Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

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Women's vault
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue HSBC Arena
Date14 August 2016
Competitors8 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 Maria Paseka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Giulia Steingruber Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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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.

Competition format

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.

Qualification

RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total
D ScoreE ScorePen.Score 1D ScoreE ScorePen.Score 2
1Flag of the United States.svg  Simone Biles  (USA)6.3009.70016.0006.4009.70016.10016.050
2Flag of North Korea.svg  Hong Un-jong  (PRK)6.3009.46615.7666.4009.20015.60015.683
3Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)6.2009.40015.6005.8009.13314.93315.266
4Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Paseka  (RUS)6.4008.633-0.30014.7336.3009.06615.36615.049
5Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Oksana Chusovitina  (UZB)6.2008.96615.1666.0008.83314.83314.999
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shallon Olsen  (CAN)6.3009.00015.3005.9008.70014.60014.950
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yan  (CHN)6.0008.93314.9336.2008.866−0.10014.96614.949
8Flag of India.svg  Dipa Karmakar  (IND)7.0008.10015.1006.0008.60014.60014.850

Reserves

Final

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Shallon Olsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada July 10, 2000 (age 16)
Oldest competitor Oksana Chusovitina Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan June 19, 1975 (age 41)
RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total
D ScoreE ScorePen.Score 1D ScoreE ScorePen.Score 2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Simone Biles  (USA)6.3009.60015.9006.4009.63316.03315.966
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Paseka  (RUS)6.4008.966−0.10015.2666.3008.94115.24115.253
Bronze medal icon.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)6.2009.33315.5335.8009.10014.90015.216
4Flag of India.svg  Dipa Karmakar  (IND)6.0008.86614.8667.0008.26615.26615.066
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yan  (CHN)6.0008.86614.8666.2008.93315.13314.999
6Flag of North Korea.svg  Hong Un-jong  (PRK)6.4009.00015.4006.3008.200−0.10014.40014.900
7Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Oksana Chusovitina  (UZB)7.0007.93314.9336.0008.833−0.10014.73314.833
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shallon Olsen  (CAN)6.3008.66614.9665.9008.76614.66614.816

Notable moments

Simone Biles was the first gymnast since Larisa Latynina at the 1956 Olympics to win team gold, AA gold and vault gold in succession. Dipa Karmakar made history as the first ever Indian gymnastics event finalist, male or female. Simone Biles is the first American to have won Olympic gold on the vault. Giulia Steingruber's bronze was the first Olympic medal for a native Swiss gymnast in 64 years, and the very first one for the country in women's gymnastics.

Hong Un-jong tried to perform the TTY (Triple Twisting Yurchenko) for the first time in female artistic gymnastic history, but she fell and was only credited with the 2.5 twist, or Amanar. It would have been valued with a 6.8 D-Score.

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