Women's vault at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | HSBC Arena | ||||||||||||
Date | 14 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 15.966 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of gymnasts Qualification | ||
Artistic | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
Rhythmic | ||
Group all-around | women | |
Individual all-around | women | |
Trampoline | ||
Individual | men | women |
The women's vault competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the HSBC Arena on 14 August.
The medals were presented by Larry Probst IOC member, and Nellie Kim, FIG Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee President.
The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Each gymnast performed two vaults.
Rank | Gymnast | Vault 1 | Vault 2 | Total | ||||||
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D Score | E Score | Pen. | Score 1 | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Score 2 | |||
1 | Simone Biles (USA) | 6.300 | 9.700 | 16.000 | 6.400 | 9.700 | 16.100 | 16.050 | ||
2 | Hong Un-jong (PRK) | 6.300 | 9.466 | 15.766 | 6.400 | 9.200 | 15.600 | 15.683 | ||
3 | Giulia Steingruber (SUI) | 6.200 | 9.400 | 15.600 | 5.800 | 9.133 | 14.933 | 15.266 | ||
4 | Maria Paseka (RUS) | 6.400 | 8.633 | -0.300 | 14.733 | 6.300 | 9.066 | 15.366 | 15.049 | |
5 | Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) | 6.200 | 8.966 | 15.166 | 6.000 | 8.833 | 14.833 | 14.999 | ||
6 | Shallon Olsen (CAN) | 6.300 | 9.000 | 15.300 | 5.900 | 8.700 | 14.600 | 14.950 | ||
7 | Wang Yan (CHN) | 6.000 | 8.933 | 14.933 | 6.200 | 8.866 | −0.100 | 14.966 | 14.949 | |
8 | Dipa Karmakar (IND) | 7.000 | 8.100 | 15.100 | 6.000 | 8.600 | 14.600 | 14.850 |
Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
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Youngest competitor | Shallon Olsen | Canada | July 10, 2000 (age 16) |
Oldest competitor | Oksana Chusovitina | Uzbekistan | June 19, 1975 (age 41) |
Rank | Gymnast | Vault 1 | Vault 2 | Total | ||||||
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D Score | E Score | Pen. | Score 1 | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Score 2 | |||
Simone Biles (USA) | 6.300 | 9.600 | 15.900 | 6.400 | 9.633 | 16.033 | 15.966 | |||
Maria Paseka (RUS) | 6.400 | 8.966 | −0.100 | 15.266 | 6.300 | 8.941 | 15.241 | 15.253 | ||
Giulia Steingruber (SUI) | 6.200 | 9.333 | 15.533 | 5.800 | 9.100 | 14.900 | 15.216 | |||
4 | Dipa Karmakar (IND) | 6.000 | 8.866 | 14.866 | 7.000 | 8.266 | 15.266 | 15.066 | ||
5 | Wang Yan (CHN) | 6.000 | 8.866 | 14.866 | 6.200 | 8.933 | 15.133 | 14.999 | ||
6 | Hong Un-jong (PRK) | 6.400 | 9.000 | 15.400 | 6.300 | 8.200 | −0.100 | 14.400 | 14.900 | |
7 | Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) | 7.000 | 7.933 | 14.933 | 6.000 | 8.833 | −0.100 | 14.733 | 14.833 | |
8 | Shallon Olsen (CAN) | 6.300 | 8.666 | 14.966 | 5.900 | 8.766 | 14.666 | 14.816 |
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