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| 2013 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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| Location |  Dalian, Liaoning |
| Start date | May 8, 2013 |
| End date | May 12, 2013 |
The 2013 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 8 May to 12 May 2013 in Dalian.
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| 2013 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dalian, Liaoning |
| Start date | May 8, 2013 |
| End date | May 12, 2013 |
The 2013 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 8 May to 12 May 2013 in Dalian.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Guangdong | Guizhou | Shandong |
| All-around | Liu Rongbing (Guizhou) | Lin Chaopan (Fujian) | Deng Shudi (Guizhou) |
| Floor | Deng Xiaofeng (PLA) | Cheng Ran (Beijing) | Sun Bing (Tianjin) |
| Pommel horse | Zhang Hongtao (Shanxi) | Chen Xuezhang (Fujian) | Fu Yu (Tianjin) |
| Rings | Yan Mingyong (Shanghai) | Liu Yang (PLA) | Liao Junlin (Guangxi) |
| Vault | Cheng Ran (Beijing) | Zhang Zhongbo (Shanghai) | Luo Zepeng (Sichuan) |
| Parallel bars | You Hao (Jiangsu) | Tang Xingxing (Jiangxi) | Wang Guanyin (Tianjin) |
| Horizontal bar | Zhou Shixiong (Guangdong) | Liu Rongbing (Guizhou) | Lin Chaopan (Fujian) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Sui Lu Tan Sixin Xiao Kangjun Yang Tianyi Zhang Yiqian Fan Yilin (Shanghai) | Huang Qiushuang Wu Liufang Chen Li Luo Peiru Liu Tingting Xu Chujun (Guangdong) | Zeng Siqi Shang Chunsong Tan Jiaxin Deng Chunfen Cui Jie Xie Yufen (Hunan) |
| All Around | Yao Jinnan (Fujian) | Shang Chunsong (Hunan) | Zeng Siqi (Hunan) |
| Vault | Yuan Xiaoyang (Zhejiang) | Yang Pei (Shaanxi) | Deng Yalan (Jiangxi) |
| Uneven Bars | Huang Huidan (Zhejiang) | He Kexin (Beijing) | Yao Jinnan (Fujian) |
| Balance Beam | Shang Chunsong (Hunan) | Deng Linlin (Anhui) | Tan Sixin (Shanghai) |
| Floor | Sui Lu (Shanghai) Shang Chunsong (Hunan) | Yao Jinnan (Fujian) |
| Rank | Gymnast | Team |  |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yao Jinnan | Fujian | 14.434 | 14.967 | 14.367 | 13.700 | 57.468 |
| 2 | Shang Chunsong | Hunan | 13.567 | 13.234 | 14.167 | 13.767 | 54.735 |
| 3 | Huang Qiushuang | Guangdong | 13.834 | 14.034 | 13.767 | 13.100 | 54.735 |
| 4 | Zeng Siqi | Hunan | 13.634 | 12.567 | 14.700 | 13.734 | 54.635 |
| 5 | Liu Tingting | Guangdong | 13.734 | 13.614 | 13.934 | 13.300 | 54.582 |
| 6 | Xiao Kangjun | Shanghai | 14.034 | 14.167 | 12.767 | 13.434 | 54.402 |
| 7 | Tan Sixin | Shanghai | 13.300 | 13.300 | 14.267 | 13.534 | 54.401 |
| 8 | Huang Huidan | Zhejiang | 12.400 | 15.267 | 13.434 | 13.067 | 54.168 |
| 9 | Luo Peiru | Guangdong | 14.300 | 12.700 | 13.734 | 13.134 | 53.868 |
| 10 | Lv Jiaqi | Zhejiang | 13.434 | 13.467 | 13.467 | 13.400 | 53.768 |
| 11 | Deng Linlin | Anhui | 13.767 | 12.700 | 13.834 | 13.234 | 53.535 |
| 12 | Wang Yan | Beijing | 13.667 | 12.234 | 14.234 | 13.234 | 53.369 |
| 13 | Deng Chunfen | Hunan | 13.634 | 13.600 | 12.934 | 13.000 | 53.168 |
| 14 | Yuan Xiaoyang | Zhejiang | 13.834 | 12.267 | 13.767 | 13.034 | 52.902 |
| 15 | Feng Xiao | Hunan | 13.367 | 12.767 | 13.334 | 13.134 | 52.602 |
| 16 | Zhang Yelinzi | Hubei | 13.700 | 12.200 | 13.200 | 13.134 | 52.234 |
| 17 | Mei Jie | Hubei | 13.100 | 13.034 | 12.567 | 13.067 | 51.768 |
| 18 | Li Shanshan | Hebei | 13.334 | 12.900 | 12.367 | 13.034 | 51.635 |
| 19 | Chen Siyi | Fujian | 13.567 | 12.734 | 13.234 | 11.934 | 51.469 |
| 20 | Zhu Siyan | Zhejiang | 13.134 | 13.500 | 11.800 | 12.900 | 51.334 |
| 21 | Zheng Wen | Shandong | 13.567 | 11.534 | 12.134 | 12.867 | 50.102 |
| 22 | He Wenxiu | Liaoning | 13.267 | 11.800 | 13.000 | 12.034 | 50.101 |
| 23 | Zhu Xiaofang | Guangdong | 12.034 | 12.700 | 12.967 | 12.300 | 50.001 |
| 24 | He Chuchu | Hubei | 13.700 | 11.134 | 12.900 | 12.167 | 49.901 |
| 25 | Zeng Shixia | Sichuan | 13.100 | 12.400 | 11.567 | 12.367 | 49.434 |
| 26 | Yang Ruxue | Shanghai | 13.534 | 10.267 | 13.300 | 12.267 | 49.368 |
| 27 | Tao Yebaihe | Hubei | 12.400 | 11.934 | 12.467 | 12.267 | 49.068 |
| 28 | Wang Qianmei | Yunnan | 12.400 | 12.000 | 12.234 | 12.267 | 48.901 |
| 29 | Zhang Wenxin | Hebei | 12.734 | 10.834 | 13.467 | 11.834 | 48.869 |
| 30 | Huang Jing | Anhui | 13.434 | 11.667 | 11.300 | 12.400 | 48.801 |
| 31 | Liu Tianyang | Hebei | 12.900 | 11.600 | 12.534 | 11.567 | 48.604 |
| 32 | Wei Ruitong | Guangxi | 13.634 | 11.067 | 12.400 | 11.434 | 48.535 |
| 33 | Qin Chang | Jiangsu | 12.067 | 10.534 | 12.567 | 13.100 | 48.268 |
| 34 | Fu Yuyao | Sichuan | 11.634 | 11.834 | 12.500 | 12.300 | 48.268 |
| 35 | Lü Yawen | Guizhou | 12.934 | 9.900 | 12.767 | 12.634 | 48.235 |
| 36 | Wang Qiuling | Liaoning | 12.234 | 10.800 | 13.000 | 12.200 | 48.234 |
| 37 | Bai Yawen | Guangxi | 12.234 | 12.467 | 11.334 | 12.067 | 48.102 |
| 38 | Zheng Luosha | Jiangxi | 12.967 | 11.034 | 11.867 | 12.100 | 47.968 |
| 39 | Deng Yalan | Jiangxi | 13.534 | 10.400 | 11.500 | 12.467 | 47.901 |
| 40 | Lu Yufei | Henan | 12.834 | 10.567 | 11.400 | 12.800 | 47.601 |
| 41 | Zheng Yan | Hebei | 12.834 | 12.267 | 10.267 | 12.200 | 47.568 |
| 42 | Song Yuxuan | Beijing | 12.300 | 10.867 | 11.934 | 12.300 | 47.401 |
| 43 | Li Manyu | Anhui | 12.834 | 11.800 | 11.200 | 11.334 | 47.168 |
| 44 | Huang Peijun | Fujian | 13.834 | 10.100 | 11.334 | 11.834 | 47.102 |
| 45 | Xie Wenwei | Zhejiang | 12.167 | 11.900 | 10.700 | 12.334 | 47.101 |
| 46 | Hu Xin | Jiangxi | 12.367 | 11.700 | 11.067 | 11.900 | 47.034 |
| 47 | Luo Danfangjun | Hubei | 13.334 | 11.000 | 10.200 | 12.334 | 46.868 |
| 48 | Lin Jinyu | Jiangxi | 12.300 | 11.367 | 11.134 | 11.867 | 46.668 |
| 61 | Sui Lu | Shanghai | 13.534 | 14.600 | 13.767 | 41.901 | |
| 62 | He Kexin | Beijing | 13.534 | 15.100 | 12.767 | 41.401 | |
| 63 | Xu Chujun | Guangdong | 13.600 | 13.600 | 13.767 | 40.967 | |
| 64 | Cui Jie | Hunan | 13.900 | 13.500 | 13.534 | 40.934 | |
| 65 | Jiang Tong | Tianjin | 14.167 | 13.100 | 13.634 | 40.901 | |
| 66 | Fan Yilin | Shanghai | 14.334 | 13.467 | 12.767 | 40.568 | |
| 72 | Yang Tianyi | Shanghai | 14.167 | 11.067 | 12.200 | 37.434 | |
| 93 | Wu Liufang | Guangdong | 14.134 | 12.634 | 26.768 | ||
| 94 | Li Yiting | Beijing | 14.300 | 11.834 | 26.134 | ||
| 95 | Luo Huan | Zhejiang | 14.034 | 12.000 | 26.034 | ||
| 99 | Xiao Ziqian | Guangdong | 13.767 | 11.734 | 25.501 | ||
| 101 | Yang Pei | Shaanxi | 13.600 | 11.634 | 25.234 | ||
| 104 | Li Yiwei | Henan | 13.700 | 10.900 | 24.600 |
| Rank | Team | | | | | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shanghai | 54.435 (4) | 55.568 (2) | 55.768 (1) | 53.869 (2) | 219.640 |
| Tan Sixin | 13.300 | 13.300 | 14.267 | 13.534 | ||
| Sui Lu | 13.534 | 14.600 | 13.767 | |||
| Xiao Kangjun | 14.034 | 14.167 | 12.767 | 13.434 | ||
| Fan Yilin | 14.334 | 13.467 | 12.767 | |||
| Zhang Yiqian | 13.567 | 13.767 | ||||
| Xu Li | 10.434 | 13.434 | 13.134 | |||
 | Guangdong | 55.468 (2) | 55.582 (1) | 55.035 (3) | 53.301 (3) | 219.386 |
| Huang Qiushuang | 13.834 | 14.034 | 13.767 | 13.100 | ||
| Liu Tingting | 13.734 | 13.614 | 13.934 | 13.300 | ||
| Luo Peiru | 14.300 | 12.700 | 13.734 | 13.134 | ||
| Xu Chujun | 13.600 | 13.600 | 13.767 | |||
| Wu Liufang | 14.134 | 12.634 | ||||
| Chen Li | 13.800 | 11.934 | ||||
 | Hunan | 55.868 (1) | 54.001 (4) | 55.301 (2) | 54.035 (1) | 219.205 |
| Deng Chunfen | 13.634 | 13.600 | 12.934 | 13.000 | ||
| Zeng Siqi | 13.634 | 12.567 | 14.700 | 13.734 | ||
| Shang Chunsong | 13.567 | 13.234 | 14.167 | 13.767 | ||
| Cui Jie | 13.900 | 13.500 | 13.534 | |||
| Tan Jiaxin | 14.700 | 13.167 | 11.834 | |||
| Xie Yufen | 14.000 | 12.800 | ||||
| 4 | Zhejiang | 53.969 (5) | 55.035 (3) | 53.002 (4) | 52.601 (4) | 214.607 |
| Lv Jiaqi | 13.434 | 13.467 | 13.467 | 13.400 | ||
| Yuan Xiaoyang | 13.834 | 12.267 | 13.767 | 13.034 | ||
| Huang Huidan | 12.400 | 15.267 | 13.434 | 13.067 | ||
| Wang Wei | 13.534 | 12.334 | 13.100 | |||
| Luo Huan | 14.034 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jiang Yuyuan | 13.167 | 11.800 | 12.400 | |||
| 5 | Beijing | 53.801 (6) | 51.535 (6) | 50.935 (7) | 50.235 (7) | 206.506 |
| Wang Yan | 13.667 | 12.234 | 14.234 | 13.234 | ||
| He Kexin | 13.534 | 15.100 | 12.767 | |||
| Song Yuxuan | 12.300 | 10.867 | 11.934 | 12.300 | ||
| Niu Sizhuo | 12.367 | 12.300 | 11.934 | |||
| Li Yiting | 14.300 | 11.834 | ||||
| Wu Xinghui | 12.467 | |||||
| 6 | Hubei | 52.900 (7) | 48.902 (7) | 52.401 (5) | 50.635 (5) | 204.838 |
| Zhang Yelinzi | 13.700 | 12.200 | 13.200 | 13.134 | ||
| Mei Jie | 13.100 | 13.034 | 12.567 | 13.067 | ||
| He Chuchu | 13.700 | 11.134 | 12.900 | 12.167 | ||
| Tao Yebaihe | 12.400 | 11.934 | 12.467 | 12.267 | ||
| Zhang Qing | 13.734 | 11.934 | ||||
| Wang Xing | 12.034 | 11.734 | ||||
| 7 | Fujian | 54.835 (4) | 48.768 (8) | 51.135 (6) | 49.735 (8) | 204.473 |
| Yao Jinnan | 14.434 | 14.967 | 14.367 | 13.700 | ||
| Chen Siyi | 13.567 | 12.734 | 13.234 | 11.934 | ||
| Huang Peijun | 13.834 | 10.100 | 11.334 | 11.834 | ||
| Wu Chenlu | 13.000 | 9.334 | 11.567 | 12.267 | ||
| Zheng Lin | 11.967 | 11.300 | ||||
| Yu Yanfang | 12.000 | 10.967 | ||||
| 8 | Anhui | 52.235 (8) | 51.634 (5) | 48.334 (10) | 48.068 (12) | 200.271 |
| Deng Linlin | 13.767 | 12.700 | 13.834 | 13.234 | ||
| Li Manyu | 12.834 | 11.800 | 11.200 | 11.334 | ||
| Huang Jing | 13.434 | 11.667 | 11.300 | 12.400 | ||
| Zhuang Jinhui | 13.600 | 12.000 | 11.100 | |||
| Zhuang Jinlin | 12.200 | 13.534 | ||||
| Yan Ran | 12.100 | 10.467 | 10.900 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | | | | | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Jinnan | Fujian | 14.567 | 14.700 | 13.567 | 13.867 | 56.701 |
| Shang Chunsong | Hunan | 13.634 | 14.834 | 13.367 | 13.800 | 55.635 |
| Zeng Siqi | Hunan | 13.634 | 13.367 | 14.500 | 13.834 | 55.335 |
| 4 | Tan Sixin | Shanghai | 13.300 | 14.867 | 54.001 | ||
| 5 | Huang Qiushuang | Guangdong | 13.634 | 13.434 | 53.535 | ||
| 6 | Liu Tingting | Guangdong | 13.267 | 13.600 | 53.534 | ||
| 7 | Huang Huidan | Zhejiang | 53.468 | ||||
| 8 | Xiao Kangjun | Shanghai | 52.801 | ||||
| 9 | Zhu Siyan | Zhejiang | 52.568 | ||||
| 10 | Wang Yan | Beijing | 52.401 | ||||
| 11 | Mei Jie | Hubei | 52.201 | ||||
| 12 | Li Shanshan | Hebei | 51.702 | ||||
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Xiaoyang | Zhejiang | 13.750 |
| Yang Pei | Shaanxi | 13.734 |
| Deng Yalan | Jiangxi | 13.667 |
| 4 | Li Yiting | Beijing | 13.500 |
| 5 | Yang Tianyi | Shanghai | 13.467 |
| 6 | Li Yiwei | Henan | 13.367 |
| 7 | Xiao Ziqian | Guangdong | 13.300 |
| 8 | Jiang Tong | Tianjin | 6.417 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huang Huidan | Zhejiang | 6.6 | 8.534 | 15.134 | |
| He Kexin | Beijing | 6.8 | 8.200 | 15.000 | |
| Yao Jinnan | Fujian | 6.5 | 8.467 | 14.967 | |
| 4 | Wu Liufang | Guangdong | 6.4 | 8.234 | 14.634 | |
| 5 | Fan Yilin | Shanghai | 6.3 | 7.834 | 14.134 | |
| 6 | Xiao Kangjun | Shanghai | 6.3 | 7.367 | 13.967 | |
| 7 | Huang Qiushuang | Guangdong | 6.2 | 7.134 | 13.334 | |
| 8 | Luo Huan | Zhejiang | 6.0 | 7.200 | 13.200 | |
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shang Chunsong | Hunan | 6.2 | 8.467 | 14.667 | |
| Deng Linlin | Anhui | 6.0 | 8.543 | 14.543 | |
| Tan Sixin | Shanghai | 6.3 | 8.200 | 14.500 | |
| 4 | Wang Yan | Beijing | 6.3 | 8.100 | 14.400 | |
| 5 | Yao Jinnan | Fujian | 5.9 | 8.334 | 14.234 | |
| 6 | Sui Lu | Shanghai | 6.2 | 7.700 | 13.900 | |
| 7 | Zeng Siqi | Hunan | 6.4 | 7.167 | 13.567 | |
| 8 | Liu Tingting | Guangdong | 5.2 | 7.500 | 12.700 | |
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sui Lu | Shanghai | 5.6 | 8.567 | 14.167 | |
| Shang Chunsong | Hunan | 6.0 | 8.167 | 14.167 | |
| Yao Jinnan | Fujian | 5.5 | 8.634 | 14.134 | |
| 4 | Zeng Siqi | Hunan | 5.3 | 8.634 | 13.934 | |
| 5 | Liu Tingting | Guangdong | 5.1 | 8.500 | 13.600 | |
| 6 | Lv Jiaqi | Zhejiang | 5.2 | 8.367 | 13.567 | |
| 7 | Tan Sixin | Shanghai | 5.1 | 7.667 | 12.767 | |
| 8 | Xu Chujun | Guangdong | 5.2 | 6.834 | 12.034 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Hunan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Guangdong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Zhejiang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Fujian | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Guizhou | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Beijing | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | PLA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Jiangsu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shanxi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Jiangxi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Anhui | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaanxi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Tianjin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Guangxi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shandong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sichuan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 15 | 13 | 14 | 42 | |
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