Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue
Sydney Super Dome (artistic and trampoline)
Sydney Showground (rhythmic)
Dates16 September – 1 October 2000

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Sydney SuperDome on 16–25 September and 22–23 September, respectively. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Pavilion 3 of the Sydney Olympic Park on 28 September – 1 October.[1]

Artistic gymnastics

Format of competition

No compulsory routines were performed in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Instead, all participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The team competition, in which the six highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could have up to five gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and only the four highest scores counted toward the team total.
  • The all-around competition, in which the thirty-six highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
details
 China (CHN)
Huang Xu
Li Xiaopeng
Xiao Junfeng
Xing Aowei
Yang Wei
Zheng Lihui
 
Olexander Svitlichni
Roman Zozulya
 Russia (RUS)
Maxim Aleshin
Alexei Bondarenko
Dmitri Drevin
Nikolai Kryukov
Alexei Nemov
Yevgeni Podgorny
Individual all-around
details
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Yang Wei
 China
Oleksandr Beresh
 Ukraine
Floor exercise
details
Igors Vihrovs
 Latvia
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
Pommel horse
details
Marius Urzică
 Romania
Eric Poujade
 France
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Rings
details
Szilveszter Csollány
 Hungary
Dimosthenis Tampakos
 Greece
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
Vault
details
Gervasio Deferr
 Spain
Alexei Bondarenko
 Russia
Leszek Blanik
 Poland
Parallel bars
details
Li Xiaopeng
 China
Lee Joo-Hyung
 South Korea
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Horizontal bar
details
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Benjamin Varonian
 France
Lee Joo-Hyung
 South Korea

Women's events

Andreea Răducan originally won the gold medal in the women's all-around competition, but she was disqualified after she tested positive for pseudoephedrine.[2]

The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique Executive Board announced on 27 February 2010 after an investigation into the Chinese team for violations of age rules for senior gymnastics competitions that team member Dong Fangxiao, who had been entered as 17 years old, was actually 14 at the time of the Olympics (two years below the minimum age). Her 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympic results were struck from the records, and in April 2010, nearly ten years after the event, the IOC officially disqualified China, who had originally won the bronze medal in the women's team event.

The now-third place team from the United States was awarded the bronze at the 2010 national championships, held at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.[3]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
details
 Romania (ROU)
Simona Amânar
Loredana Boboc
Andreea Isărescu
Maria Olaru
Claudia Presăcan
Andreea Răducan
 
Elena Produnova
Elena Zamolodchikova
 United States (USA)
Amy Chow
Jamie Dantzscher
Dominique Dawes
Kristen Maloney
Elise Ray
Tasha Schwikert
Individual all-around
details
Simona Amânar
 Romania
Maria Olaru
 Romania
Liu Xuan
 China
Vault
details
Elena Zamolodchikova
 Russia
Andreea Răducan
 Romania
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
 Russia
Uneven bars
details
Svetlana Khorkina
 Russia
Ling Jie
 China
Yang Yun
 China
Balance beam
details
Liu Xuan
 China
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
 Russia
Elena Produnova
 Russia
Floor exercise
details
Elena Zamolodchikova
 Russia
Svetlana Khorkina
 Russia
Simona Amânar
 Romania

Rhythmic gymnastics

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
details
Yulia Barsukova
 Russia
Yulia Raskina
 Belarus
Alina Kabaeva
 Russia
Group all-around
details
 
Vyera Shimanskaya
Irina Zilber
 Belarus (BLR)
Tatyana Ananko
Tatyana Belan
Anna Glazkova
Irina Ilyenkova
Maria Lazuk
Olga Puzhevich
 Greece (GRE)
Eirini Aindili
Evangelia Christodoulou
Maria Georgatou
Zacharoula Karyami
Charikleia Pantazi
Anna Pollatou

Trampoline

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
details
Alexander Moskalenko
 Russia
Ji Wallace
 Australia
Mathieu Turgeon
 Canada
Women's individual
details
Irina Karavaeva
 Russia
Oxana Tsyhuleva
 Ukraine
Karen Cockburn
 Canada

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)95620
2 China (CHN)3227
3 Romania (ROU)3216
4 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Latvia (LAT)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
7 Ukraine (UKR)0213
8 Belarus (BLR)0202
 France (FRA)0202
10 Greece (GRE)0112
 South Korea (KOR)0112
12 Australia (AUS)0101
13 Bulgaria (BUL)0022
 Canada (CAN)0022
15 Poland (POL)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (16 entries)18181854

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ Roberts, Selena (26 September 2000). "SYDNEY 2000: DRUG TESTING; Gymnast Tests Positive and Loses Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. ^ IOC strips 2000 Games bronze medal from China 28 April 2010, FIG

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