2001–2002 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series explained

The 2001–2002 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics were contested.^[1] The series was a two-year long competition culminating at a final event, the World Cup Final in 2002. A number of qualifier stages were held. The top 3 gymnast in each apparatus at the qualifier events would receive medals and prize money. Gymnasts who finished in the top 8 would also receive points that would be added up to a ranking which would qualify individual gymnasts for the biennial World Cup Final.

Stages

Besides specific World Cup stages, the 2001 World Championships was also part of the 2001–2002 World Cup series.^[1]

Year	Event	Location
2000	World Cup qualifier	Stuttgart,
2001	World Cup qualifier	Paris,
2001	World Cup qualifier	Cottbus,
2001		Ghent,
2001	World Cup qualifier	Stuttgart,
2001	World Cup qualifier	Glasgow,
2002	World Cup qualifier	Cottbus,
2002	World Cup qualifier	Glasgow, Scotland
2002	World Cup qualifier	Paris,
2002		Stuttgart,

Medalists

Men

Competition	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Floor exercise	Igors Vihrovs	Alexander Beresch	Gervasio Deferr
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Alexander Beresch	Ivan Ivankov
	Rings	Szilveszter Csollány	Marius Tobă	Ivan Ivankov
	Vault			Gervasio Deferr
	Parallel bars	Ivan Ivankov	Alexander Beresch	Dieter Rehm
		Alexander Beresch	Sergey Piper	Ivan Ivankov
Paris (2001) ^[2]	Floor exercise	Gervasio Deferr	Marian Drăgulescu	Yordan Yovchev
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Jari Mönkönnen	Alexei Sinkevich
	Rings	Szilveszter Csollány	Yordan Yovchev	Sean Townsend
	Vault	Marian Drăgulescu	Róbert Gál	Filip Ianev
	Parallel bars	Yann Cucherat	Sean Townsend
		Aljaž Pegan	Dimitri Karbanenko	Jari Mönkönnen
Cottbus (2001) ^[3]	Floor exercise	Jevgēņijs Saproņenko	Yordan Yovchev	Filip Ianev
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Sven Kwiatkowski	Alberto Busnari
	Rings	Szilveszter Csollány	Yordan Yovchev	Andrea Coppolino
	Vault	Lu Bin	Leszek Blanik	Valeri Pereshkura
	Parallel bars	Aljaž Pegan	Yernar Yerimbetov	Mitja Petkovšek
		Aljaž Pegan	Martin Fuchs	Igor Cassina
Ghent (2001 World Championships)	Floor exercise	Yordan Yovchev Marian Drăgulescu		Igors Vihrovs
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Xiao Qin	Alexander Beresh
	Rings	Yordan Yovchev	Szilveszter Csollány	Andrea Coppolino
	Vault	Marian Drăgulescu		Charles Tamayo
	Parallel bars	Sean Townsend	Erick López	Ivan Ivankov
		Vlasios Maras	Alexander Beresh Philippe Rizzo
Stuttgart (2001) ^[4]	Floor exercise		Igors Vihrovs	Stepan Gorbachev
		Ioan Silviu Suciu	Marius Urzică	Ivan Ivankov
	Rings	Ivan Ivankov Huang Xu		Olli Torrkel
	Vault	Leszek Blanik	Marian Drăgulescu	Lu Bin
	Parallel bars	Ivan Ivankov	Alexei Nemov	Alexei Sinkevich
		Philippe Rizzo	Alexei Nemov	Alexander Jeltkov
Glasgow (2001) ^[5]	Floor exercise	Igors Vihrovs		Yordan Yovchev
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Dimitri Karbanenko	Alexander Beresch
	Rings	Yordan Yovchev	Olli Torrkel	Stephan Zapf
	Vault	Dimitri Karbanenko		Ioan Silviu Suciu
	Parallel bars	Andreu Vivó	Sean Townsend	Yordan Yovchev
		Jari Mönkönnen	Andreu Vivó	Alexander Jeltkov
Cottbus (2002) ^[6]	Floor exercise		Yordan Yovchev	Ioan Silviu Suciu
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Alberto Busnari	Ioan Silviu Suciu
	Rings	Yordan Yovchev	Szilveszter Csollány	Said El-Deriny Walid
	Vault	Charles Tamayo	Ioan Silviu Suciu	Kyle Shewfelt
	Parallel bars	Yann Cucherat	Ivan Ivankov	Yordan Yovchev
		Philippe Rizzo	Igor Cassina	Aljaž Pegan
Glasgow (2002) ^[7]	Floor exercise	Kyle Shewfelt	Ioan Silviu Suciu	Róbert Gál
	Pommel horse	Lu Bin Ioan Silviu Suciu		Marius Urzică
	Rings	Lu Bin	Huang Xu	Ivan Ivankov
	Vault	Marian Drăgulescu	Kyle Shewfelt	Yernar Yerimbetov
	Parallel bars	Li Xiaopeng	Marius Urzică	Alexei Sinkevich
		Alexander Jeltkov		Aljaž Pegan
Paris (2002) ^[8]	Floor exercise	Marian Drăgulescu	Yordan Yovchev	Dimitri Karbanenko
	Pommel horse	Ioan Silviu Suciu	Huang Xu	Levente Fekete
	Rings	Yordan Yovchev	Andrea Coppolino	Huang Xu Szilveszter Csollány Timur Kurbanbayev
	Vault	Leszek Blanik	Marian Drăgulescu	Kyle Shewfelt
	Parallel bars	Huang Xu	Li Xiaopeng	Yann Cucherat
		Paul Hamm	Igor Cassina	Alexander Jeltkov
Stuttgart (2002 World Cup Final) ^[9]	Floor exercise	Marian Drăgulescu	Kyle Shewfelt	Yordan Yovchev
	Pommel horse	Marius Urzică	Ioan Silviu Suciu	Huang Xu
	Rings	Yordan Yovchev	Andrea Coppolino	Szilveszter Csollány Sean Townsend
	Vault	Lu Bin	Leszek Blanik	Marian Drăgulescu
	Parallel bars	Li Xiaopeng	Huang Xu	Sean Townsend
		Aljaž Pegan	Philippe Rizzo	Sven Kwiatkowski

Women

Competition	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Vault		Joanna Skowrońska	Viktoria Karpenko
	Uneven bars	Allana Slater	Jana Komrsková
		Elena Zamolodchikova	Oksana Chusovitina	Viktoria Karpenko
	Floor exercise	Elena Zamolodchikova	Allana Slater	Birgit Schweigert
Paris (2001) ^[10]	Vault	Elena Zamolodchikova	Jana Komrsková
	Uneven bars	Verona van de Leur	Sun Xiaojiao	Estelle Courivaud
		Sun Xiaojiao	Elena Zamolodchikova	Esther Moya
	Floor exercise	Elena Zamolodchikova	Ekaterina Lobazniouk	Oksana Chusovitina
Cottbus (2001) ^[11]	Vault	Elena Zamolodchikova	Oksana Chusovitina	Jana Komrsková
	Uneven bars	Svetlana Khorkina	Elena Zamolodchikova	Birgit Schweigert
		Bai Chunyue	Ekaterina Lobazniouk	Olga Roschupkina
	Floor exercise	Verona van de Leur	Ekaterina Lobazniouk	Lisa Brüggemann
Ghent (2001 World Championships)	Vault	Svetlana Khorkina	Oksana Chusovitina	Andreea Răducan
	Uneven bars	Svetlana Khorkina	Renske Endel	Katie Heenan
		Andreea Răducan	Ludmila Ezhova	Sun Xiaojiao
	Floor exercise	Andreea Răducan	Daniele Hypólito	Svetlana Khorkina
Stuttgart (2001) ^[12]	Vault		Oksana Chusovitina	Jana Komrsková
	Uneven bars	Jacqui Dunn	Monica Bergamelli	Renske Endel
		Sun Xiaojiao	Andrea Ulmeanu	Tatiana Zharganova
	Floor exercise	Oksana Chusovitina	Andrea Ulmeanu	Lisa Brüggemann
Glasgow (2001) ^[13]	Vault	Oksana Chusovitina	Verona van de Leur	Jana Komrsková
	Uneven bars	Oksana Chusovitina	Verona van de Leur
		Ashley Postell	Verona van de Leur	Oksana Chusovitina
	Floor exercise	Verona van de Leur	Ashley Postell
Cottbus (2002) ^[14]	Vault	Oksana Chusovitina	Verona van de Leur	Jana Komrsková
	Uneven bars	Beth Tweddle	Jacqui Dunn	Monica Bergamelli
		Daniele Hypólito	Elena Gómez	Verona van de Leur
	Floor exercise	Allana Slater	Elena Gómez	Suzanne Harmes
Glasgow (2002) ^[15]	Vault		Oksana Chusovitina	Natalia Ziganshina
	Uneven bars	Oana Petrovschi	Allana Slater
		Andreea Răducan	Zhang Nan	Sun Xiaojiao
	Floor exercise	Zhang Nan	Andreea Răducan	Natalia Ziganshina
Paris (2002) ^[16]	Vault	Oana Petrovschi	Joanna Skowrońska
	Uneven bars	Oana Petrovschi		Tatiana Zharganova
		Andreea Răducan	Allana Slater	Oksana Chusovitina
	Floor exercise	Natalia Ziganshina	Oana Petrovschi	Andreea Răducan
Stuttgart (2002 World Cup Final)	Vault	Elena Zamolodchikova Oksana Chusovitina		Verona van de Leur
	Uneven bars	Oana Petrovschi	Jacqui Dunn	Verona van de Leur
		Sun Xiaojiao	Elena Zamolodchikova	Oksana Chusovitina
	Floor exercise	Verona van de Leur	Zhang Nan	Allana Slater

Medal table

Women

See also

• 2001–2002 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIG . 2002-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021204175137/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/web/3%24EVENTS/5%24World%20Cup%20%26%20World%20Series/6%24New%20World%20Cup.htm . 2002-12-04 . live .
2. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/francetele/men_fin.htm GymMedia - Paris 2001 - Men's results
3. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/cottbus/men_fx.htm GymMedia - Cottbus 2001 - Men's results
4. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/stuttgart/results_men.htm GymMedia - Stuttgart 2001 - Men's results
5. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/Glasgow/men_res.htm GymMedia - Glasgow 2001 - Men's results
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20020827100356fw_/http://www.gymmedia.com/cottbus/2002/superscore_men.htm GymMedia - Cottbus 2002 - Men's results
7. Web site: GymMedia - Glasgow 2002 - Men's results . 2003-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030325072115/http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events02/Glasgow_men.htm . 2003-03-25 . live .
8. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events02/francetele/men_res.htm GymMedia - Paris 2002 - Men's results
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007001033/http://sports123.com/gym/index.html 1975–2008 Artistic Gymnasstics World Cup Final - Medalists
10. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/francetele/finwom.htm GymMedia - Paris 2001 - Women's results
11. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/cottbus/wom_va.htm GymMedia - Cottbus 2001 - Women's results
12. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/stuttgart/results_wom.htm GymMedia - Stuttgart 2001 - Women's results
13. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/Glasgow/wom_res.htm GymMedia - Glasgow 2001 - Women's results
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20030113181251fw_/http://www.gymmedia.com/cottbus/2002/superscore_wom.htm GymMedia - Cottbus 2002 - Women's results
15. Web site: GymMedia - Glasgow 2002 - Women's results . 2003-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030304165708/http://www.gymmedia.com/ag/events02/glasgow_wom.htm . 2003-03-04 . live .
16. http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events02/francetele/wom_res.htm GymMedia - Paris 2002 - Women's results