Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 21, 1996
Date Finished: July 29, 1996
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As in 1992, eight gymnasts advanced to the final round based on the qualifying scores in the team all-around, with a maximum of two per nation, but the final placements were determined only by the score posted in the final round. Russiaâs [Svetlana Khorkina] was a specialist in this event, as she was relatively tall for a female gymnast in this era (165 cm) and her tall and lithe body made her swings appear more impressive. She had won the 1995 World Championships and was the silver medalist in 1994. She won the gold medal in Atlanta, although it was relatively close as she had a margin of only 0.013 points over Chinaâs [Bi Wenjing] and American [Amy Chow], who shared silver medals.
Khorkina would compete through the 2004 Olympics. She was a three-time world all-around champion (1997, 2001, 2003), but never managed gold in that event at the Olympics, placing second in 2004. On the uneven bars, her record is unchallenged as she defended her gold medal in 2000, won five World titles (1995-97, 1999, 2001), and six European titles in a row (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004).
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | |
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1 | Svetlana Khorkina | 17 | Russia | RUS | Gold | 9.850 | |
2T | Bi Wenjing | 14 | China | CHN | Silver | 9.837 | |
2T | Amy Chow | 18 | United States | USA | Silver | 9.837 | |
4 | Dominique Dawes | 19 | United States | USA | 9.800 | ||
5T | Simona Amânar | 16 | Romania | ROU | 9.787 | ||
5T | Dina Kochetkova | 18 | Russia | RUS | 9.787 | ||
5T | Liliya Podkopaieva | 17 | Ukraine | UKR | 9.787 | ||
8 | Lavinia MiloÈovici | 19 | Romania | ROU | 9.750 | ||
9T QR | Alexandra Marinescu | 15 | Romania | ROU | |||
9T QR | Shannon Miller | 19 | United States | USA | |||
11 QR | Dominique Moceanu | 14 | United States | USA | |||
12 QR | Roza Galiyeva | 19 | Russia | RUS | |||
13 QR | Jaycie Phelps | 16 | United States | USA | |||
14 QR | Kerri Strug | 18 | United States | USA | |||
15 QR | Elvire Teza | 15 | France | FRA | |||
16T QR | Mercedes Pacheco | 18 | Spain | ESP | |||
16T QR | Olha Teslenko | 15 | Ukraine | UKR | |||
18 QR | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | 15 | Russia | RUS | |||
19T QR | Lena Piskun | 18 | Belarus | BLR | |||
19T QR | Isabelle Severino | 16 | France | FRA | |||
21 QR | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | 15 | Greece | GRE | |||
22 QR | Gina Gogean | 17 | Romania | ROU | |||
23 QR | Mirela Èugurlan | 15 | Romania | ROU | |||
24 QR | Alena Polozkova | 16 | Belarus | BLR | |||
25 QR | Svitlana Zelepukina | 15 | Ukraine | UKR | |||
26 QR | Ji Liya | 14 | China | CHN | |||
27T QR | Nikolett Krausz | 15 | Hungary | HUN | |||
27T QR | Mao Yanling | 16 | China | CHN | |||
29T QR | Oksana Chusovitina | 21 | Uzbekistan | UZB | |||
29T QR | Mo Huilan | 17 | China | CHN | |||
29T QR | Liubov Sheremeta | 16 | Ukraine | UKR | |||
32T QR | Joana Juárez | 15 | Spain | ESP | |||
32T QR | Adrienn Nyeste | 17 | Hungary | HUN | |||
34 QR | Mónica MartÃn | 20 | Spain | ESP | |||
35 QR | Lisa Moro | 15 | Australia | AUS | |||
36T QR | Ionela LoaieÈ | 17 | Romania | ROU | |||
36T QR | Svetlana Tarasevich | 16 | Belarus | BLR | |||
38T QR | Hanna Mirhorodska | 16 | Ukraine | UKR | |||
38T QR | Adrienn Varga | 15 | Hungary | HUN | |||
40T QR | Ludivine Furnon | 15 | France | FRA | |||
40T QR | Ruth Moniz | 18 | Australia | AUS | |||
40T QR | Ãmilie Volle | 14 | France | FRA | |||
43 QR | Diana Plaza | 15 | Spain | ESP | |||
44 QR | Olena Shaparna | 17 | Ukraine | UKR | |||
45 QR | Elisabeth Valle | 18 | Spain | ESP | |||
46 QR | Francesca Morotti | 16 | Italy | ITA | |||
47 QR | Yelena Grosheva | 17 | Russia | RUS | |||
48T QR | Liu Xuan | 17 | China | CHN | |||
48T QR | Risa Sugawara | 18 | Japan | JPN | |||
50 QR | Lisa Skinner | 15 | Australia | AUS | |||
51 QR | Veselina Gencheva | 15 | Bulgaria | BUL | |||
52 QR | Anastasiya Dzyundzyak | 17 | Uzbekistan | UZB | |||
53 QR | Andrea Molnár | 21 | Hungary | HUN | |||
54 QR | Yelena Dolgopolova | 16 | Russia | RUS | |||
55 QR | Shanyn MacEachern | 16 | Canada | CAN | |||
56 QR | Laure Gély | 17 | France | FRA | |||
57 QR | Ana Destéfano | 15 | Argentina | ARG | |||
58 QR | Virginia Karentzou | 18 | Greece | GRE | |||
59T QR | Ildikó Balog | 18 | Hungary | HUN | |||
59T QR | Cécile Canqueteau | 16 | France | FRA | |||
61 QR | Konstantina Margariti | 15 | Greece | GRE | |||
62T QR | Pascale Grossenbacher | 18 | Switzerland | SUI | |||
62T QR | Tatyana Zharganova | 15 | Belarus | BLR | |||
64 QR | Svetlana Boginskaya | 23 | Belarus | BLR | |||
65 QR | Qiao Ya | 19 | China | CHN | |||
66 QR | Diana Teixeira | 15 | Portugal | POR | |||
67 QR | Kathleen Stark | 20 | Germany | GER | |||
68 QR | Jennifer Exaltacion | 16 | Canada | CAN | |||
69 QR | Olga Yurkina | 16 | Belarus | BLR | |||
70 QR | Olga Kozhevnikova | 15 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | |||
71T QR | Giordana Rocchi | 15 | Italy | ITA | |||
71T QR | Yvonne Tousek | 16 | Canada | CAN | |||
73 QR | Eileen DÃaz | 16 | Puerto Rico | PUR | |||
74 QR | Naho Hoshiyama | 15 | Japan | JPN | |||
75 QR | Sonia Lawrence | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | |||
76 QR | Joanna Hughes | 18 | Australia | AUS | |||
77 QR | Miho Hashiguchi | 18 | Japan | JPN | |||
78 QR | Yvonne Pioch | 16 | Germany | GER | |||
79 QR | Georgia-Anastasia Tembou | 16 | Greece | GRE | |||
80 QR | Ludmila Prince | 21 | Latvia | LAT | |||
81 QR | Jenny Smith | 16 | Australia | AUS | |||
82 QR | Satsuki Obata | 19 | Japan | JPN | |||
83 QR | Annika Reeder | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | |||
84 QR | Gabriela KrÄmáÅová | 18 | Czech Republic | CZE | |||
85 QR | Klaudia Kinská | 18 | Slovakia | SVK | |||
86 QR | Kong Yun-Jin | 14 | South Korea | KOR | |||
87 QR | Kyriaki Firinidou | 15 | Greece | GRE | |||
88 QR | Naima El-Rhouati | 20 | Morocco | MAR | |||
89 QR | Hanako Miura | 21 | Japan | JPN | |||
90 QR | Verónica Castro | 17 | Spain | ESP | |||
91T QR | Gemma Paz | 14 | Spain | ESP | |||
91T QR | Kirsty Leigh-Brown | 14 | Australia | AUS | |||
93 QR | Henrietta Ãnodi | 22 | Hungary | HUN | |||
94T QR | Eszter Ãváry | 23 | Hungary | HUN | |||
94T QR | Kyriaki Papanikolaou | 16 | Greece | GRE | |||
96 QR | Nicole Kantek | 15 | Australia | AUS | |||
97 QR | Aya Sekine | 18 | Japan | JPN | |||
98 QR | Masumi Okawa | 17 | Japan | JPN | |||
99 QR | Aikaterini Mamouti | 15 | Greece | GRE |