Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

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Women's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Competitors105 from 36 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lilia Podkopayeva Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Gina Gogean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Simona Amânar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Lavinia Miloșovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
  1992
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These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 23 and 25th at the Georgia Dome. [1]

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Results

Qualification

Seventy-four gymnasts competed in the all-around during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 25. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final.

Final

RankGymnastVaultUneven
Bars
Balance
Beam
Floor
Exercise
Total
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lilia Podkopayeva  (UKR)9.781 (3)9.800 (=2)9.787 (=7)9.887 (1)39.255
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Gina Gogean  (ROU)9.775 (4)9.700 (=11)9.800 (=5)9.800 (3)39.075
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Simona Amânar  (ROU)9.843 (1)9.762 (=5)9.725 (=10)9.737 (7)39.067
Flag of Romania.svg  Lavinia Miloșovici  (ROU)9.743 (5)9.737 (9)9.775 (9)9.812 (2)
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mo Huilan  (CHN)9.799 (2)9.800 (=2)9.800 (=5)9.650 (=13)39.049
6Flag of Russia.svg  Dina Kochetkova  (RUS)9.581 (20)9.787 (4)9.825 (=2)9.787 (4)38.980
7Flag of Russia.svg  Rozalia Galiyeva  (RUS)9.681 (=13)9.762 (=5)9.825 (=2)9.637 (15)38.905
8Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Miller  (USA)9.724 (6)9.750 (8)9.862 (1)9.475 (29)38.811
9Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Moceanu  (USA)9.706 (=8)9.762 (=5)9.600 (17)9.687 (10)38.755
10Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Oksana Chusovitina  (UZB)9.631 (15)9.687 (=13)9.675 (=14)9.750 (=5)38.743
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qiao Ya  (CHN)9.718 (7)9.600 (20)9.725 (=10)9.675 (11)38.718
12Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Yelena Piskun  (BLR)9.687 (=11)9.712 (10)9.675 (=14)9.575 (=21)38.649
13Flag of France.svg  Isabelle Severino  (FRA)9.562 (23)9.675 (=15)9.587 (=18)9.700 (=8)38.524
14Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Svetlana Boginskaya  (BLR)9.687 (=11)9.675 (=15)9.537 (21)9.600 (=16)38.499
15Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Khorkina  (RUS)9.706 (=8)9.262 (30)9.787 (=7)9.700 (=8)38.455
16Flag of France.svg  Elvire Teza  (FRA)9.493 (=28)9.687 (=13)9.687 (=12)9.587 (18)38.454
17Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Dawes  (USA)9.681 (=13)9.812 (1)9.825 (=2)9.000 (33)38.318
17Flag of Spain.svg  Mónica Martín  (ESP)9.556 (24)9.475 (=24)9.625 (16)9.662 (12)38.318
19Flag of France.svg  Ludivine Furnon  (FRA)9.606 (=17)9.425 (27)9.462 (22)9.750 (=5)38.243
20Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mao Yanling  (CHN)9.693 (10)9.700 (=11)9.200 (28)9.650 (=13)38.243
21Flag of Greece.svg  Vasiliki Tsavdaridou  (GRE)9.518 (25)9.562 (22)9.687 (=12)9.450 (30)38.217
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lioubov Sheremeta  (UKR)9.468 (30)9.637 (18)9.587 (=18)9.512 (=26)38.204
23Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Zelepukina  (UKR)9.512 (=26)9.650 (17)9.325 (25)9.537 (25)38.024
24Flag of Spain.svg  Joana Juárez  (ESP)9.568 (22)9.575 (21)9.300 (27)9.512 (=26)37.955
25Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Alena Polozkova  (BLR)9.587 (19)9.162 (32)9.450 (23)9.600 (=16)37.799
26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Yvonne Tousek  (CAN)9.493 (=28)9.100 (33)9.575 (20)9.625 (16)37.793
27Flag of Spain.svg  Mercedes Pacheco  (ESP)9.462 (31)9.625 (19)9.137 (30)9.562 (=23)37.786
28Flag of Hungary.svg  Adrienn Varga  (HUN)9.606 (=17)9.187 (31)9.312 (26)9.487 (28)37.592
29Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Risa Sugawara  (JPN)9.412 (34)9.475 (=24)8.950 (32)9.562 (=23)37.399
30Flag of Hungary.svg  Adrienn Nyeste  (HUN)9.575 (21)9.462 (26)8.925 (34)9.275 (32)37.237
31Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Anastasia Dzyundzyak  (UZB)9.512 (=26)9.275 (29)9.125 (31)9.312 (31)37.224
32Flag of Hungary.svg  Nikolett Krausz  (HUN)9.612 (16)8.837 (35)8.912 (35)9.575 (=21)36.936
33Flag of Italy.svg  Giordana Rocchi  (ITA)9.418 (33)9.075 (34)9.337 (24)8.987 (34)36.817
34Flag of Australia.svg  Joanna Hughes  (AUS)9.456 (32)8.350 (36)9.162 (29)9.600 (=17)36.568
35Flag of Australia.svg  Ruth Moniz  (AUS)9.256 (36)9.525 (23)8.937 (33)8.700 (36)36.418
36Flag of Australia.svg  Lisa Skinner  (AUS)9.375 (35)9.412 (28)8.475 (36)8.937 (35)36.199

Remaining placings

RankNameCountry
7 Kerri Strug Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 Alexandra Marinescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
14 Yelena Grosheva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
15 Mirela Ţugurlan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
17 Jaycie Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21T Anna Mirgorodskaya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
23 Ionela Loaieş Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
36 Émilie Volle Flag of France.svg  France
40 Diana Plaza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
42 Elisabeth Valle Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
45 Cécile Canqueteau Flag of France.svg  France
47 Olga Yurkina Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
49 Francesca Morotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
50 Virginia Karentzou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
51 Konstantina Margariti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
52 Andrea Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
53 Jenny Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
54 Jennifer Exaltacion Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
55 Kathleen Stark Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
56 Olga Kozhevnikova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
57 Naho Hoshiyama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
58 Ludmila Prince Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
59 Pascale Grossenbacher Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
60 Miho Hashiguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
61 Kyriaki Firinidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
62 Shanyn MacEachern Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
63 Kong Yun-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
64 Annika Reeder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
65 Ana Destéfano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
66 Diana Teixeira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
67 Gabriela Krčmářová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
68 Hanako Miura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
69 Veselina Gencheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
70 Klaudia Kinská Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
71 Sonia Lawrence Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
72 Yvonne Pioch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
73 Eileen Díaz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
74 Naima El-Rhouati Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
75 Liu Xuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
76 Henrietta Ónodi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
77 Lisa Moro Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
78 Verónica Castro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
79 Aya Sekine Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
80 Georgia-Anastasia Tembou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
81 Ji Liya Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
82 Yelena Dolgopolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
83 Oksana Knizhnik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
84 Kui Yuanyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
85 Olena Shaparna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
86 Lyudmila Vityukova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
87 Svetlana Tarasevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
88 Nicole Kantek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
89 Aikaterini Mamouti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
90 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
91 Bi Wenjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
92 Oksana Lyapina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
93 Ildikó Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
94 Masumi Okawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
95 Amy Chow Flag of the United States.svg  United States
96 Olha Teslenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
97 Amanda Borden Flag of the United States.svg  United States
98 Eszter Óváry Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
99 Orélie Troscompt Flag of France.svg  France
100 Laure Gély Flag of France.svg  France
101 Satsuki Obata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
102 Tatyana Zharganova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
103 Kyriaki Papanikolaou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
104 Kirsty Leigh-Brown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
105 Gemma Paz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

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References

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