	Benoît Caranobe	16,062
6th	BLR	Dmitry Kasperovich	16,050
7th	ROME	Flavius ​​Koczi	15.925
8th	ESP	Isaac Botella	15.737

Date: August 18, 2008; 7:29 pm

team

space	country	athlete	Points
1	CHN	Chen Yibing Huang Xu Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin Yang Wei Zou Kai	286.125 floor 45.925 pommel horse 46.025 rings 48.875 jump 49.325 parallel bars 49.025 horizontal bar 46.950
2	JPN	Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Kōki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura	278,875 floor 45,975 pommel horse 45,575 rings 46,900 jump 46,750 bars 47,075 horizontal bar 46,600
3	United States	Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joey Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kai Wen Tan	275,850 floor 45,400 pommel horse 41,875 rings 46,375 jump 48,225 bars 47,050 horizontal bar 46,925
4th	GER	Thomas Andergassen Philipp Boy Fabian Hambüchen Robert Juckel Marcel Nguyen Eugen Spiridonov	274,600 floor 46,225 pommel horse 44,650 rings 45,650 jump 47,000 bars 45,425 horizontal bar 45,650
5	COR	Kim Dae-eun Kim Ji-hoon Kim Seung-il Kim Soo-myun Yang Tae-young Yoo Won-chul	274,375 floor 46,350 pommel horse 43,050 rings 45,500 jump 47,225 bars 47,225 horizontal bar 45,025
6th	RUS	Maxim Dewjatowski Anton Golozuzkow Sergei Chorochordin Nikolai Krjukow Konstantin Pluschnikow Juri Ryazanow	274,300 floor 46,050 pommel horse 42,875 rings 45,950 jump 48,150 bars 47,300 horizontal bar 43,975
7th	ROME	Adrian Bucur Marian Drăgulescu Flavius ​​Koczi Daniel Popescu Răzvan Șelariu Robert Stănescu	274,175 floor 46,250 pommel horse 43,525 rings 46,375 jump 49,300 bars 45,225 horizontal bar 43,500
8th	FRA	Thomas Bouhail Benoît Caranobe Yann Cucherat Dimitri Karbanenko Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues Hamilton Sabot	272,875 floor 44,625 pommel horse 42,925 rings 45,300 jump 48,400 bars 46,575 horizontal bar 45,050

Date: August 12, 2008, final at 10:00 am
There was no team from Switzerland or Austria at the start. The German team fell back to seventh place after two falls, including one from Fabian Hambüchen on the horizontal bar, but was able to almost reach the podium on the last device, the pommel horse. China won clearly and was the strongest team in all individual disciplines except on the ground. With a strong performance on the horizontal bar, the last device for them, Japan secured the silver medal ahead of the Americans, who fell back to third place after two poor attempts on the pommel horse.

Qualified teams

1.  People's Republic of China
2.  Japan
3.  Germany
4.  United States
5.  Russia
6.  Romania
7.  Spain
8.  South Korea
9.  France
10.  Italy
11.  Canada
12.  Belarus

NOKs with two single starters

1.  Ukraine
2.  Switzerland
3.  United Kingdom

NOKs with a single starter

1.  Puerto Rico
2.  Brazil
3.  Greece
4.  Bulgaria
5.  Uzbekistan
6.  Croatia
7.  Venezuela
8.  Netherlands
9.  Czech Republic
10.  Georgia
11.  Poland
12.  Slovenia
13.  Australia
14.  Egypt
15.  Hungary
16.  Belgium
17.  Luxembourg
18.  Israel
19.  Colombia

Medal table gymnastics

Medal table gymnastics
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	People's Republic of China	9	1	4th	14th
02	United States	2	6th	2	10
03	Romania	1	-	1	2
04th	North Korea	1	-	-	1
	Poland	1	-	-	1
06th	Japan	-	2	-	2
07th	Germany	-	1	1	2
	France	-	1	1	2
09	Croatia	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
	South Korea	-	1	-	1
12	Russia	-	-	2	2
13	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1
	Ukraine	-	-	1	1
	Uzbekistan	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sport.t-online.de China celebrates
2. ^ Controversy over Chinese gymnastics kindergarten , sport.ch, August 13, 2008