Gymnastics at the 1998 Goodwill Games

Gymnastics at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Gymnastics at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Venue	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Location	New York, United States
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Last updated November 27, 2024

At the 1998 Goodwill Games, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.

Artistic Gymnastics

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Individual all-around details	Ivan Ivankov	Alexei Bondarenko	Blaine Wilson
Floor details	Alexei Nemov	Jay Thorton	Alexei Bondarenko
Pommel horse details	Nikolai Kryukov	Alexei Bondarenko	Yewki Tomita
Rings details	Chris LaMorte	Ivan Ivankov Alexei Bondarenko	none awarded
Vault details	Sergei Fedorchenko	Nikolay Kryukov	Eric López Rios
Parallel bars details	Huang Xu	Ivan Ivankov	Alexei Bondarenko
High bar details	Ivan Ivankov	Alexei Nemov	Sergei Fedorchenko
Women
Individual all-around details	Dominique Moceanu	Maria Olaru	Simona Amânar
Vault details	Vanessa Atler	Elena Dolgopolova	Simona Amânar
Uneven bars details	Svetlana Khorkina	Elise Ray	Simona Amânar
Balance beam details	Kristen Maloney	Olga Teslenko	Corina Ungureanu
Floor details	Vanessa Atler	Simona Amânar	Corina Ungureanu
Mixed
Pairs details	China Ling Jie Xu Huang	Russia Svetlana Khorkina Alexei Nemov	Russia Anna Kovalyova Alexei Bondarenko

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual
All-Around details	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)
Hoop details	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)
Rope details	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)
Clubs details	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)
Ribbon details	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL) Asel Mustafina (RUS)

Details

Artistic Gymnastics

Men

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rank	Gymnast							Total
	Ivan Ivankov (BLR)	9.300	9.650	9.750	9.450	9.775	9.575	57.500
	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	8.950	9.300	9.625	9.575	9.775	9.475	56.700
	Blaine Wilson (USA)	9.375	9.200	9.725	9.650	9.675	8.950	56.575
4	Roman Zozulia (UKR)	9.100	9.375	9.700	9.575	9.250	9.450	56.450
5	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.000	9.450	9.500	9.625	9.400	9.275	56.250
6	Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)	9.325	9.225	9.500	9.475	9.450	9.200	56.175
7	Alexei Nemov (RUS)	9.450	9.100	9.125	9.550	8.950	9.525	55.700
8	Huang Xu (CHN)	9.125	8.300	9.525	9.475	9.725	8.500	54.650
9	Sean Townsend (USA)	8.625	8.500	9.425	9.625	9.550	8.600	54.325
10	Eric López Ríos (CUB)	8.400	9.500	9.675	9.600	9.275	7.850	54.300
11	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	8.550	9.350	8.300	8.700	9.200	9.250	53.350
12	Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)	0.000	8.100	8.725	9.150	8.675	3.200	37.850

Floor ^[1]^[4]^[5]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Alexei Nemov (RUS)	9.725
	Jay Thornton (USA)	9.550
	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	9.525
4	Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)	9.375
5	Aleksandr Shostak (BLR)	9.250
6	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.000
7	Roman Zozulia (UKR)	8.925
8	Sean Townsend (USA)	8.450

Pommel Horse ^[1]^[4]^[5]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)	9.650
	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	9.625
	Yewki Tomita (USA)	9.375
4	Huang Xu (CHN)	9.325
4	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	9.325
6	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.000
7	Vasile Cioana (ROU)	8.250
8	Szilveszter Csollany (HUN)	7.850

Rings ^[1]^[4]^[6]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Chris LaMorte (USA)	9.700
	Ivan Ivankov (BLR)	9.675
	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	9.675
4	Blaine Wilson (USA)	9.650
5	Szilveszter Csollany (HUN)	9.625
6	Huang Xu (CHN)	9.575
7	Roman Zozulia (UKR)	9.525
8	Dimosthensis Tambakos (GRE)	9.100

Vault ^[1]^[4]^[6]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)	9.650
	Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)	9.600
	Eric López Ríos (CUB)	9.575
4	Vasile Cioana (ROU)	9.562
5	Alexei Nemov (RUS)	9.487
6	Chris Young (USA)	9.450
7	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.387
8	Sean Townsend (USA)	9.075

Parallel Bars ^[1]^[4]^[7]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Huang Xu (CHN)	9.725
	Ivan Ivankov (BLR)	9.700
	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	9.650
4	Trent Wells (USA)	9.600
5	Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)	9.550
6	Maxim Alyoshin (RUS)	9.400
7	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.200
8	Sean Townsend (USA)	8.800

High Bar ^[1]^[4]^[7]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Ivan Ivankov (BLR)	9.725
	Alexei Nemov (RUS)	9.650
	Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)	9.525
4	Lu Yufu (CHN)	9.475
5	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	9.450
6	Chris Young (USA)	9.025
7	Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	8.900
8	Jani Tanskanen (FIN)	8.425

Women

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[8]^[9]

Rank	Gymnast					Total
	Dominique Moceanu (USA)	9.587	9.625	9.750	9.700	38.662
	Maria Olaru (ROU)	9.550	9.550	9.625	9.250	37.975
	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.600	9.425	9.150	9.675	37.850
4	Meng Fei (CHN)	9.237	9.500	9.600	9.500	37.837
5	Sierra Sapunar (USA)	9.012	9.575	9.525	9.475	37.587
6	Olga Teslenko (UKR)	9.025	9.600	9.425	9.425	37.475
7	Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)	9.487	9.800	9.300	8.825	37.412
8	Zeena McLaughlin (AUS)	9.262	9.250	9.400	9.300	37.212
8	Ling Jie (CHN)	9.237	9.800	8.650	9.525	37.212
10	Elena Produnova (RUS)	9.375	9.400	9.050	8.950	36.775
11	Alena Polozkova (BLR)	9.325	8.550	9.175	9.500	36.550

Vault ^[1]^[10]^[5]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Vanessa Atler (USA)	9.662
	Elena Dolgopolova (RUS)	9.600
	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.587
4	Maria Olaru (ROU)	9.575
5	Adrienn Varga (HUN)	9.562
6	Anna Kovalyova (RUS)	9.537
7	Alena Polozkova (BLR)	9.437
8	Sang Lan (CHN)	WD

Uneven Bars ^[1]^[10]^[5]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)	9.825
	Elise Ray (USA)	9.700
	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.600
4	Corina Ungureanu (ROU)	9.575
5	Dominique Dawes (USA)	9.400
6	Olga Teslenko (UKR)	9.200
7	Ling Jie (CHN)	8.925
8	Meng Fei (CHN)	8.600

Balance Beam ^[1]^[10]^[6]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Kristen Maloney (USA)	9.775
	Olga Teslenko (UKR)	9.725
	Corina Ungureanu (ROU)	9.700
4	Zeena McLaughlin (AUS)	9.675
5	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (RUS)	9.650
6	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.600
7	Ling Jie (CHN)	9.250
8	Anna Kovalyova (RUS)	8.800

Floor ^[1]^[10]^[6]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Vanessa Atler (USA)	9.775
	Simona Amânar (ROU)	9.725
	Corina Ungureanu (ROU)	9.650
4	Meng Fei (CHN)	9.525
5	Elena Produnova (RUS)	9.250
6	Olga Teslenko (UKR)	9.075
7	Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)	8.975
8	Zeena McLaughlin (AUS)	8.900

Mixed

Pairs ^[1]

Rank	Pair	Score
	China 1 Ling Jie Xu Huang (CHN)	39.000
	Russia 1 Svetlana Khorkina Alexei Nemov (RUS)	38.725
	Russia 2 Anna Kovalyova Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)	38.700
4	Ukraine Olga Teslenko Roman Zozulia (UKR)	38.400
5	Australia (AUS) / Cuba Zeena McLaughlin Eric Lopez Rios (CUB)	38.350
6	Belarus Alena Polozkova Aleksandr Shosktak (BLR)	38.025
7	Russia 3 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)	37.925
8	China 2 Meng Fei Yufu Lu (CHN)	36.875

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[7]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	39.781
	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	39.657
	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	39.640
4	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)	39.433
5	Asel Mustafina (RUS)	39.241
6	Tamara Yerofeeva (UKR)	39.199
7	Edita Schaufler (GER)	39.161
8	Kate Jeffress (USA)	38.782

Hoop ^[1]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	9.983
	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	9.900
	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	9.883
4	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)	9.841
5	Asel Mustafina (RUS)	9.833
6	Edita Schaufler (GER)	9.783
6	Tamara Yerofeyeva (UKR)	9.783
8	Kate Jeffress (USA)	9.625

Rope ^[1]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	9.908
	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	9.900
	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	9.891
4	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)	9.833
5	Asel Mustafina (RUS)	9.812
6	Edita Schaufler (GER)	9.758
7	Tamara Yerofeyeva (UKR)	9.750
8	Kate Jeffress (USA)	9.650

Clubs ^[1]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	9.958
	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	9.933
	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)	9.866
4	Tamara Yerofeyeva (UKR)	9.808
5	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	9.800
6	Edita Schaufler (GER)	9.783
7	Asel Mustafina (RUS)	9.758
8	Kate Jeffress (USA)	9.633

Ribbon ^[1]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
	Alina Kabaeva (RUS)	9.941
	Evgenia Pavlina (BLR)	9.933
	Teodora Alexandrova (BUL)	9.858
	Asel Mustafina (RUS)	9.858
5	Elena Vitrichenko (UKR)	9.800
6	Tamara Yerofeyeva (UKR)	9.775
6	Edita Schaufler (GER)	9.775
8	Kate Jeffress (USA)	9.641

Medal table

Overall

Men

Women

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	2	2	9
2	Russia (RUS)	3	5	3	11
3	Belarus (BLR)	2	2	0	4
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
5	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
6	Romania (ROU)	0	2	5	7
7	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
8	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		12	12	12	36

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	2	4	3	9
2	Belarus	2	2	0	4
3	United States	1	1	2	4
4	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
5	China	1	0	0	1
6	Cuba	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	0	5
2	Russia	1	1	0	2
3	Romania	0	2	5	7
4	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	5	15

Gymnastics at the 1998 Goodwill Games

Contents

Artistic Gymnastics

Medalists

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Medalists

Details

Artistic Gymnastics

Men

Individual All-Around [1] [2] [3]

Floor [1] [4] [5]

Pommel Horse [1] [4] [5]

Rings [1] [4] [6]

Vault [1] [4] [6]

Parallel Bars [1] [4] [7]

High Bar [1] [4] [7]

Women

Individual All-Around [1] [8] [9]

Vault [1] [10] [5]

Uneven Bars [1] [10] [5]

Balance Beam [1] [10] [6]

Floor [1] [10] [6]

Mixed

Pairs [1]

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around [1] [7]

Hoop [1]

Rope [1]

Clubs [1]

Ribbon [1]

Medal table

Overall

Men

Women

Related Research Articles

References

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Floor ^[1]^[4]^[5]

Pommel Horse ^[1]^[4]^[5]

Rings ^[1]^[4]^[6]

Vault ^[1]^[4]^[6]

Parallel Bars ^[1]^[4]^[7]

High Bar ^[1]^[4]^[7]

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[8]^[9]

Vault ^[1]^[10]^[5]

Uneven Bars ^[1]^[10]^[5]

Balance Beam ^[1]^[10]^[6]

Floor ^[1]^[10]^[6]

Pairs ^[1]

Individual All-Around ^[1]^[7]

Hoop ^[1]

Rope ^[1]

Clubs ^[1]

Ribbon ^[1]