Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

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Women's vault
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Simona Amânar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Mo Huilan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Gina Gogean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
  1992
2000  

These are the results of the women's vault competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 22 and 28th at the Georgia Dome.

Results

Qualification

Ninety-one gymnasts competed in the vault event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 28. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.

RankGymnastScore
1Flag of Romania.svg  Simona Amânar  (ROU)19.675
2Flag of Romania.svg  Gina Gogean  (ROU)19.637
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mo Huilan  (CHN)19.537
4Flag of the United States.svg  Kerri Strug * (USA)19.524
5Flag of Russia.svg  Rozalia Galiyeva  (RUS)19.512
6Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Grosheva  (RUS)19.500
7Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Dawes  (USA)19.487
8Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Svetlana Boginskaya  (BLR)19.474
9Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Miller ** (USA)19.462

* Did not participate due to injury
** Replaced injured teammate Kerri Strug

Final

RankGymnastScore
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Simona Amânar  (ROU)9.825
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mo Huilan  (CHN)9.768
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Gina Gogean  (ROU)9.750
4Flag of Russia.svg  Rozalia Galiyeva  (RUS)9.743
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Svetlana Boginskaya  (BLR)9.712
6Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Dawes  (USA)9.649
7Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Grosheva  (RUS)9.637
8Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Miller  (USA)9.350

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