2021 All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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2021 All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Dates
  • 15 - 18 April, 2021 (individual all-around)
  • 05 - 06 June, 2021 (apparatus)
  • 11 - 12 December, 2021 (team)
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The 75th All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held on 3 occasions. The individual all-around took place from 15-18 April, followed by the apparatus finals on 5-6 June, and finally the team all-around from 11-12 December.

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Takasaki hosted all the individual events, both all-around and apparatus, while the team competition was held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. The tournaments also served as the national trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the participation of over 170 gymnasts nationwide. [1] [2] [3]

Qualification

Men's Events

Individual All-around

The maximum of 90 male gymnasts would be qualified to compete for the men's individual all-around event, following these criteria: [4]

  • 2020 All Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships top ranks: 44 gymnasts.
  • National Tryout (tournament 3): 18 gymnasts.
  • Men's Junior Strengthening Department recommendation: 5 gymnasts.
  • Japan Gymnastics Association recommendation: 5 gymnasts.
  • 2021 Summer Universiade shortlist: 18 gymnasts.
    • 53rd All Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships top team: 6 slots.
    • Gakuren recommendation: 12 gymnasts.

Individual Apparatus

The maximum of 24 male gymnasts would be qualified to compete for the men's individual all-around event, following these criteria: [5]

① Winner of 2020 event and the gymnast selected to represent Japan at the World Cup in Doha; or top 2 of 2020 event.

② Top 22-24 gymnasts (not included in ①) all-around qualifying and tryout results to make the maximum of 24.

③ 2 spot for team contribution based on the results up to the NHK Trophy among the players who met the B-selection conditions (NHK Trophy 10th place or less, best team member, world ranking 1st-place winner). This 2 gymnast who didn't passed the All-Japan event-specific qualifying were allowed to perform (but wouldn't advance to the final)

• Selected athletes for ③ were allowed perform, but the results wouldn't be in the eventual ranking.

• The selection of qualification ③ was announced after the end of the NHK Trophy.

Team All-around

16 male gymnastics clubs qualified for the team final following these criteria: [6]

  • 12 teams with the highest scores at the competitions below:
    • 75th All Japan Student Championships (1st division)
    • 75th All Japan Student Championships (2nd division)
    • 54th All Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships (1st division)
  • Top 2 teams of the 2021 All-Japan Junior Championships.
  • 1 team with the highest score at the 2021 National High School Championships that hadn't qualified yet.
  • 1 Junior National Selection team.

Schedule

QQualificationFFinals
DateApr 15Apr 16Apr 17Apr 18Jun 5Jun 6Dec 11Dec 12
Men's team all-around F
Men's individual all-around QF
Men's floor QF
Men's pommel horse QF
Men's rings QF
Men's vault QF
Men's parallel bars QF
Men's horizontal bar QF
Women's team all-around F
Women's individual all-around QF
Women's vault QF
Women's uneven bars QF
Women's balance beam QF
Women's floor QF

Medal summary

Men

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Team all-around Juntendo University
Shigeto Suzuki
Keitaro Okubo
Teppei Miwa
Daiki Hashimoto
Kakuto Murayama
Azusa Emata
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club
Kazuya Takahashi
Seiya Taura
Takaaki Sugino
Minori Haruki
Takeru Kitazono
Kentaro Yunoki
Central Sports
Shogo Nonomura
Wataru Tanigawa
Kenta Chiba
Kazuma Kaya
Kakeru Tanigawa
Fuya Maeno
Individual all-around Daiki Hashimoto
Juntendo University
Wataru Tanigawa
Central Sports
Kazuma Kaya
Central Sports
Floor exercise Kazuki Minami
Sendai University
Kenzo Shirai
Nittaidai (teaching)
Ryosuke Doi
Nittaidai
Pommel horse Yamato Ichiguchi
NIFS Kanoya
Kenta Chiba
Central Sports
Kakeru Tanigawa
Central Sports
Rings Yuya Kamoto
Konami Sports
Kazuya Takahashi
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club
Takuya Nagano
Kagoshima Sports Association
Vault Hidenobu Yonekura
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club
Junya Sakumoto
Shizuoka Sangyo University
Hiyo Kabeya
Nihon University
Parallel bars Yusuke Tanaka
Konami Sports
not awarded Carlos Yulo
Asahi Life
Kaito Sugimoto
Nittaidai
Horizontal bar Daiki Hashimoto
Juntendo University
Kohei Uchimura
Joyca
Takaaki Sugino
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club/NIFS Kanoya

[7]

Women

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Team all-around Nittaidai Legyc Sports Sabae High School
Individual all-around Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club
Hitomi Hatakeda
Central Sports
Yuna Hiraiwa
Toda Sports
Vault Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club
Shoko Miyata
Sabae Gymnastics School
Chiaki Hatakeda
Central Sports
Uneven bars Hitomi Hatakeda
Central Sports
Ai Takagi
Sohgoh
Yumika Nakamura
Nittaidai club
Balance beam Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club
Aiko Sugihara
Mukogawa Women's University
Yumika Nakamura
Nittaidai club
Floor exercise Aiko Sugihara
Mukogawa Women's University
Chiaki Hatakeda
Central Sports
Sae Miyakawa
Sun Music

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