Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

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Women's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Superdome
DateSeptember 21st, 2000
Competitors97 from 43 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Simona Amânar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Olaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Liu Xuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1996
2004  

These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 17 and 21 at the Sydney SuperDome. [1]

World all-around silver medalist Viktoria Karpenko led the competition until the last rotation, but was thrown from first place after she stubbed her toe, tripped, and fell out of bounds on floor exercise. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The all-around competition in the discipline of women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) was marred by three separate scandals.

The vault apparatus was set incorrectly for more than half of the meet, and consequently many gymnasts fell and/or were injured on the event. Officials blamed the series of falls and low scores on performance anxiety. It wasn't until Australian gymnast Allana Slater and her coach, Peggy Liddick, voiced concerns about the equipment that officials discovered the apparatus was five centimetres, or almost two inches, lower than it should've been. While athletes were given the opportunity to perform again, for some of them, the damage to their mental or physical health caused by the vault was irreparable. [6] Chinese gymnast Kui Yuanyuan and American gymnast Kristen Maloney both injured their legs while attempting to stick their landings, with Kui needing to be carried to an examination area and Maloney damaging a titanium rod that had recently been implanted in her shin. Romanian gymnast Andreea Răducan ultimately took gold while her teammates, Simona Amânar and Maria Olaru took silver and bronze, respectively. [7] This is the second all-around title won by a Romanian after Nadia Comăneci.

Andreea Răducan, who initially won the event, had her medal stripped after testing positive for pseudoephedrine, which was in a medication given to her by the team doctor. Raducan appealed the disqualification because she did not take the substance knowingly, nor was she responsible for the error; the IOC admitted Raducan was not at fault, but nonetheless upheld the decision, citing a strict liability standard. [8]

Finally, Dong Fangxiao was found in 2010 to have been 14 years old, two years under the minimum age to compete, at the Sydney Olympics. Consequently, all of her results from the Olympics were deleted from the records. [9]

Results

Qualification

Sixty-four gymnasts competed in the all-around during the qualification round on September 17. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 21. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final.

Final

RankGymnastVaultUneven
Bars
Balance
Beam
Floor
Exercise
Total
DSQ2Flag of Romania.svg  Andreea Răducan  (ROU)9.7069.5759.7879.82538.893
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Simona Amânar  (ROU)9.6569.5129.6629.81238.642
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Maria Olaru  (ROU)9.6569.6009.7009.62538.581
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Xuan  (CHN)9.3319.7259.7509.61238.418
4Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lobaznyuk  (RUS)9.6939.7009.4259.57538.393
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Yun  (CHN)9.5319.7879.2879.70038.305
6Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Zamolodchikova  (RUS)9.7319.7259.7009.11238.268
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olga Roschupkina  (UKR)9.3689.7259.7509.36238.205
8Flag of Australia.svg  Lisa Skinner  (AUS)9.1689.6509.6259.75038.193
9Flag of Spain.svg  Esther Moya  (ESP)9.6319.5509.1879.71238.080
10Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Khorkina  (RUS)9.3439.0129.7629.81237.929
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Viktoria Karpenko  (UKR)9.5749.8009.7758.72537.874
12Flag of Spain.svg  Laura Martinez  (ESP)9.5189.6129.0629.63737.829
13Flag of the United States.svg  Elise Ray  (USA)9.4879.7508.8879.53737.661
14Flag of the United States.svg  Amy Chow  (USA)9.4439.7379.2259.18737.592
15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kate Richardson  (CAN)9.2819.6629.3379.25037.530
16Flag of Australia.svg  Allana Slater  (AUS)9.0259.7129.1129.66237.511
17Flag of Italy.svg  Martina Bremini  (ITA)9.3259.6009.3759.18737.487
18Flag of Italy.svg  Monica Bergamelli  (ITA)9.4499.5258.9759.50037.449
19Flag of the United States.svg  Kristen Maloney  (USA)9.5439.5878.8879.41237.429
20Flag of Brazil.svg  Daniele Hypólito  (BRA)8.9629.6009.3259.45037.337
21Flag of Spain.svg  Sara Moro  (ESP)9.3189.6378.7259.65037.330
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Halina Tyryk  (UKR)9.1819.6509.5128.98737.330
23Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Lisa Mason  (GBR)9.3569.2629.5379.01237.167
24Flag of France.svg  Delphine Regease  (FRA)9.0879.2259.5759.16237.049
DSQ3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Dong Fangxiao  (CHN)9.2939.0259.2759.300 36.893
25Flag of Italy.svg  Adriana Crisci  (ITA)9.1879.0628.9629.67536.886
26Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Marina Zarzhitskaya  (BLR)9.3879.6379.1508.70036.874
27Flag of Japan.svg  Kana Yamawaki  (JPN)9.2939.0129.0259.31236.642
28Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jana Komrsková  (CZE)9.5069.4878.6758.95036.618
29Flag of France.svg  Nelly Ramassamy  (FRA)9.2439.1379.1129.10036.592
30Flag of France.svg  Alexandra Soler  (FRA)9.2999.4878.3509.36236.498
31Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Emma Williams  (GBR)9.1439.1259.0509.12536.443
32Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Yvonne Tousek  (CAN)9.0819.1509.2258.82536.281
33Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Alena Polozkova  (BLR)9.1008.2259.2759.56236.162
DNFFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Annika Reeder  (GBR)7.274--9.26216.5361

1 Annika Reeder was forced to withdraw after being injured on the faulty vaulting horse.

2 Răducan originally won the event, but was disqualified after testing positive for pseudoephedrine.

3 Dong Fongxiao originally finished 25th, but was disqualified in 2010 after the IGF discovered she was 14 (and thus under the minimum age to compete) during the Olympics.

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