Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

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Women's floor
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue HSBC Arena
Date16 August 2016
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning score15.966
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Simone Biles Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Amy Tinkler Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
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The women's floor competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 16 August.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the event final. Raisman was the defending Olympic champion on floor. For Biles, it was her fourth gold medal and fifth overall medal of the 2016 Olympics.

Competition format

The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Qualification

The gymnasts who rank in the top eight qualify for the final round, with a maximum of two gymnasts from any single NOC eligible to move to the finals. When more than two competitors from one country finish in the top eight, the gymnast(s) who are third or lower ranked from that country are replaced by the next best ranking gymnast.

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.TotalQual.
1 Simone Biles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.8008.93315.733Q
2 Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.6008.67515.275
3 Vanessa Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.2008.66614.866
4 Laurie Hernandez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.0008.80014.800
5 Giulia Steingruber Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6.2008.46614.666Q
6 Wang Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.3008.366
7 Amy Tinkler Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8.30014.600
8 Mai Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6.2008.36614.566
9 Gabby Douglas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.1008.366−0.10014.366
10 Erika Fasana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.6007.73314.333Q
11 Claudia Fragapane Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.2008.13314.333R1
12 Pauline Schäfer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5.7008.60014.300R2
13 Elisa Meneghini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5.6008.63314.233
14 Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5.9008.30014.200R3

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the floor exercise final. Therefore, in some cases, a third and/or fourth gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

RankNameDifficultyExecutionPenaltyTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Simone Biles  (USA)6.9009.06615.966
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Aly Raisman  (USA)6.6008.90015.500
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Amy Tinkler  (GBR)6.4008.53314.933
4Flag of Italy.svg  Vanessa Ferrari  (ITA)6.3008.46614.766
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yan  (CHN)8.36614.666
6Flag of Italy.svg  Erika Fasana  (ITA)6.1008.43314.533
7Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)6.3008.233
8Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)5.4006.700−0.30011.800

The medals were presented by Larry Probst, IOC member, and Ali Zaater, FIG Executive Committee Member.

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