# Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic qualification

Ten individual competitors and six national teams qualified for the women's rhythmic gymnastics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

## Individual all-around qualification
### Final qualifiers

| Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast |
| Larisa Lukyanenko Belarus Qualification: 4 Semi-final: 5 | Tatiana Ogrizko Belarus Qualification: 9 Semi-final: 6 | Maria Petrova Bulgaria Qualification: 6 Semi-final: 4 | Eva Serrano France Qualification: 7 Semi-final: 8 | Magdalena Brzeska Germany Qualification: 15 Semi-final: 10 |
| Yanina Batyrchina Russia Qualification: 13 Semi-final: 3 | Amina Zaripova Russia Qualification: 3 Semi-final: 7 | Almudena Cid Spain Qualification: 5 Semi-final: 9 | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ukraine Qualification: 2 Semi-final: 1 | Elena Vitrichenko Ukraine Qualification: 1 Semi-final: 2 |

### Preliminaries

In total, 37 gymnasts from 22 countries competed in the qualification round. The top 20 gymnasts advanced to the semifinal.
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | | | | | Total | Qual. |
| 1 | Elena Vitrichenko | Ukraine | 9.800 (2) | 9.800 (1) | 9.800 (=2) | 9.800 (1) | 39.200 | Q |
| 2 | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | Ukraine | 9.799 (3) | 9.783 (2) | 9.832 (1) | 9.699 (5) | 39.113 | Q |
| 3 | Amina Zaripova | Russia | 9.716 (4) | 9.699 (4) | 9.583 (7) | 9.750 (2) | 38.748 | Q |
| 4 | Larisa Lukyanenko | Belarus | 9.699 (5) | 9.366 (=15) | 9.716 (5) | 9.700 (4) | 38.481 | Q |
| 5 | Almudena Cid | Spain | 9.600 (7) | 9.600 (=5) | 9.600 (6) | 9.600 (7) | 38.400 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Petrova | Bulgaria | 9.666 (6) | 9.183 (=24) | 9.800 (=2) | 9.733 (3) | 38.383 | Q |
| 7 | Eva Serrano | France | 9.516 (10) | 9.600 (=5) | 9.466 (13) | 9.566 (9) | 38.148 | Q |
| 8 | Maria Pangalou | Greece | 9.500 (11) | 9.500 (=7) | 9.533 (=8) | 9.450 (11) | 37.983 | Q |
| 9 | Tatiana Ogrizko | Belarus | 8.766 (37) | 9.750 (3) | 9.750 (4) | 9.633 (6) | 37.899 | Q |
| 10 | Diana Popova | Bulgaria | 9.550 (9) | 9.500 (=7) | 9.516 (11) | 9.283 (=18) | 37.849 | Q |
| =11 | Alba Caride | Spain | 9.416 (14) | 9.433 (12) | 9.532 (10) | 9.400 (=13) | 37.781 | Q |
| =11 | Alina Stoica | Romania | 9.316 (19) | 9.499 (9) | 9.500 (12) | 9.466 (10) | 37.781 | Q |
| 13 | Yanina Batyrchina | Russia | 9.816 (1) | 9.266 (=18) | 9.350 (17) | 9.316 (17) | 37.748 | Q |
| 14 | Kristin Sroka | Germany | 9.432 (13) | 9.450 (11) | 9.399 (15) | 9.416 (12) | 37.697 | Q |
| 15 | Magdalena Brzeska | Germany | 9.566 (8) | 8.933 (33) | 9.533 (=8) | 9.583 (8) | 37.616 | Q |
| 16 | Zhou Xiaojing | China | 9.333 (=17) | 9.416 (13) | 9.416 (14) | 9.383 (15) | 37.549 | Q |
| 17 | Irene Germini | Italy | 9.466 (12) | 9.466 (10) | 9.216 (=28) | 9.400 (=13) | 37.548 | Q |
| 18 | Miho Yamada | Japan | 9.350 (16) | 9.350 (17) | 9.249 (=26) | 9.182 (27) | 37.131 | Q |
| 19 | Akane Yamao | Japan | 9.183 (29) | 9.366 (=15) | 9.283 (22) | 9.283 (=18) | 37.116 | Q |
| 20 | Katia Pietrosanti | Italy | 8.983 (36) | 9.400 (14) | 9.366 (16) | 9.350 (16) | 37.099 | Q |
| 21 | Krystyna Leskiewicz | Poland | 9.250 (20) | 9.232 (22) | 9.250 (25) | 9.250 (20) | 36.982 | - |
| 22 | Lenka Oulehlová | Czech Republic | 9.232 (24) | 9.266 (=18) | 9.266 (=23) | 9.199 (26) | 36.963 | - |
| 23 | Viktória Fráter | Hungary | 9.233 (=21) | 9.116 (30) | 9.333 (19) | 9.249 (=21) | 36.932 | - |
| 24 | Birgit Schielin | Austria | 9.200 (=26) | 9.166 (=27) | 9.266 (=23) | 9.249 (=21) | 36.881 | - |
| 25 | Ekaterina Abramia | Georgia | 9.200 (=26) | 9.250 (20) | 9.183 (30) | 9.200 (=23) | 36.833 | - |
| 26 | Evangelia Sotiriou | Greece | 9.233 (=21) | 9.183 (=24) | 9.299 (21) | 8.983 (34) | 36.699 | - |
| 27 | Anna Kwitniewska | Poland | 9.233 (=21) | 8.932 (34) | 9.349 (18) | 9.166 (=28) | 36.680 | - |
| 28 | Andrea Šebestová | Czech Republic | 9.366 (15) | 8.783 (36) | 9.249 (=26) | 9.200 (=23) | 36.598 | - |
| 29 | Nina Taborsky | Austria | 9.133 (33) | 9.183 (=24) | 9.083 (33) | 9.166 (=28) | 36.566 | - |
| 30 | Jessica Davis | United States | 9.166 (31) | 9.200 (23) | 9.216 (=28) | 8.982 (35) | 36.564 | - |
| 31 | Cindy Stollenberg | Belgium | 9.033 (34) | 9.166 (=27) | 9.149 (32) | 9.116 (=30) | 36.464 | - |
| 32 | Dana Carteleanu | Romania | 9.150 (32) | 9.166 (=27) | 9.050 (34) | 9.016 (33) | 36.382 | - |
| 33 | Camille Martens | Canada | 9.333 (=17) | 8.599 (37) | 9.316 (20) | 9.116 (=30) | 36.364 | - |
| 34 | Katri Kalpala | Finland | 9.182 (30) | 8.800 (35) | 9.166 (31) | 9.200 (=23) | 36.348 | - |
| 35 | Wu Bei | China | 9.216 (25) | 9.249 (21) | 8.933 (35) | 8.899 (37) | 36.297 | - |
| 36 | Andrea Szalay | Hungary | 9.000 (35) | 9.033 (31) | 8.883 (36) | 8.982 (36) | 35.899 | - |
| 37 | Kristina Kliukevičiūtė | Lithuania | 9.199 (28) | 8.966 (32) | 8.499 (37) | 9.083 (32) | 35.747 | - |
| - | Lina-Mohamed Monir | Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | DNS |
| - | Kasumi Takahashi | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | DNS |

### Semi-finals

20 gymnasts from 12 countries competed in the semifinal round. The 10 highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | | | | | Total | Qual. |
| 1 | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | Ukraine | 9.916 (1) | 9.933 (1) | 9.583 (8) | 9.900 (1) | 39.333 | Q |
| 2 | Elena Vitrichenko | Ukraine | 9.750 (3) | 9.900 (2) | 9.750 (2) | 9.866 (2) | 39.266 | Q |
| 3 | Yanina Batyrchina | Russia | 9.850 (2) | 9.866 (3) | 9.733 (=3) | 9.783 (3) | 39.233 | Q |
| 4 | Maria Petrova | Bulgaria | 9.716 (=4) | 9.750 (=5) | 9.733 (=3) | 9.700 (4) | 38.899 | Q |
| 5 | Larisa Lukyanenko | Belarus | 9.700 (6) | 9.750 (=5) | 9.616 (=6) | 9.683 (=5) | 38.749 | Q |
| 6 | Tatiana Ogrizko | Belarus | 9.633 (8) | 9.682 (9) | 9.700 (5) | 9.666 (7) | 38.681 | Q |
| 7 | Amina Zaripova | Russia | 9.716 (=4) | 9.850 (4) | 9.782 (1) | 9.316 (18) | 38.664 | Q |
| 8 | Eva Serrano | France | 9.666 (7) | 9.700 (=7) | 9.566 (9) | 9.683 (=5) | 38.615 | Q |
| 9 | Almudena Cid | Spain | 9.583 (9) | 9.700 (=7) | 9.616 (=6) | 9.549 (9) | 38.448 | Q |
| 10 | Magdalena Brzeska | Germany | 9.550 (10) | 9.583 (10) | 9.516 (10) | 9.583 (8) | 38.233 | Q |
| 11 | Diana Popova | Bulgaria | 9.449 (13) | 9.466 (15) | 9.466 (11) | 9.449 (13) | 37.830 | - |
| 12 | Maria Pangalou | Greece | 9.516 (11) | 9.500 (=13) | 9.333 (12) | 9.466 (=11) | 37.815 | - |
| 13 | Irene Germini | Italy | 9.266 (17) | 9.500 (=13) | 9.250 (=13) | 9.500 (10) | 37.516 | - |
| 14 | Katia Pietrosanti | Italy | 9.366 (14) | 9.366 (17) | 9.250 (=13) | 9.333 (17) | 37.315 | - |
| 15 | Alina Stoica | Romania | 9.483 (12) | 9.533 (12) | 8.766 (20) | 9.466 (=11) | 37.249 | - |
| 16 | Kristin Sroka | Germany | 9.283 (16) | 9.550 (11) | 8.900 (19) | 9.400 (=14) | 37.133 | - |
| 17 | Zhou Xiaojing | China | 9.200 (19) | 9.266 (18) | 9.250 (=13) | 9.400 (=14) | 37.116 | - |
| 18 | Akane Yamao | Japan | 9.233 (18) | 8.966 (20) | 9.216 (16) | 9.383 (16) | 36.799 | - |
| 19 | Alba Caride | Spain | 9.049 (20) | 9.449 (16) | 8.933 (18) | 9.266 (19) | 36.697 | - |
| 20 | Miho Yamada | Japan | 9.316 (15) | 9.133 (19) | 9.200 (17) | 8.616 (20) | 36.265 | - |

## Group all-around qualification
### Final qualifiers

| Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
| Belarus Natalia Boudilo Olga Demskaia Oxana Jdanovitch Svetlana Louzanova Galina Malachenko Alesija Pohodina | Bulgaria Ina Deltcheva Valentina Kevlian Maria Koleva Maja Tabakova Ivelina Taleva Vjara Vatachka | China Cai Yingying Huang Ting Huang Ying Zheng Ni Zhong Li | France Charlotte Camboulives Caroline Chimot Sylvie Didone Audrey Grosclaude Frédérique Léhon Nadia Mimoun | Russia Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova | Spain Marta Baldó Núria Cabanillas Estela Giménez Lorena Guréndez Tania Lamarca Estíbaliz Martínez |
| Preliminaries: 4 | Preliminaries: 1 | Preliminaries: 6 | Preliminaries: 5 | Preliminaries: 3 | Preliminaries: 2 |

### Team rosters

| Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
| Belarus Natalia Boudilo Olga Demskaia Oxana Jdanovitch Svetlana Louzanova Galina Malachenko Alesija Pohodina | Bulgaria Ina Deltcheva Valentina Kevlian Maria Koleva Maja Tabakova Ivelina Taleva Viara Vatashka | China Cai Yingying Huang Ting Huang Ying Zheng Ni Zhong Li | France Charlotte Camboulives Caroline Chimot Sylvie Didone Audrey Grosclaude Frédérique Léhon Nadia Mimoun | Germany Nicole Bittner Katrin Hoffmann Anne Jung Dörte Schiltz Luise Stablein Katharina Wildermuth | Italy Manuela Bocchini Valentina Marino Sara Papi Sara Pinciroli Valentina Rovetta Nicoletta Tinti |
| Russia Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova | Spain Marta Baldó Nuria Cabanillas Estela Giménez Lorena Guréndez Tania Lamarca Estíbaliz Martínez | United States Mandy James Aliane Mata-Baquerot Kate Nelson Brandi Siegel Challen Sievers Becky Turner |

### Preliminaries

Nine teams participated in the preliminary round; the top six teams advanced to the final.
| Rank | Team | 5 | 3 + 2 | Total | Qual. |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 19.466 (3) | 19.550 (1) | 39.016 | Q |
| 2 | Spain | 19.500 (2) | 19.466 (2) | 38.966 | Q |
| 3 | Russia | 19.516 (1) | 19.366 (3) | 38.882 | Q |
| 4 | Belarus | 19.300 (4) | 19.133 (4) | 38.433 | Q |
| 5 | France | 19.200 (6) | 19.033 (5) | 38.233 | Q |
| 6 | China | 19.133 (7) | 18.999 (6) | 38.132 | Q |
| 7 | Italy | 19.283 (5) | 18.733 (8) | 38.016 | - |
| 8 | Germany | 19.050 (8) | 18.832 (7) | 37.882 | - |
| 9 | United States | 18.400 (9) | 18.233 (9) | 36.633 | - |