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Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of artistic and rhythmic disciplines. Events were held from 20 July to 4 August 1996 at the Georgia Dome (for artistic) and the Stegeman Coliseum (for rhythmic).

This edition marked the debut of the women's rhythmic group all-around competition.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ukraine Ukraine 4 1 2 7
2 Russia Russia 3 3 4 10
3 United States United States 2 2 1 5
4 Romania Romania 1 4 5 10
5 China China 1 4 1 6
6 Germany Germany 1 0 0 1
Greece Greece 1 0 0 1
Italy Italy 1 0 0 1
Spain Spain 1 0 0 1
Switzerland Switzerland 1 0 0 1
11 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 2 0 2
12 Hungary Hungary 0 1 0 1
South Korea South Korea 0 1 0 1
14 Belarus Belarus 0 0 4 4

Medalists[]

Artistic[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around Russia Russia
Sergei Charkov
Nikolay Krukov
Alexei Nemov
Eugeni Podgorni
Dmitriy Trush
Dmitri Vasilenko
Alexei Voropaev
China China
Fan Bin
Fan Hongbin
Huang Huadong
Huang Liping
Li Xiaoshuang
Shen Jian
Zhang Jinjing
Ukraine Ukraine
Igor Korobchinski
Oleg Kosiak
Grigory Misutin
Vladimir Shamenko
Rustam Sharipov
Alexandre Svetlichnyi
Yuri Yermakov
Individual all-around Li Xiaoshuang
China
Alexei Nemov
Russia
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarus
Floor Ioannis Melissanidis
Greece
Li Xiaoshuang
China
Alexei Nemov
Russia
Pommel horse Donghua Li
Switzerland
Marius Urzica
Romania
Alexei Nemov
Russia
Rings Yuri Chechi
Italy
Szilveszter Csollany Hungary
Dan Burinca Romania
Vault Alexei Nemov
Russia
Yeo Hong-chul
South Korea
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarus
Parallel bars Rustam Sharipov
Ukraine
Jair Lynch
United States
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarus
Horizontal bar Andreas Wecker
Germany
Krasimir Dounev
Bulgaria
Vitaly Scherbo Belarus
Fan Bin China
Alexei Nemov Russia

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around United States United States
Amanda Borden
Amy Chow
Dominique Dawes
Shannon Miller
Dominique Moceanu
Jaycie Phelps
Kerri Strug
Russia Russia
Svetlana Chorkina
Elena Dolgopolova
Rozalia Galiyeva
Elena Grosheva
Dina Kochetkova
Eugenia Kuznetsova
Oksana Liapina
Romania Romania
Simona Amanar
Gina Gogean
Ionela Loaies
Alexandra Marinescu
Lavinia Milosovici
Mirela Tugurlan
Individual all-around Lilia Podkopayeva
Ukraine
Gina Gogean
Romania
Simona Amanar Romania
Lavinia Milosovici Romania
Vault Simona Amanar
Romania
Mo Huilan
China
Gina Gogean
Romania
Uneven bars Svetlana Chorkina
Russia
Bi Wenjing China
Amy Chow United States
Balance beam Shannon Miller
United States
Lilia Podkopayeva
Ukraine
Gina Gogean
Romania
Floor Lilia Podkopayeva
Ukraine
Simona Amanar
Romania
Dominique Dawes
United States

Rhythmic[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around Kateryna Serebryanska
Ukraine
Ianina Batrychinko
Russia
Olena Vitrichenko
Ukraine
Group all-around Spain Spain
Marta Baldo
Nuria Cabanillas
Estela Gimenez
Lorena Gurendez
Tania Lamarca
Estibaliz Martinez
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Ina Deltcheva
Valentina Kevlian
Maria Koleva
Maya Tabakova
Ivelina Taleva
Vjara Vatachka
Russia Russia
Evguenia Botchkareva
Olga Chtyrenko
Irina Dziouba
Angelina Iouchkova
Ioulia Ivanova
Elena Krivochei

Statistics[]

  • There were 306 total athletes from 41 countries.
  • Ji Liya was the youngest participant with 14 years and 275 days.
  • Donghua Li was the oldest participant with 29 years and 262 days.
  • No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
  • Romania and Russia won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Ukraine won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Russia and Ukraine won their first-ever medals in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.
  • Greece won its first medal in the sport since Athens 1896.
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