Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article describes the qualifying phase for gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Qualification will be based on the results of the three world gymnastics championships (rhythmic, artistic and trampoline) held in autumn 2015, and Olympic Test Events to be held in early 2016 at the HSBC Arena. In addition, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the IOC Tripartite Commission for Gymnastics allocate places to ensure certain minimum levels of representation.[1]
Summary
Sportsmen and women of the states in the table below qualified for the Olympics
* Artistic gymnastics, NOCs with 5 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.
Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships[2] | September 7–15, 2015 |  Stuttgart |
| 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships[3] | October 23 – November 1, 2015 |  Glasgow |
| 2015 Trampoline World Championships[4] | November 25–28, 2015 |  Odense |
| Olympic Test Event[5] | April 16–22, 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro |
Artistic
Men's events
* NOC may choose any gymnast
** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts
Women's events
| Event | Standard | Qualified gymnast |
|---|---|---|
| Teams of five | ||
| World Championships | Team places 1–8 |  United States China Great Britain Russia Japan Canada Italy Netherlands |
| Olympic Test Event (teams that placed 9–16 at the World Championships qualified to the test event) |
Team places 1–4 | Brazil Germany.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium France |
| Total | 12 (60 gymnasts) | |
| Individuals | ||
| World Championships (Individual apparatus medalists) |
Floor | All medalists qualified above |
| Vault |  Hong Un-jong (PRK) | |
| Uneven bars | All medalists qualified above | |
| Balance beam | All medalists qualified above | |
| Reserved places | Host nation | Host nation qualified above |
| Tripartite invitation |  Isabella Amado (PAN) | |
| Africa |  Farah Boufadene (ALG) Claudia Cummins (RSA) | |
| Olympic Test Event | Individual all-round placings (max. 1 per NOC) |
 * (AUS) * (SUI) * (ROU) * (KOR) Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA) Jessica López (VEN) ** (GRE) ** (HUN) ** (ESP) Angelina Kysla (UKR) ** (MEX) Marcia Videaux (CUB) Ana Filipa Martins (POR) ** (POL) Lisa Ecker (AUT) Toni-Ann Williams (JAM) Irina Sazonova (ISL) Phan Thị Hà Thanh (VIE) Dipa Karmakar (IND) Barbora Mokošová (SVK) Courtney McGregor (NZL) Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) Houry Gebeshian (ARM) Ariana Orrego (PER) Simona Castro (CHI) Teja Belak (SLO) Tutya Yılmaz (TUR) Emma Larsson (SWE) Marisa Dick (TTO) Ana Đerek (CRO) Catalina Escobar (COL) Kylie Dickson (BLR) Ellis O'Reilly (IRL) Ailen Valente (ARG) |
| Total | 98 | |
* NOC may choose any gymnast
** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts
Rhythmic
Individual all-around
| Event | Standard | Qualified NOC |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Places 1–15 (max. 2 per NOC) | Russia Russia Belarus Georgia Ukraine Azerbaijan Israel United States Spain Bulgaria South Korea France Belarus Greece Japan |
| Olympic Test Event (26 participants, including NOCs ranked 16-24 and best 13 gymnasts not qualified to all-around final in WC) |
Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC) |  Kazakhstan Austria Italy Finland Uzbekistan Romania China Germany |
| FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation | Brazil |
| Continents not qualified (1 place) | Australia | |
| Tripartite commission (1 place) |  Cape Verde | |
| Total | 26 | |
Group all-around
| Event | Standard | Qualified team |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | All-around places 1-10 (min 3 continents) | Russia Bulgaria Spain Italy Japan Israel Belarus China Ukraine United States |
| Olympic Test Event (places 11-16 from WC and host nation) |
Top 3 | Germany Uzbekistan Greece |
| FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation | Brazil |
| Total | 14 | |
Trampoline
Men's event
| Event | Standard | Qualified NOC |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC) | China Belarus Russia Japan Russia France China Japan |
| Olympic Test Event (16 participants) |
Top 7 (max. 1 per NOC) | New Zealand Portugal United States Great Britain Australia Canada Kazakhstan |
| FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation and each continent | Brazil |
| Tripartite invitation | — | |
| Total | 16 | |
Women's event
| Event | Standard | Qualified NOC |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC) | China China Belarus Canada Great Britain Belarus Great Britain Georgia |
| Olympic Test Event (16 participants) |
Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC) | Russia Ukraine Japan Uzbekistan Germany Portugal United States France |
| FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation and each continent | — |
| Tripartite invitation | — | |
| Total | 16 | |
References
- 1 2 "2016 Olympic Games Qualification System – Gymnastics" (PDF). FIG. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ Goddard, Emily (19 February 2014). "Germany begins preparations for 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Glasgow To Host 2015 World Artistics Gymnastics Championships". British Gymnastics. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Denmark to host the FIG Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships 2015". Around the Rings. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Olympic Test Event: With one month to go, gymnasts ready for the big Olympic dress rehearsal". International Federation of Gymnastics. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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