ACOG - Gymnastics: Artistic - IBM

Detailed Information
  • Olympic Gymnastics-Artistic Overview
  • Spectator's Guide to Gymnastics-Artistic
  • Who to Watch in Gymnastics-Artistic
  • History of Gymnastics-Artistic
  • Olympic Medals in Gymnastics-Artistic
  • Competition Dates
    20 to 25 Jul, 28 to 29 Jul 1996; Gala exhibition 30 Jul 1996

    Venue
    Georgia Dome
    Capacity: 35,400

    Events/Disciplines
    14 Events
    MenWomen
    TeamTeam
    Individual All-aroundIndividual All-around
    Floor ExerciseVault
    Pommel HorseUneven Bars
    RingsBalance Beam
    VaultFloor Exercise
    Parallel Bars
    Horizontal Bar

    Number of Athletes
    113 men, 110 women, 223 total

    Changes Since Barcelona
    Added: Gala exhibition

    Qualifications
    Based on 1995 World Championships and wild card selections. Each NOC selects the specific athletes, usually through Olympic trials in the year prior to the Games.

    Competition Format
    Team: Twelve teams of six gymnasts compete in compulsory exercises along with individuals, and are then ranked before competing in optional exercises.
    Individual All-around: The top 36 athletes from the compulsory round advance to the individual all-around finals. All scores start at zero.
    Individual Apparatus Finals: The top eight gymnasts on each apparatus in the compulsory round advance to the finals, and all scores start at zero.
    Gala: Performance by all artistic medalists and selected rhythmic gymnasts.

    International Federation
    FIG - Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
    Rue des Oeuches 10
    Case postale 359
    2740 Moutier 1, Switzerland
    TEL: (41-32) 93-6666
    FAX: (41-32) 93-6671

    Olympic Debut
    Men: 1896
    Women: 1928

    Olympic History
    Gymnastics has produced some of the most successful Olympic athletes of all time. Larisa LATYNINA and Nikolay ANDRIANOV of the former Soviet Union have won more medals (18 and 15, respectively) than anyone in Olympic history. The former Soviet Union has won more than twice as many gymnastics medals (184) as any other country and the Soviet women have won nine of the last 10 team all-around titles.

    1996 U.S. Gymnastics Trials. Video Clips Courtesy of NBC.
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    Olympic Factoid
    The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.