Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

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Women's vault
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
Olympic artistic gymnastics
Venue Ariake Gymnastics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (qualifying)
1 August 2021 (final)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning score15.083 points
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rebeca Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg MyKayla Skinner Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Yeo Seo-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  2016
2024  

The women's vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. [1] Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only participating in other apparatus). Approximately 20 gymnasts from 15 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed two vaults in the qualifying round. [2]

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won the event for her second individual medal of the 2020 Olympics. Andrade's medal is the first gold for Brazil in women's artistic gymnastics. MyKayla Skinner of the United States earned the silver medal after originally being excluded by the two-per-country rule. South Korea's Yeo Seo-jeong finished with the bronze to earn South Korea's first medal in women's artistic gymnastics.

The medals for the competition were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, Morocco; IOC Executive Board Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Jesus Carballo, Spain; FIG Executive Committee Member.

Background

This was the 19th appearance of the event, after making its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Defending champion Simone Biles of the United States was aiming to become the first woman to defend their Olympic title since Věra Čáslavská did so in 1964 and 1968. However, Biles announced her withdrawal on 30 July due to mental health reasons, following earlier withdrawals from the team and individual all-around finals. [3] She was replaced in the final by teammate MyKayla Skinner, who had previously been excluded due to the two-per-country rule.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 6 qualified gymnasts: a team of 4 and up to 2 specialists. A total of 98 quota places are allocated to women's gymnastics.

The 12 teams that qualify will be able to send 4 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 48 of the 98 quota places. The top three teams at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (the United States, Russia, and China) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (France, Canada, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan, and Spain) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 50 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place, except that gymnasts that competed with a team that qualified are eligible to earn a second place through the 2020 All Around World Cup Series. Some of the individual events are open to gymnasts from NOCs with qualified teams, while others are not. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a host guarantee, and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 98 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the vault competition, but due to the requirement that the gymnast perform two vault exercises in the qualifying round (rather than the one needed to count for team and individual all-around events), many gymnasts do not attempt to qualify for the vault final.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for gymnastics. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were completed on time, but many of the World Cup series events were delayed into 2021.

Competition format

The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. For the vault, only gymnasts who performed two exercises on the vault were considered for the final; the average score of the two exercises was counted. The finalists again performed two vaults. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores (average of the two exercises) counting.

Schedule

The competition was held over two days, 25 July and 1 August. The qualifying round (for all women's gymnastics events) was the first day with the vault final on the first day of individual event finals. [1]

DateTimeRoundSubdivision
25 July10:00QualificationSubdivision 1
11:50Subdivision 2
15:10Subdivision 3
17:05Subdivision 4
20:20Subdivision 5
1 August17:45Final
All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

Results

Qualifying

RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2TotalResults
D ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 1D ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 2
1Flag of the United States.svg  Simone Biles  (USA)6.09.2660.30014.9665.89.60015.40015.183Q W [3]
2Flag of the United States.svg  Jade Carey  (USA)6.09.16615.1665.89.36615.16615.166Q
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Rebeca Andrade  (BRA)6.09.40015.4005.49.40014.80015.100Q
4Flag of the United States.svg  MyKayla Skinner  (USA)6.08.93314.9335.89.00014.80014.866– S
5Flag of South Korea.svg  Yeo Seo-jeong  (KOR)5.89.20015.0005.49.20014.60014.800Q
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shallon Olsen  (CAN)6.08.96614.9665.49.03314.43314.699Q
7Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Lilia Akhaimova  (ROC)5.88.96614.7665.69.03314.63314.699Q
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Alexa Moreno  (MEX)5.89.03314.8335.68.9330.10014.43314.633Q
9Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Angelina Melnikova  (ROC)5.49.06614.4666.08.8660.10014.76614.616Q
10Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)5.89.03314.8335.48.90014.30014.566R1
11Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)5.49.03314.4335.88.70014.50014.466R2
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ellie Black  (CAN)5.49.13314.5335.29.10014.30014.416R3
Reserves

The reserves for the women's vault final were:

  1. Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)
  3. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ellie Black  (CAN)

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the event final. Gymnasts who did not qualify for the final because of the quota, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

PositionGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total
D ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 1D ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 2
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Rebeca Andrade  (BRA)6.09.2660.10015.1665.89.20015.00015.083
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  MyKayla Skinner  (USA)6.09.03315.0335.89.00014.80014.916
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  Yeo Seo-jeong  (KOR)6.29.13315.3335.48.73314.13314.733
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Alexa Moreno  (MEX)5.88.96614.7665.69.06614.66614.716
5Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Angelina Melnikova  (ROC)5.49.26614.6666.08.8000.10014.70014.683
6Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Lilia Akhaimova  (ROC)5.88.86614.6665.69.06614.66614.666
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shallon Olsen  (CAN)6.08.70014.7005.49.00014.40014.550
8Flag of the United States.svg  Jade Carey  (USA)3.38.63311.9335.89.1002.00012.90012.416

[5]

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