# Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby Athens, on the campus of the University of Georgia from August 1–4.
The women's rhythmic group all-around was contested for the first time at these Games. This marked the second time that a women's only sport was introduced to the Games.

## Artistic gymnastics
### Format of competition

The gymnastics competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages:
* Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. Six of the seven team members performed on each apparatus, while only the five highest scores during each rotation were used to determine the overall team total. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The eight highest-scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
* Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was determined by adding the scores earned by him or her on each of the six apparatuses in the men's competition and each of the four apparatuses in the women's competition.
* Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast determined by the score earned by him or her on the apparatus during this competition.
Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around details | Russia (RUS) Sergei Kharkov Nikolai Kryukov Alexei Nemov Yevgeni Podgorny Dmitri Trush Dmitri Vasilenko Alexei Voropaev | China (CHN) Fan Bin Fan Hongbin Huang Huadong Huang Liping Li Xiaoshuang Shen Jian Zhang Jinjing | Ukraine (UKR) Ihor Korobchynskyi Oleg Kosiak Grigory Misutin Vladimir Shamenko Rustam Sharipov Olexander Svitlichni Yuri Yermakov |
| Individual all-around details | Li Xiaoshuang China | Alexei Nemov Russia | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus |
| Floor exercise details | Ioannis Melissanidis Greece | Li Xiaoshuang China | Alexei Nemov Russia |
| Pommel horse details | Li Donghua Switzerland | Marius Urzică Romania | Alexei Nemov Russia |
| Rings details | Yuri Chechi Italy | Szilveszter Csollány HungaryDan Burincă Romania | none awarded |
| Vault details | Alexei Nemov Russia | Yeo Hong-Chul South Korea | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus |
| Parallel bars details | Rustam Sharipov Ukraine | Jair Lynch United States | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus |
| Horizontal bar details | Andreas Wecker Germany | Krasimir Dunev Bulgaria | Fan Bin ChinaAlexei Nemov RussiaVitaly Scherbo Belarus |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team all-around details | United States (USA) Amanda Borden Amy Chow Dominique Dawes Shannon Miller Dominique Moceanu Jaycie Phelps Kerri Strug | Russia (RUS) Elena Dolgopolova Rozalia Galiyeva Elena Grosheva Svetlana Khorkina Dina Kochetkova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Oksana Liapina | Romania (ROU) Simona Amânar Gina Gogean Ionela Loaieș Alexandra Marinescu Lavinia Miloșovici Mirela Țugurlan |
| Individual all-around details | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine | Gina Gogean Romania | Simona Amânar RomaniaLavinia Miloșovici Romania |
| Vault details | Simona Amânar Romania | Mo Huilan China | Gina Gogean Romania |
| Uneven bars details | Svetlana Khorkina Russia | Amy Chow United StatesBi Wenjing China | none awarded |
| Balance beam details | Shannon Miller United States | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine | Gina Gogean Romania |
| Floor exercise details | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine | Simona Amânar Romania | Dominique Dawes United States |

## Rhythmic gymnastics

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ukraine | Yanina Batyrchina Russia | Elena Vitrichenko Ukraine |
| Group all-around details | Spain (ESP) Estela Giménez Cid Marta Baldó Marín Nuria Cabanillas Provencio Lorena Guréndez García Estíbaliz Martínez Yerro Tania Lamarca Celada | Bulgaria (BUL) Ina Delcheva Valentina Kevlian Maria Koleva Maja Tabakova Ivelina Taleva Vjara Vatachka | Russia (RUS) Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 18 | 17 | 51 |