2004 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup final

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The 2004 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final was held in Birmingham, England in 2004. This was the fourth edition of the World Cup Final. From 2003 to 2004, a series of qualifying events were held, culminating in a final event, the World Cup Final. The different stages, sometimes referred to as World Cup Qualifiers, mostly served the purpose of awarding points to individual gymnasts and groups according to their placements. These points would be added up over the two-year period to qualify a limited number of athletes to the biennial World Cup Final event. [1]

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronzeRef.
Men's floor exercise Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Hypólito Flag of Japan.svg Isao Yoneda Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Gál [2]
Men's pommel horse Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Qin Flag of Romania.svg Marius Urzică Flag of Romania.svg Ioan Silviu Suciu [2]
Men's still rings Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yuri van Gelder Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Tomita Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Morandi [2]
Men's vault Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Bin Flag of Latvia.svg Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Flag of Bulgaria.svg Filip Yanev [2]
Men's parallel bars Flag of Slovenia.svg Mitja Petkovšek Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Xu Flag of Romania.svg Marius Urzică [2]
Men's horizontal bar Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Honcharov Flag of Japan.svg Isao Yoneda Flag of Greece.svg Vlasios Maras [2]
Women's vault Flag of the United States.svg Alicia Sacramone Flag of Romania.svg Monica Roșu Flag of Russia.svg Anna Pavlova [2]
Women's uneven bars Flag of the United States.svg Chellsie Memmel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beth Tweddle Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ya [2]
Women's balance beam Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Ponor Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ya
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Eremia
None awarded [2]
Women's floor exercise Flag of Brazil.svg Daiane dos Santos Flag of Romania.svg Catalina Ponor Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cheng Fei [2]

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References

  1. "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique-World Cup Finals". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1975–2008 Artistic WC