| Event: | Gymnastics |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Venue: | Arena Olímpica do Rio |
| Dates: | 6–21 August 2016 |
| Nations: | 63 |
| Num Events: | 18 |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016.[1] [2] [3]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Qualification was based on the results of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 24 October to 1 November 2015; the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 to 13 September 2015; the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, held in Odense, Denmark, from 25 to 28 November 2015; and the Olympic Test Event, held on 16–22 April 2016 at Arena Olímpica do Rio.[4]
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Brazil, as the host country, receives a guaranteed spot, in case it were not to earn one by the regular qualifying methods.
See main article: List of gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Team all-around | (JPN) Kenzō Shirai Yusuke Tanaka Koji Yamamuro Kōhei Uchimura Ryōhei Katō | (RUS) Denis Ablyazin David Belyavskiy Ivan Stretovich Nikolai Kuksenkov Nikita Nagornyy | (CHN) Deng Shudi Lin Chaopan Liu Yang You Hao Zhang Chenglong | |||
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For the first time since the 1972 Olympics, Romania did not win a medal in the women's team event, due to Romania's failure to qualify a team for the first time since 1968, ending a 40-year medal run.[6] [7] [8]
| Team all-around | (USA) Simone Biles Gabby Douglas Laurie Hernandez Madison Kocian Aly Raisman | (RUS) Angelina Melnikova Aliya Mustafina Maria Paseka Daria Spiridonova Seda Tutkhalyan | (CHN) Fan Yilin Mao Yi Shang Chunsong Tan Jiaxin Wang Yan | |||
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| Group all-around | Vera Biryukova Anastasia Bliznyuk Anastasia Maksimova Anastasia Tatareva Maria Tolkacheva | Reneta Kamberova Lyubomira Kazanova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova Tsvetelina Naydenova Hristiana Todorova | |
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For the first time since 2008, a gala was held in gymnastics; it was held on 17 August 2016, following the completion of competition in the artistic disciplines. The exhibition event featured performances by artistic gymnasts who participated in Rio.[9] [10]