List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for the United States

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2012 Olympic Team, the "Fierce Five" at the White House

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, [1] but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise. The medals include 19 golds. The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, 2016, and 2024.

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Eight American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games the most of which was Simone Biles's tally of eleven total medal (including seven gold medals). Other top medalists include: Shannon Miller (seven), Sunisa Lee (six), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and Shawn Johnson (four). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics. [8] She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in. [5]

Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, which was the most of any American female gymnast before the 2021 Olympics in which Simone Biles tied for the number of Olympic medals won. Miller won five medals in 1992 and added two more in 1996. [9] [3] Dominique Dawes competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, winning four medals. [6] Miller and Dawes were both members of the "Magnificent Seven", the 1996 team that became the first American squad to win the team all-around gold medal at the Olympics. The competition was highlighted by Kerri Strug sticking a vault while injured to ensure the U.S. victory. [10]

Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal. [4] [7]

In 2012 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second time. This team, which was nicknamed the "Fierce Five", featured five gymnasts who were all making their first appearance at the Olympics. [11] That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault. [12] [13]

In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The Final Five" (as the team members were the last 5 who competed under Marta Karolyi) and featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. It also featured newcomers Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and three-time reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles. Biles won the individual all-around, vault, and floor exercise gold medals, and also took bronze on the balance beam. Raisman won silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. Hernandez took the silver on the balance beam while Kocian, the reigning uneven bars world co-champion, won silver on that event. The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall.

For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the team. Sunisa Lee became the individual all-around champion, the sixth women from the U.S. to do so. Lee also won the bronze on uneven bars, Biles won bronze on balance beam, MyKayla Skinner won silver on Vault, and Jade Carey won gold on floor exercise.

Four U.S. Olympic gymnasts returned to the 2024 Olympics - Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee. In addition, 16 year old Hezly Rivera was chosen for the team. The five won the team all-around gold medal, while Biles and Lee won the gold and bronze individual all-around medals, respectively. Biles went on to win gold on vault and silver on floor exercise, while Lee won the bronze on uneven bars and Carey won bronze on vault.

Gymnasts

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Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas GabbyDouglasAtMetsGame.jpg
Gabby Douglas
Nastia Liukin Nastia Liukin.jpg
Nastia Liukin
Aly Raisman Aly Raisman Rio 2016b.jpg
Aly Raisman
Sunisa Lee Sunisa Lee 2024.jpg
Sunisa Lee
Carly Patterson Carly Patterson.jpg
Carly Patterson
Shannon Miller Shannon Miller Camarillo April 2010-2.jpg
Shannon Miller
GymnastYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotal medalsAge at Last OlympicsRef.
Marian Barone 1948, 1952001128 [14]
Mohini Bhardwaj 2004010125 [15]
Pam Bileck 1984010115 [16]
Simone Biles 2016, 2020, 20247221127 [17]
Amanda Borden 1996100119 [18]
Wendy Bruce 1992001119 [19]
Jade Carey 2020, 2024201324 [20]
Kolleen Casey 1976000016 [21]
Kimberly Chace 1972, 1976000020 [22]
Jordan Chiles 2020, 2024110223 [23]
Amy Chow 1996, 2000111322 [24]
Wendy Cluff 1968000017 [25]
Kathy Corrigan 1964000019 [26]
Dorothy Dalton 1948, 1952001129 [27]
Jamie Dantzscher 2000001118 [28]
Dominique Dawes 1992, 1996, 2000103423 [6]
Gabby Douglas 2012, 2016300320 [12]
Michelle Dusserre 1984010115 [29]
Meta Elste-Neumann 1948, 1952001132 [30]
Carrie Englert 1976000018 [31]
Doris Fuchs 1956, 1960000022 [32]
Kelly Garrison 1988000021 [33]
Kathy Gleason 1968000019 [34]
Muriel Grossfeld 1956, 1960, 1964000024 [35]
Ruth Grulkowski 1952000021 [36]
Annia Hatch 2004020226 [37]
Laurie Hernandez 2016110216
Marie Hoesly 1952000035 [38]
Kathy Howard 1976000018 [39]
Judy Howe 1956000021 [40]
Terin Humphrey 2004020217 [41]
Brandy Johnson 1988000015 [42]
Kathy Johnson 1984011224 [43]
Shawn Johnson 2008130416 [7]
Doris Kirkman 1952000022 [44]
Jackie Klein 1956000019 [45]
Madison Kocian 2016110219
Courtney Kupets 2004011218 [46]
Sunisa Lee 2020, 2024213621 [47]
Nastia Liukin 2008131518 [4]
Kristen Maloney 2000001119 [48]
Melissa Marlowe 1988000016 [49]
McKayla Maroney 2012110216 [50]
Betty-Jean Maycock 1960000017 [51]
Dorothy McClements 1964000019 [52]
Courtney McCool 2004010116 [53]
Grace McCallum 2020010118 [54]
Julianne McNamara 1984120318 [55]
Chellsie Memmel 2008010120 [56]
Linda Metheny 1964, 1968, 1972000025 [57]
Shannon Miller 1992, 1996223719 [3]
Phoebe Mills 1988001115 [58]
Dominique Moceanu 1996100114 [59]
Theresa Montefusco 1960000019 [60]
Joan Moore 1972000018 [61]
Colleen Mulvihill 1968000016 [62]
Betty Okino 1992001117 [63]
Carly Patterson 2004120316 [64]
Samantha Peszek 2008010116 [65]
Jaycie Phelps 1996100116 [66]
Roxanne Pierce 1972000017 [67]
Joyce Racek 1956000018 [68]
Aly Raisman 2012, 2016321622 [13]
Elise Ray 2000001118 [69]
Mary Lou Retton 1984122516 [5]
Sharon Richardson 1960000017 [70]
Cathy Rigby 1968, 1972000019 [71]
Hezly Rivera 2024100116 [72]
Kyla Ross 2012100115 [73]
Sandra Ruddick 1956000024 [74]
Alicia Sacramone 2008010120 [75]
Clara Schroth 1948, 1952001131 [76]
Tasha Schwikert 2000001115 [77]
MyKayla Skinner 2020010124 [78]
Bridget Sloan 2008010116 [79]
Gail Sontgerath 1960000016 [80]
Janie Speaks 1964000016 [81]
Hope Spivey 1988000017 [82]
Chelle Stack 1988000015 [83]
Kerri Strug 1992, 1996101218 [84]
Tracee Talavera 1984010117 [85]
Joyce Tanac 1968000018 [86]
Nancy Thies 1972000015 [87]
Ruth Topalian 1952000025 [88]
Marie Walther 1964000019 [89]
Jordyn Wieber 2012100117 [90]
Debra Willcox 1976000016 [91]
Leslie Wolfsberger 1976000017 [92]
Kim Zmeskal 1992001116 [93]

Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bakanic, Barone, Lenz, Dalton, Elste, Schifano, Schroth, Simonis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bileck, Dusserre, Johnson, McNamara, Retton, Talavera Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mary Lou Retton Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mary Lou Retton Women's vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Julianne McNamara Women's uneven bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mary Lou Retton
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kathy Johnson Women's balance beam
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Julianne McNamara Women's floor exercise
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mary Lou Retton
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Phoebe Mills Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul Women's balance beam
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bruce, Dawes, Miller, Okino, Strug, Zmeskal Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shannon Miller Women's all-around
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shannon Miller Women's uneven bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shannon Miller Women's balance beam
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shannon Miller Women's floor exercise
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Borden, Chow, Dawes, Miller, Moceanu, Phelps, Strug Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amy Chow Women's uneven bars
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shannon Miller Women's balance beam
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dominique Dawes Women's floor exercise
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chow, Dantzscher, Dawes, Maloney, Ray, Schwikert Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bhardwaj, Hatch, Humphrey, Kupets, McCool, Patterson Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Carly Patterson Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Annia Hatch Women's vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Terin Humphrey Women's uneven bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Courtney Kupets
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Carly Patterson Women's balance beam
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Johnson, Liukin, Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, Sloan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nastia Liukin Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shawn Johnson
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nastia Liukin Women's uneven bars
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shawn Johnson Women's balance beam
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nastia Liukin
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shawn Johnson Women's floor exercise
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nastia Liukin
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, Wieber Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gabby Douglas Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver McKayla Maroney Women's vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aly Raisman Women's balance beam
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Aly Raisman Women's floor exercise
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Biles, Douglas, Hernandez, Kocian, Raisman Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Simone Biles Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Aly Raisman
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Simone Biles Women's vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Madison Kocian Women's uneven bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Laurie Hernandez Women's balance beam
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Simone Biles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Simone Biles Women's floor exercise
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Aly Raisman
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Biles, Chiles, Lee, McCallum Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sunisa Lee Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver MyKayla Skinner Women's vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sunisa Lee Women's uneven bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Simone Biles Women's balance beam
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jade Carey Women's floor exercise
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Biles, Carey, Chiles, Lee, Rivera Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Simone Biles Women's all-around
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sunisa Lee
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Simone Biles Women's vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jade Carey
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sunisa Lee Women's uneven bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Simone Biles Women's floor exercise

See also

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