When in 1896 powers that be decided to revive the ancient Greek tradition of conducting a sport tournament for the best athletes out there, could they imagine that their initiative would catch on so well?
Since their very first edition, the Modern Olympic Games never failed to create an unforgettable event for the sport professionals and sport fans alike. The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics were no exception. Since 27 July, every day surprised us with yet another interesting moment, outstanding achievement, or proud cheering.
Even though the 2024 Olympics still have several days to conclude its run, a lot of athletes have finished their programme, so results for many sports are already out. One such sport we would like to take a look at today is gymnastics.
Gymnastics Olympics 2024: What You Need To Know
Even back in 1896 gymnastics were so popular that the organizers of the first Olympic Games entered it into the programme along with athletics, cycling, fencing, swimming, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. Since then, gymnastics have been a core sport that was included in every edition of the Summer Olympics, even though initially the disciplines might have looked differently.
While there are a whole number of disciplines united under the gymnastics umbrella, only some of them are officially recognized by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG), the governing body of the sport. Out of those, only three are admitted to the Summer Olympic Games, namely: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampolining.
The same disciplines were entered into the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Artistic gymnastics and trampolining were scheduled between 27 July and 5 August, with 2 August specifically allocated for the trampoline tournament. All events took place at the Bercy Arena. Rhythmic gymnastics are set to take place a little later down the line, from 8 to 10 August. The venue will also be different. This time athletes will move to Porte de La Chapelle Arena, often referred to simply as the Adidas Arena.
This year, the International Olympic Committee allocated a total of 318 berths to athletes in all three disciplines. 192 spots went to artistic gymnastics, 94 to rhythmic gymnastics, and 32 to trampolining.
2024 Olympics Gymnastics Qualifications
Compared to the previous edition of the Games, the qualification was significantly simplified, however, each discipline still had its own process. Qualified athletes were determined through the following tournaments and events:
Artistic gymnastics:
- 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series
- 2024 Continental Championships (including 2023 Pan American Games, 2024 European Championships (MAG, WAG), 2024 African Championships, 2024 Asian Championships (MAG, WAG), 2024 Oceania Championships)
Rhythmic gymnastics:
- 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- 2024 Continental Championships (including 2023 Pan American Games, 2024 African Championships, 2024 Asian Championships, 2024 European Championships, 2024 Oceania Championships)
Trampoline:
- 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
- 2023–24 Trampoline World Cup series
- 2024 Continental Championships (including 2024 African Championships)
Through this qualification process 54 nations were deemed eligible to send their athletes to the 2024 Paris Games. See the full list with the number of athletes per country.
- Algeria (1)
- Armenia (2)
- Australia (13)
- Austria (2)
- Azerbaijan (7)
- Belgium (5)
- Brazil (15)
- Bulgaria (9)
- Canada (11)
- China (20)
- Colombia (3)
- Croatia (2)
- Cyprus (2)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Dominican Republic (1)
- Egypt (10)
- France (14) (host)
- Georgia (1)
- Germany (16)
- Great Britain (13)
- Greece (1)
- Haiti (1)
- Hungary (5)
- Hong Kong (1)
- Indonesia (1)
- Individual Neutral Athletes (3)
- Iran (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Israel (8)
- Italy (17)
- Japan (12)
- Jordan (1)
- Kazakhstan (4)
- Laos (1)
- Lithuania (1)
- Mexico (8)
- Netherlands (10)
- New Zealand (3)
- North Korea (1)
- Panama (1)
- Philippines (4)
- Portugal (2)
- Romania (7)
- Slovenia (2)
- South Africa (1)
- South Korea (8)
- Spain (17)
- Switzerland (6)
- Syria (1)
- Chinese Taipei (2)
- Turkey (5)
- Ukraine (12)
- United States (13)
- Uzbekistan (3)
How Gymnastics Are Evaluated
In gymnastics, all three disciplines have a different system of evaluation. For example, in trampolining only individual results are taken into account, with no team score. In rhythmic gymnastics, athletes are given points both for individual and group performances, however, based on the rules established by the International Federation of Gymnastics, only women can compete in the rhythmic.
Artistic gymnastics has the most elaborate evaluation system. With both genders allowed into the competition, they get an individual and a team all-around score, but also performance on each apparatus is evaluated separately and is eligible for a medal.
Gymnastics Olympics 2024 Winners
Competition in rhythmic gymnastics is just rolling in, but artistic gymnastics and trampolining have finished their roll at this year’s Olympic Games. In artistic gymnastics, men and women were evaluated for their team and individual all-around performances as well as gender eligible apparatus performances.
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Events
Check out winners in all artistic gymnastics disciplines among men.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around | Japan
Daiki Hashimoto Kaya Kazuma Shinnosuke Oka Takaaki Sugino Wataru Tanigawa |
China
Liu Yang Su Weide Xiao Ruoteng Zhang Boheng Zou Jingyuan |
United States
Asher Hong Paul Juda Brody Malone Stephen Nedoroscik Fred Richard |
| Individual all-around | Shinnosuke Oka
(Japan) |
Zhang Boheng
(China) |
Xiao Ruoteng
(China) |
| Floor exercise | Carlos Yulo
(Philippines) |
Artem Dolgopyat
(Israel) |
Jake Jarman
(Great Britain) |
| Pommel horse | Rhys McClenaghan
(Ireland) |
Nariman Kurbanov
(Kazakhstan) |
Stephen Nedoroscik
(United States) |
| Rings | Liu Yang
(China) |
Zou Jingyuan
(China) |
Eleftherios Petrounias
(Greece) |
| Vault | Carlos Yulo
(Philippines) |
Artur Davtyan
(Armenia) |
Harry Hepworth
(Great Britain) |
| Parallel bars | Zou Jingyuan
(China) |
Illia Kovtun
(Ukraine) |
Shinnosuke Oka
(Japan) |
| Horizontal bar | Shinnosuke Oka
(Japan) |
Ángel Barajas
(Colombia) |
Zhang Boheng
(China) |
| Tang Chia-hung
(Chinese Taipei) |
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Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Events
Check out winners in all artistic gymnastics disciplines among women.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around | United States
Simone Biles Jade Carey Jordan Chiles Sunisa Lee Hezly Rivera |
Italy
Angela Andreoli Alice D’Amato Manila Esposito Elisa Iorio Giorgia Villa |
Brazil
Rebeca Andrade Jade Barbosa Lorrane Oliveira Flávia Saraiva Júlia Soares |
| Individual all-around | Simone Biles
(United States) |
Rebeca Andrade
(Brazil) |
Sunisa Lee
(United States) |
| Vault | Simone Biles
(United States) |
Rebeca Andrade
(Brazil) |
Jade Carey
(United States) |
| Uneven bars | Kaylia Nemour
(Algeria) |
Qiu Qiyuan
(China) |
Sunisa Lee
(United States) |
| Balance beam | Alice D’Amato
(Italy) |
Zhou Yaqin
(China) |
Manila Esposito
(Italy) |
| Floor exercise | Rebeca Andrade
(Brazil) |
Simone Biles
(United States) |
Jordan Chiles
(United States) |
Men’s and Women’s Trampolining Event
As trampolining is a single apparatus discipline where only individual performances are evaluated, there are only three winners per gender: gold, silver, and bronze. Check out the names of this year’s medalists below.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men’s individual | Ivan Litvinovich
(Individual Neutral Athletes) |
Wang Zisai
(China) |
Yan Langyu
(China) |
| Women’s individual | Bryony Page
(Great Britain) |
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya
(Individual Neutral Athletes) |
Sophiane Méthot
(Canada) |
Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics Events
As the rhythmic gymnastics tournament is scheduled to take place this week, watch this space for more updates on the names of the 2024 Olympic medalists.
With the current distribution of gymnastics medals per National Olympic Committee (NOC), the following are the NOCs with the highest number of medals won at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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