Artistic gymnastics at the 2011 Canada Winter Games was held at the newly built Canada Games Centre in Halifax [1]
The events were held during the first week between February 13 and 17, 2011. [2]
The following is the medal table for artistic gymnastics at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.
* Host nation (Nova Scotia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ontario | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
2 | Quebec | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
3 | British Columbia | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
4 | Nova Scotia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Saskatchewan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Alberta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (6 nations) | 17 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Team all-around | Quebec | 304.600 | British Columbia | 304.000 | Ontario | 303.150 |
Individual all-around [3] | Simon Porter Ontario | 79.350 | Kal Nemier British Columbia | 77.200 | Mathieu Csukassy Quebec | 76.950 |
Floor [4] | Jared Goad Nova Scotia | 13.600 | Kal Nemier British Columbia | 13.400 | Mathieu Csukassy Quebec | 13.350 |
Pommel horse [5] | Bobby Kriangkum Alberta Zach Clay British Columbia | 13.150 | Not awarded | Simon Porter Ontario | 12.950 | |
Rings [6] | Simon Porter Ontario | 13.800 | Matthew Halickman Quebec | 13.350 | Curtis Graves Saskatchewan Kal Nemier British Columbia | 13.150 |
Vault [7] | Mathieu Csukassy Quebec | 15.700 | Zach Clay British Columbia | 14.900 | Kal Nemier British Columbia | 14.700 |
Parallel bars [8] | Curtis Graves Saskatchewan | 12.950 | Nicholas Mallia Ontario | 12.700 | Stephen Clouter Nova Scotia | 12.500 |
Horizontal bar [9] | Mathieu Csukassy Quebec Matthew Halickman Quebec | 12.500 | Not awarded | Simon Porter Ontario | 12.400 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Team all-around | Ontario | 219.900 | British Columbia | 214.700 | Quebec | 210.650 |
Individual all-around | Silvia Colussi-Pelaez Ontario Sabrina Gill Ontario | 55.100 | Not awarded | Mikaela Gerber Ontario | 54.850 | |
Vault [10] | Briannah Tsang British Columbia | 14.450 | Mikaela Gerber Ontario | 13.900 | Emma Kate Sibson British Columbia | 13.850 |
Floor [11] | Shallon Olsen British Columbia | 14.660 | Mikaela Gerber Ontario | 14.450 | Briannah Tsang British Columbia | 14.200 |
Uneven bars [12] | Sabrina Gill Ontario | 14.350 | Shae Zamardi British Columbia | 13.850 | Silvia Colussi-Pelaez Ontario | 13.650 |
Balance beam [13] | Sabrina Gill Ontario | 14.850 | Vivi Babalis Quebec | 14.750 | Shallon Olsen British Columbia Mikaela Gerber Ontario | 13.900 |
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