Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic event

Gymnastics

at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Pictograms for artistic (above) and rhythmic (below)

Venue| Beijing National Indoor Stadium (artistic and trampoline)
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (rhythmic)
Dates| August 9 – 19, 2008

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Gymnastics at the
2008 Summer Olympics

List of gymnasts
Qualification
Artistic

Qualification| men| women
Team all-around| men| women
Individual all-around| men| women
Vault| men| women
Floor| men| women
Pommel horse| men|
Rings| men|
Parallel bars| men|
Horizontal bar| men|
Uneven bars| | women
Balance beam| | women
Rhythmic

Group all-around| | women
Individual all-around| | women
Trampoline

Individual| men| women

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three 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]

## Competition schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

### Artistic gymnastics

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Date | Time | Event

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 12:00 - 14:00 | Men's Qualification - Subdivision 1
16:00 - 18:00 | Men's Qualification - Subdivision 2
20:00 - 22:00 | Men's Qualification - Subdivision 3
Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 10:00 - 11:30 | Women's Qualification - Subdivision 1
13:30 - 15:00 | Women's Qualification - Subdivision 2
17:00 - 18:30 | Women's Qualification - Subdivision 3
20:00 - 21:30 | Women's Qualification - Subdivision 4
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 10:00 - 12:30 | Men's Team Final
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 10:30 - 12:00 | Women's Team Final
Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 11:00 - 13:30 | Men's Individual All-Around Final
Friday, August 15, 2008 | 11:15 - 13:00 | Women's Individual All-Around Final
Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 18:00 - 18:30 | Men's Floor Exercise Final
18:46 - 19:15 | Women's Vault Final
19:33 - 20:00 | Men's Pommel Horse Final
20:19 - 20:45 | Women's Floor Exercise Final
Monday, August 18, 2008 | 18:00 - 18:30 | Men's Rings Final
18:46 - 19:15 | Women's Uneven Bars Final
19:33 - 20:00 | Men's Vault Final
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 18:00 - 18:30 | Men's Parallel Bars Final
18:46 - 19:15 | Women's Balance Beam Final
19:33 - 20:00 | Men's Horizontal Bar Final

### Rhythmic gymnastics

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Date | Time | Event

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 18:00 - 20:30 | Individual All-Around Qualification
20:30 - 21:30 | Group All-Around Qualification
Friday, August 22, 2008 | 18:00 - 20:30 | Individual All-Around Qualification
20:30 - 21:30 | Group All-Around Qualification
Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 18:00 - 20:00 | Individual All-Around Final
Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 11:00 - 12:15 | Group All-Around Final

## Medal summary

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### Artistic gymnastics

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#### Men's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team all-around
details |  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
Individual all-around
details | Yang Wei
China | Kōhei Uchimura
Japan | Benoît Caranobe
France
Floor exercise
details | Zou Kai
China | Gervasio Deferr
Spain | Anton Golotsutskov
Russia
Pommel horse
details | Xiao Qin
China | Filip Ude
Croatia | Louis Smith
Great Britain
Rings
details | Chen Yibing
China | Yang Wei
China | Oleksandr Vorobiov
Ukraine
Vault
details | Leszek Blanik
Poland | Thomas Bouhail
France | Anton Golotsutskov
Russia
Parallel bars
details | Li Xiaopeng
China | Yoo Won-chul
South Korea | Anton Fokin
Uzbekistan
Horizontal bar
details | Zou Kai
China | Jonathan Horton
United States | Fabian Hambüchen
Germany

#### Women's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team all-around
details |  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 Izbașa
Steliana Nistor
Anamaria Tămârjan
Individual all-around
details | Nastia Liukin
United States | Shawn Johnson
United States | Yang Yilin
China
Vault
details | Hong Un Jong
North Korea | Oksana Chusovitina
Germany | Cheng Fei
China
Uneven bars
details | He Kexin
China | Nastia Liukin
United States | Yang Yilin
China
Balance beam
details | Shawn Johnson
United States | Nastia Liukin
United States | Cheng Fei
China
Floor exercise
details | Sandra Izbașa
Romania | Shawn Johnson
United States | Nastia Liukin
United States

### Rhythmic gymnastics

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual all-around
details | Yevgeniya Kanayeva
Russia | Inna Zhukova
Belarus | Anna Bessonova
Ukraine
Group all-around
details |  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

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's individual
details | Lu Chunlong
China | Jason Burnett
Canada | Dong Dong
China
Women's individual
details | He Wenna
China | Karen Cockburn
Canada | Ekaterina Khilko
Uzbekistan

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China (CHN)| 11| 2| 5| 18
2|  United States (USA)| 2| 6| 2| 10
3|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 0| 2| 4
4|  Romania (ROU)| 1| 0| 1| 2
5|  North Korea (PRK)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Japan (JPN)| 0| 2| 0| 2
9|  Belarus (BLR)| 0| 1| 1| 2
France (FRA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Croatia (CRO)| 0| 1| 0| 1
South Korea (KOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 0| 1
15|  Ukraine (UKR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Uzbekistan (UZB)| 0| 0| 2| 2
17|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 18| 18| 18| 54

## Qualification

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Further information: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

## Champions Gala

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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 controversies

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### China

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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.

### North Korea

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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 the 2008 Olympics.[9]

## See also

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* Olympics portal

* Concerns and controversies at the 2008 Summer Olympics
* Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games
* Gymnastics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
* Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games
* 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
* Underage Gymnasts Controversy at 2008 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e 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".

## External links

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* Artistic Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
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