List of Olympic female gymnasts for the United States

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.[1] American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936 except for 1980.[2] A total of 83 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 48 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 8 in individual all-around, 4 in vault, 8 in uneven bars, 10 in balance beam, and 9 in floor exercise. The medals include 28 golds.[3] The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, and 2016.[2]

Shannon Miller

Seven American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Shannon Miller (seven), Aly Raisman (six), Simone Biles (five), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and Shawn Johnson (four).[4][5][6][7][8]

In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics.[9] She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in.[6]

Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, the most of any American female gymnast. She won five medals in 1992 and added two more in 1996.[3][4] Dominique Dawes competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, winning four medals.[7] Miller and Dawes were both members of the "Magnificent Seven", the 1996 team that became the first American squad to win the team all-around gold medal at the Olympics. The competition was highlighted by Kerri Strug sticking a vault while injured to ensure the U.S. victory.[10]

Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal.[5][8]

In 2012, the U.S. won the team all-around for the second time. This team, which was nicknamed the "Fierce Five", featured five gymnasts who were all making their first appearance at the Olympics.[11] That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal in floor exercise.[12][13]

In 2016, the U.S. won the team all-around gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team referred to as "The Final Five", featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. It also featured newcomers Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and the 3-time reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles. Biles won the individual all-around, vault, and floor exercise gold medals, and also took bronze in the balance beam final. Raisman won silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. Hernandez took the silver on the balance beam while Kocian, the reigning uneven bars world co-champion would win silver in that event. The 2016 games had been the most dominant games ever for team USA in women's gymnastics, having won 4 golds, 4 silvers, and a bronze medal overall.

Gymnasts
Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
Nastia Liukin
McKayla Maroney
Dominique Moceanu
Carly Patterson
Samantha Peszek
Gymnast Years Gold Silver Bronze Total medals Age at Last Olympics Ref.
Marian Barone1948, 19520011 28[14]
Mohini Bhardwaj20040101 25[15]
Pam Bileck19840101 15[16]
Simone Biles20164015 19
Amanda Borden19961001 19[17]
Wendy Bruce19920011 19[18]
Colleen Casey19760000 16[19]
Kimberly Chace1972, 19760000 20[20]
Amy Chow1996, 20001113 22[21]
Wendy Cluff19680000 17[22]
Kathy Corrigan19640000 19[23]
Dorothy Dalton1948, 19520011 30[24]
Jamie Dantzscher20000011 18[25]
Dominique Dawes1992, 1996, 20001034 23[7]
Gabby Douglas2012, 20163003 20[12]
Michelle Dusserre19840101 15[26]
Meta Elste-Neumann1948, 19520011 28[27]
Carrie Englert19760000 18[28]
Doris Fuchs1956, 19600000 22[29]
Kelly Garrison19880000 21[30]
Kathy Gleason19680000 19[31]
Muriel Grossfeld1956, 1960, 19640000 23[32]
Ruth Grulkowski19520000 21[33]
Annia Hatch20040202 26[34]
Laurie Hernandez20161102 16
Marie Hoesly19520000 35[35]
Kathy Howard19760000 18[36]
Judy Howe19560000 21[37]
Terin Humphrey20040202 17[38]
Brandy Johnson19880000 15[39]
Kathy Johnson19840112 24[40]
Shawn Johnson20081304 16[8]
Doris Kirkman19520000 22[41]
Jacquelyn Klein19560000 19[42]
Madison Kocian20161102 19
Courtney Kupets20040112 18[43]
Nastia Liukin20081315 18[5]
Kristen Maloney20000011 19[44]
Melissa Marlowe19880000 16[45]
McKayla Maroney20121102 16[46]
Betty-Jean Maycock19600000 17[47]
Dorothy McClements19640000 19[48]
Courtney McCool20040101 16[49]
Julianne McNamara19841203 18[50]
Chellsie Memmel20080101 20[51]
Linda Metheny1964, 1968, 19720000 25[52]
Shannon Miller1992, 19962237 19[4]
Phoebe Mills19880011 15[53]
Dominique Moceanu19961001 14[54]
Theresa Montefusco19600000 19[55]
Joan Moore19720000 18[56]
Colleen Mulvihill19680000 16[57]
Betty Okino19920011 17[58]
Carly Patterson20041203 16[59]
Samantha Peszek20080101 16[60]
Jaycie Phelps19961001 16[61]
Roxanne Pierce19720000 17[62]
Joyce Racek19560000 18[63]
Aly Raisman2012, 20163216 22[13]
Elise Ray20000011 18[64]
Mary Lou Retton19841225 16[6]
Sharon Richardson19600000 17[65]
Cathy Rigby1968, 19720000 19[66]
Kyla Ross20121001 15[67]
Sandra Ruddick19560000 24[68]
Alicia Sacramone20080101 20[69]
Clara Schroth1948, 19520011 21[70]
Tasha Schwikert20000011 15[71]
Bridget Sloan20080101 16[72]
Gail Sontgerath19600000 16[73]
Janie Speaks19640000 16[74]
Hope Spivey19880000 17[75]
Chelle Stack19880000 15[76]
Kerri Strug1992, 19961012 18[77]
Tracee Talavera19840101 17[78]
Joyce Tanac19680000 18[79]
Nancy Thies19720000 15[80]
Ruth Topalian19520000 25[81]
Marie Walther19640000 19[82]
Jordyn Wieber20121001 17[83]
Debra Willcox19760000 16[84]
Leslie Wolfsberger19760000 17[85]
Kim Zmeskal19920011 16[86]

See also

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