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Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics consisted of artistic, rhythmic and trampoline disciplines. Events were held from 9 to 24 August 2008 at the National Indoor Stadium and the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China China 11 2 5 18
2 United States United States 2 6 2 10
3 Russia Russia 2 0 2 4
4 Romania Romania 1 0 1 2
5 North Korea North Korea 1 0 0 1
Poland Poland 1 0 0 1
7 Canada Canada 0 2 0 2
Japan Japan 0 2 0 2
9 Belarus Belarus 0 1 1 2
France France 0 1 1 2
Germany Germany 0 1 1 2
12 Croatia Croatia 0 1 0 1
South Korea South Korea 0 1 0 1
Spain Spain 0 1 0 1
15 Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 2 2
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0 0 2 2
17 Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Artistic[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around China China
Chen Yibing
Huang Xu
Li Xiaopeng
Xiao Qin
Yang Wei
Zou Kai
Japan Japan
Takehiro Kashima
Takuya Nakase
Makoto Okiguchi
Koki Sakamoto
Hiroyuki Tomita
Kohei Uchimura
United States United States
Alexander Artemev
Raj Bhavsar
Joey Hagerty
Jonathan Horton
Justin Spring
Kai Wen Tan
Individual all-around Yang Wei
China
Kohei Uchimura
Japan
Benoit Caranobe
France
Floor Zou Kai
China
Gervasio Deferr
Spain
Anton Golotsutskov
Russia
Pommel horse Xiao Qin
China
Filip Ude
Croatia
Louis Smith
Great Britain
Rings Chen Yibing
China
Yang Wei
China
Oleksandr Vorobiov
Ukraine
Vault Leszek Blanik
Poland
Thomas Bouhail
France
Anton Golotsutskov
Russia
Parallel bars Li Xiaopeng
China
Yoo Won-chul
South Korea
Anton Fokin
Uzbekistan
Horizontal bar Zou Kai
China
Jonathan Horton
United States
Fabian Hambuechen
Germany

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around China China
Cheng Fei
Deng Linlin
He Kexin
Jiang Yuyuan
Li Shanshan
Yang Yilin
United States United States
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Chellsie Memmel
Samantha Peszek
Alicia Sacramone
Bridget Sloan
Romania Romania
Andreea Acatrinei
Gabriela Dragoi
Andreea Grigore
Sandra Izbasa
Steliana Nistor
Anamaria Tamarjan
Individual all-around Nastia Liukin
United States
Shawn Johnson
United States
Yang Yilin
China
Vault Hong Un-jong
North Korea
Oksana Chusovitina
Germany
Cheng Fei
China
Uneven bars He Kexin
China
Nastia Liukin
United States
Yang Yilin
China
Balance beam Shawn Johnson
United States
Nastia Liukin
United States
Cheng Fei
China
Floor Sandra Izbasa
Romania
Shawn Johnson
United States
Nastia Liukin
United States

Rhythmic[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around Evgeniya Kanaeva
Russia
Inna Zhukova
Belarus
Anna Bessonova
Ukraine
Group all-around Russia Russia
Margarita Aliychuk
Anna Gavrilenko
Tatiana Gorbunova
Elena Posevina
Daria Shkurikhina
Natalia Zueva
China China
Cai Tongtong
Chou Tao
Li Yuanyang
Sui Jianshuang
Sun Dan
Zhang Shuo
Belarus Belarus
Olesya Babushkina
Anastasia Ivankova
Zinaida Lunina
Glafira Martinovich
Ksenia Sankovich
Alina Tumilovich

Trampoline[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Lu Chunlong
China
Jason Burnett
Canada
Dong Dong
China
Women's individual He Wenna
China
Karen Cockburn
Canada
Ekaterina Khilko
Uzbekistan

Statistics[]

  • There were 323 total athletes from 40 countries.
  • Jo Hyun-joo was the youngest participant with 15 years and 240 days.
  • Yordan Yovchev was the oldest participant with 35 years and 166 days.
  • Albert Azaryan and Wania Monteiro were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony for Armenia and Cape Verde.
  • China won 18 medals, more than in any other sport.
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