# 2016 in gymnastics

The following were the events of Gymnastics for the year 2016 throughout the world.

## 2016 Summer Olympics (FIG)

* April 16 – 24: Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
** Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
* August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Arena Olímpica do Rio
** August 6 – 16: Artistic gymnastics
*** Men
*** Men's Team All-Around: Japan; Russia; China
*** Men's Individual All-Around: Kōhei Uchimura; Oleg Verniaiev; Max Whitlock
*** Men's Floor: Max Whitlock; Diego Hypólito; Arthur Mariano
*** Men's Pommel Horse: Max Whitlock; Louis Smith; Alexander Naddour
*** Men's Rings: Eleftherios Petrounias; Arthur Zanetti; Denis Ablyazin
*** Men's Vault: Ri Se-gwang; Denis Ablyazin; Kenzō Shirai
*** Men's Parallel Bars: Oleg Verniaiev; Danell Leyva; David Belyavskiy
*** Men's Horizontal Bar: Fabian Hambüchen; Danell Leyva; Nile Wilson
*** Women
*** Women's Team All-Around: United States; Russia; China
*** Women's Individual All-Around: Simone Biles; Aly Raisman; Aliya Mustafina
*** Women's Balance Beam: Sanne Wevers; Laurie Hernandez; Simone Biles
*** Women's Floor: Simone Biles; Aly Raisman; Amy Tinkler
*** Women's Uneven Bars: Aliya Mustafina; Madison Kocian; Sophie Scheder
*** Women's Vault: Simone Biles; Maria Paseka; Giulia Steingruber
** August 12 & 13: Trampolining
*** Men: Uladzislau Hancharou; Dong Dong; Gao Lei
*** Women: Rosie MacLennan; Bryony Page; Li Dan
** August 19 – 21: Rhythmic gymnastics
*** Individual All-Around: Margarita Mamun; Yana Kudryavtseva; Ganna Rizatdinova
*** Group All-Around: Russia (RUS); Spain (ESP); Bulgaria (BUL)

## Artistic gymnastics

* February 19 – 21: 2016 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup AGF Trophy (#1) in Baku
** Japan won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* March 5: AT&T American Cup World Cup 2016 C II (#2) in Newark, New Jersey
** Men's winner: Ryōhei Katō
** Women's winner: Gabby Douglas
* March 12: World Cup 2016 C II (#3) in Glasgow
** Men's winner: Max Whitlock
** Women's winner: MyKayla Skinner
* March 19 & 20: EnBW DTB-POKAL World Cup 2016 C II (#4) in Stuttgart
** World Cup: Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Overall Men's Team Challenge winners: Great Britain
** Individual Men's Apparatus Team Challenge: Brazil, Great Britain, and Ukraine won 2 gold medals each. Ukraine won the overall medal tally.
** Overall Women's Team Challenge winners: Russia
** Individual Women's Apparatus Team Challenge: Switzerland won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
* March 23 – 26: 2016 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Men and Women in Algiers
** Algeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* March 24 – 26: 9th FIG ART Gymnastics World Challenge Cup (#5) in Doha
** Switzerland won the gold medal tally. Brazil and Slovenia won 4 overall medals each.
* March 31 – April 4: 40th "TURNIER DER MEISTER" FIG World Challenge Cup (#6) in Cottbus
** Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Ukraine and Germany won 5 overall medals each.
* April 8 – 10: 12th Ljubljana FIG World Challenge Cup (#7) in Slovenia
** Slovenia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* April 28 – May 1: FIG World Challenge Cup #8 in Osijek
** Great Britain won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
* May 13 – 15: FIG World Challenge Cup #9 in Varna
** Ukraine won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 20 – 22: FIG World Challenge Cup #10 in São Paulo
** Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 25 – 29: 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern
** Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 1 – 5: 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern
** Seniors: Russia and Switzerland won 2 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
** Juniors: Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 23 – 26: FIG World Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics (#11) in Anadia, Portugal
** Brazil and China won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
* July 1 – 3: FIG World Challenge Cup #12 in Mersin
** Turkey won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 7 – 9: FIG World Challenge Cup #13 (final) in Szombathely
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* November 17 – 20: 41st Turnier der Meister FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup 2016 in Cottbus
** Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

## Rhythmic gymnastics

* February 26 – 28: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #1 in Espoo
** All-Around: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Hoop: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Ball: Son Yeon-jae
** Clubs: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Ribbon: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Spain
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops Group: Israel
* March 17 – 20: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #2 in Lisbon
** All-Around: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Hoop: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Ball: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Clubs: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Ribbon: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Russia
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops Group: Russia
* April 1 – 3: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #3 in Pesaro
** All-Around: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Hoop: Margarita Mamun
** Ball: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun
** Ribbon: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Five-Ribbon Group: Italy
** Six Clubs and Two Hoops Group: Italy
* April 28 – May 1: 2016 Asian Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Astana
** Team: Kazakhstan
** Group: Kazakhstan
** All-Around: Sumire Kita
** Hoop: Alina Adilkhanova
** Ball: Alina Adilkhanova
** Clubs: Sumire Kita
** Ribbon: Sumire Kita
* May 13 – 15: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #4 in Tashkent
** All-Around: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Hoop: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Ball: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Clubs: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Ribbon: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Russia
** Six Clubs and Two Hoops Group: Belarus
* May 20 – 22: BSB Bank World Cup 2016 Cat. B (#5) in Minsk
** All-Around: Margarita Mamun
** Hoop: Margarita Mamun
** Ball: Margarita Mamun
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun
** Ribbon: Margarita Mamun
** Group All-Around: Belarus
** Five-Ribbon Group: Russia
** Six Clubs and Two Hoops Group: Belarus
* May 27 – 29: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #6 in Sofia
** All-Around: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Hoop: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Ball: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Clubs: Son Yeon-jae
** Ribbon: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Bulgaria
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops: Bulgaria
* June 3 – 5: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #7 in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha
** All-Around: Margarita Mamun
** Hoop: Margarita Mamun
** Ball: Aleksandra Soldatova
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun
** Ribbon: Margarita Mamun
** Group All-Around: Belarus
** Five-Ribbon Group: Belarus
** Six Clubs and Two Hoops: Belarus
* June 17 – 19: 2016 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Holon
** All-Around: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Hoop: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Ball: Margarita Mamun
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun
** Ribbon: Margarita Mamun
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Belarus
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops: Israel
* July 1 – 3: Berlin Master 2016. Cat. B (#8) in Germany
** All-Around: Dina Averina
** Hoop: Ganna Rizatdinova and Melitina Staniouta (tie)
** Ball: Dina Averina
** Clubs: Ganna Rizatdinova
** Ribbon: Dina Averina
** Group All-Around: Japan
** Five-Ribbon Group: Japan
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops: Ukraine
* July 8 – 10: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #9 in Kazan
** All-Around: Margarita Mamun
** Hoop: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Ball: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun
** Ribbon: Margarita Mamun
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Bulgaria
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops: Russia
* July 22 – 24: World Cup 2016 Cat. B #10 (final) in Baku
** All-Around: Margarita Mamun
** Hoop: Yana Kudryavtseva
** Ball: Margarita Mamun
** Clubs: Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva (tie)
** Ribbon: Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva (tie)
** Group All-Around: Russia
** Five-Ribbon Group: Israel
** Three Clubs and Two Hoops: Russia

## Trampolining/Tumbling

* March 5 & 6: AGF Trophy World Cup 2016 Cat. A #1 in Baku
** Men's individual trampoline winner: Dmitry Ushakov
** Women's individual trampoline winner: Hanna Harchonak
** Men's synchronized trampoline winners: Russia (Nikita Fedorenko, Dmitry Ushakov)
** Women's synchronized trampoline winners: Belarus (Hanna Harchonak, Tatsiana Piatrenia)
* March 31 – April 3: 2016 European Trampoline Championships in Valladolid
** Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 14 & 15: World Cup 2016 Cat. A #2 in Shanghai
** Men's individual trampoline winner: Dong Dong
** Women's individual trampoline winner: Li Dan
** Men's synchronized trampoline winners: Poland (Bartlomiej Hes, Lukasz Tomaszewski)
** Women's synchronized trampoline winners: United States (Dakota Earnest, Shaylee Dunavin)
** Men's individual tumbling winner: ZHANG Luo
** Women's individual tumbling winner: JIA Fangfang
* June 18 & 19: World Cup 2016 Cat. A #3 in Brescia
** Men's individual trampoline winner: Dong Dong
** Women's individual trampoline winner: Li Dan
** Men's synchronized trampoline winners: Russia (Sergei Azarian, Mikhail Melnik)
** Women's synchronized trampoline winners: Belarus (Hanna Harchonak, Tatsiana Piatrenia)
* June 24 & 25: World Cup 2016 Cat. A #4 in Arosa
** Men's individual trampoline winner: Dmitry Ushakov
** Women's individual trampoline winner: Rosie MacLennan
** Men's synchronized trampoline winners: Japan (Masaki Ito, Ginga Munetomo)
** Women's synchronized trampoline winners: Russia (Susana Kochesok, Anna Kornetskaya)
* July 8 & 9: World Cup 2016 Cat. A #5 (final) in Coimbra
** Men's individual trampoline winner: Uladzislau Hancharou
** Women's individual trampoline winner: Tatsiana Piatrenia
** Men's synchronized trampoline winners: Russia (Sergei Azarian, Mikhail Melnik)
** Women's synchronized trampoline winners: Belarus (Hanna Harchonak, Tatsiana Piatrenia)
** Men's individual tumbling winner: Rasmus Steffensen
** Women's individual tumbling winner: Anna Korobeinikova