Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 21–24. The trampoline events were also held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 16–19.[1]

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Pictograms for artistic (left) and rhythmic (right)
VenueBeijing National Indoor Stadium (artistic and trampoline)
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (rhythmic)
DatesAugust 9 – 19
Gymnastics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Qualificationmenwomen
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen
Rhythmic
Group all-aroundwomen
Individual all-aroundwomen
Trampoline
Individualmenwomen

Competition schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Artistic gymnastics
DateTimeEvent
Saturday, August 9, 200812:00 - 14:00Men's Qualification - Subdivision 1
16:00 - 18:00Men's Qualification - Subdivision 2
20:00 - 22:00Men's Qualification - Subdivision 3
Sunday, August 10, 200810:00 - 11:30Women's Qualification - Subdivision 1
13:30 - 15:00Women's Qualification - Subdivision 2
17:00 - 18:30Women's Qualification - Subdivision 3
20:00 - 21:30Women's Qualification - Subdivision 4
Tuesday, August 12, 200810:00 - 12:30Men's Team Final
Wednesday, August 13, 200810:30 - 12:00Women's Team Final
Thursday, August 14, 200811:00 - 13:30Men's Individual All-Around Final
Friday, August 15, 200811:15 - 13:00Women's Individual All-Around Final
Sunday, August 17, 200818:00 - 18:30Men's Floor Exercise Final
18:46 - 19:15Women's Vault Final
19:33 - 20:00Men's Pommel Horse Final
20:19 - 20:45Women's Floor Exercise Final
Monday, August 18, 200818:00 - 18:30Men's Rings Final
18:46 - 19:15Women's Uneven Bars Final
19:33 - 20:00Men's Vault Final
Tuesday, August 19, 200818:00 - 18:30Men's Parallel Bars Final
18:46 - 19:15Women's Balance Beam Final
19:33 - 20:00Men's Horizontal Bar Final

Rhythmic gymnastics
DateTimeEvent
Thursday, August 21, 200818:00 - 20:30Individual All-Around Qualification
20:30 - 21:30Group All-Around Qualification
Friday, August 22, 200818:00 - 20:30Individual All-Around Qualification
20:30 - 21:30Group All-Around Qualification
Saturday, August 23, 200818:00 - 20:00Individual All-Around Final
Sunday, August 24, 200811:00 - 12:15Group All-Around Final

Medal summary

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
 Yang Wei
 China		 Kōhei Uchimura
 Japan		 Benoît Caranobe
 France
Team all-around
  China (CHN)
Chen Yibing
Huang Xu
Li Xiaopeng
Xiao Qin
Yang Wei
Zou Kai		  Japan (JPN)
Takehiro Kashima
Takuya Nakase
Makoto Okiguchi
Koki Sakamoto
Hiroyuki Tomita
Kōhei Uchimura		  United States (USA)
Alexander Artemev
Raj Bhavsar
Joseph Hagerty
Jonathan Horton
Justin Spring
Kai Wen Tan
Floor exercise
 Zou Kai
 China		 Gervasio Deferr
 Spain		 Anton Golotsutskov
 Russia
Horizontal bar
 Zou Kai
 China		 Jonathan Horton
 United States		 Fabian Hambüchen
 Germany
Parallel bars
 Li Xiaopeng
 China		 Yoo Won-chul
 South Korea		 Anton Fokin
 Uzbekistan
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

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
 Nastia Liukin
 United States		 Shawn Johnson
 United States		 Yang Yilin
 China
Team all-around
  China (CHN)
Cheng Fei
Deng Linlin
He Kexin
Jiang Yuyuan
Li Shanshan
Yang Yilin		  United States (USA)
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Chellsie Memmel
Samantha Peszek
Alicia Sacramone
Bridget Sloan		  Romania (ROU)
Andreea Acatrinei
Gabriela Drăgoi
Andreea Grigore
Sandra Izbaşa
Steliana Nistor
Anamaria Tămârjan
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 exercise
 Sandra Izbaşa
 Romania		 Shawn Johnson
 United States		 Nastia Liukin
 United States
The group of top six AA female qualifiers face the judges before the start of competition.

Rhythmic gymnastics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
 Yevgeniya Kanayeva
 Russia		 Inna Zhukova
 Belarus		 Anna Bessonova
 Ukraine
Group all-around
  Russia (RUS)
Margarita Aliychuk
Anna Gavrilenko
Tatiana Gorbunova
Elena Posevina
Darya Shkurihina
Natalia Zueva		  China (CHN)
Cai Tongtong
Chou Tao
Lü Yuanyang
Sui Jianshuang
Sun Dan
Zhang Shuo		  Belarus (BLR)
Olesya Babushkina
Anastasia Ivankova
Ksenia Sankovich
Zinaida Lunina
Glafira Martinovich
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

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)112518
2 United States (USA)26210
3 Russia (RUS)2024
4 Romania (ROU)1012
5 North Korea (PRK)1001
 Poland (POL)1001
7 Canada (CAN)0202
 Japan (JPN)0202
9 Belarus (BLR)0112
 France (FRA)0112
 Germany (GER)0112
12 Croatia (CRO)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
15 Ukraine (UKR)0022
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0022
17 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (17 nations)18181854

Qualification
Further information: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Champions Gala

The traditional Gymnastics Champions Gala took place on August 20 at the National Indoor Stadium. Participants are mainly selected from the 2008 Olympic trampoline and artistic gymnastics, as well as medalists from world championships. In addition, some Chinese pop stars appeared in the Gala.

The performances included Olympic disciplines such as floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, uneven bars, balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics; non-Olympic discipline such as tumbling and acrobatic; and art performances such as dancing, martial art, instrument performance and chorus.

Age controversy

On August 21, 2008 the IOC instructed the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to investigate allegations that Chinese gymnast He Kexin was underaged and therefore ineligible to compete during the Olympic gymnastics competition.[2] The FIG requires that all gymnasts be at least 16 years of age in the Olympic calendar year.[2] The IOC had initially accepted the ages of all the Chinese participants, but newly uncovered documents suggested He was 14 years old, and thus ineligible to compete.[2]

The investigation was initiated after an American blogger reported on a cached official Excel spreadsheet showing He's birthday as January 1, 1994.[2][3] His discoveries support earlier reports from The New York Times[4] and other bloggers regarding He's age discrepancy. Earlier, several bloggers found links to news stories and photo captions from 2007 and early 2008, including stories in the state-run Xinhua news service, that cited He's age as 13.[2]

On October 1, 2008, the FIG ended their investigation and concluded that He and her teammates from the 2008 Olympic games were old enough to compete.[5] This ruling confirmed the FIG's initial conclusions. Though some media outlets have voiced doubts about the decision,[6][7][8] the gymnasts have been cleared by the FIG of any wrongdoing.

In 2014, North Korean female gymnast Cha Yong-hwa was a subject of disciplinary hearing because of false passport used to falsify her age. The FIG decided to withdraw her license and nullify all her results, including the results from 2008 Olympics.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. Hutcheon, Stephen (2008-08-22). "IOC calls for investigation into gymnast's age". smh.com.au. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  3. Tim Reid (2008-08-22). "International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age". timesonline.co.uk. London. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  4. Macur, Juliet (2008-08-22). "I.O.C. Asks for Inquiry of Chinese Gymnasts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  5. Macur, Juliet (October 1, 2008). "Ruling Backs Chinese Gymnasts". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  6. Brennan, Christine (October 1, 2008). "Maybe now China will quit cheating". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  7. Gillon, Doug (2 October 2008). "China cleared of age concerns but questions left over Sydney squad". The Herald. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  8. Dahlberg, Tim (27 September 2008). "Wasting time looking for underage gymnasts". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  9. "FIG bans North Korean gymnast for age cheating".
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