Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

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Women's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueAriake Gymnastics Centre
Date29 July 2021
Competitors24 from 16 nations
Winning total57.433 points
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sunisa Lee Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Rebeca Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Angelina Melnikova Olympic flag.svg  ROC
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The women's artistic individual all-around event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on 29 July 2021. [1] Approximately 80 gymnasts from 49 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed in the all-around in the qualifying round. [2]

Sunisa Lee won the competition, continuing the winning streak of the United States since 2004 in the women's individual all-around. Lee is the first women's individual all-around champion of Asian descent, the first Asian-American individual Olympic champion in women's artistic gymnastics, and the first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport. [3] Brazil's Rebeca Andrade earned the silver medal for her first Olympic medal, as well as the first medal in women's artistic gymnastics for her country. Andrade is also the first all-around medalist from a country which did not qualify a full team to the Olympics. [4] Angelina Melnikova of ROC rounded off the podium in bronze, adding an individual medal to her two Olympic team medals. Melnikova earned a third consecutive bronze medal for Russian gymnasts in the women's individual all-around, following two from Aliya Mustafina.

The medals for the competition were presented by Anant Singh, South Africa; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Donatella Sacchi, Italy; FIG Delegate.

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the women's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition was held at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and has been held at every edition since. 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, she withdrew after the first rotation of the women's team final on 26 July after an issue on vault. During the post-meet press conference, Biles cited mental health reasons as the reason she did not continue the competition. The following day, USA Gymnastics confirmed that following further medical evaluation, Biles would also not be competing in the women's individual all-around final. [5] Ellie Black of Canada re-injured her ankle during training the day before the individual women's all around final, and subsequently announced her withdrawal. [6] They were replaced by Jade Carey [7] and Lieke Wevers [8] in the final.

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 individual all-around competition, but many gymnasts do not compete in each of the apparatus events.

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 24 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advance to the all-around final. The finalists perform an additional exercise on each apparatus. Qualification scores are then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Scoring is according to the FIG Code of Points.

Schedule

The competition was held over two days, Sunday, 25 July and Thursday, 29 July. The qualifying round (for all women's gymnastics events) was the first day; the all-around final was on the second day. [1]

DateTimeRoundSubdivision
25 July10:00QualificationSubdivision 1
11:50Subdivision 2
15:10Subdivision 3
17:05Subdivision 4
20:20Subdivision 5
29 July19:50Final
All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

Results

Qualifying

The gymnasts who ranked in the top twenty-four qualified for the final round. In cases where more than two gymnasts from the same NOC were in the top twenty-four, only the top two ranked among them would qualify to the final round, while the others would be excluded; the next-best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

RankGymnast Saut de cheval.svg Barres asymetriques.svg Poutre.svg Gymnastique au sol.svg TotalResults
1Flag of the United States.svg  Simone Biles  (USA)14.96614.56614.06614.13357.731Q W [5]
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Rebeca Andrade  (BRA)15.40014.20013.73314.06657.399Q
3Flag of the United States.svg  Sunisa Lee  (USA)14.33315.20014.20013.43357.166Q
4Olympic flag.svg  Angelina Melnikova  (ROC)14.46614.93313.73314.00057.132Q
5Olympic flag.svg  Vladislava Urazova  (ROC)14.60014.86614.00013.63357.099Q
6Olympic flag.svg  Viktoria Listunova  (ROC)14.30014.76613.86614.00056.932
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nina Derwael  (BEL)13.90015.36613.76613.56656.598Q
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang Xijing  (CHN)14.30014.43314.33313.36656.432Q
9Flag of the United States.svg  Jade Carey  (USA)15.16614.13312.86614.10056.265– S
10Flag of France.svg  Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos  (FRA)14.46614.56613.23313.16655.431Q
11Flag of the United States.svg  MyKayla Skinner  (USA)14.93313.66613.23313.56655.398
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jessica Gadirova  (GBR)14.50013.80012.86614.03355.199Q
13Flag of the United States.svg  Grace McCallum  (USA)14.53314.10013.06613.46655.165
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Yufei  (CHN)13.60014.70014.10012.66655.066Q
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jin  (CHN)14.43313.10013.96613.43354.932
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsófia Kovács  (HUN)14.50014.43313.13312.66654.732Q
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jennifer Gadirova  (GBR)14.53313.06613.30013.80054.699Q
18Flag of France.svg  Carolann Héduit  (FRA)14.23313.96613.20012.90054.299Q
19Flag of Germany.svg  Elisabeth Seitz  (GER)14.26614.70012.33312.93354.232Q
20Flag of Italy.svg  Alice D'Amato  (ITA)14.33314.23312.60013.03354.199Q
21Flag of Spain.svg  Roxana Popa  (ESP)14.30014.40012.86612.53354.099Q
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brooklyn Moors  (CAN)14.13313.00013.30013.53353.966Q
23Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)14.43312.13313.46613.93353.965Q
24Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ellie Black  (CAN)14.53312.80014.10012.26653.699Q W [6]
25Flag of France.svg  Aline Friess  (FRA)14.96613.66612.50012.50053.632
26Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jutta Verkest  (BEL)13.40013.63313.66612.93353.632Q
27Flag of Italy.svg  Martina Maggio  (ITA)14.10013.70013.06612.70053.566Q
28Olympic flag.svg  Lilia Akhaimova  (ROC)14.76612.90012.26613.63353.565
29Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Yun-seo  (KOR)13.40014.33312.84112.96653.540Q
30Flag of Switzerland.svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)14.83312.80012.60013.30053.533Q
31Flag of Germany.svg  Kim Bui  (GER)13.46614.06612.66613.20053.398Q
32Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lieke Wevers  (NED)13.60013.53313.36612.86653.365R1 S
33Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Amelie Morgan  (GBR)13.85813.83313.03312.46653.190
34Flag of Italy.svg  Asia D'Amato  (ITA)14.23313.93313.13311.83353.132
35Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Maellyse Brassart  (BEL)13.76613.36613.03312.76652.931
36Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Eythora Thorsdottir  (NED)14.43313.00012.33313.13352.899R2
37Flag of Australia.svg  Georgia Godwin  (AUS)13.76613.03312.90013.16652.865R3
38Olympic flag.svg  Elena Gerasimova  (ROC)13.46613.23313.76612.33352.798
39Flag of Japan.svg  Hitomi Hatakeda  (JPN)12.26614.13313.00013.33352.732R4
Reserves

The reserves for the individual all-around event final were:

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lieke Wevers  (NED)called up after Ellie Black's withdrawal [9]
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Eythora Thorsdottir  (NED)
  3. Flag of Australia.svg  Georgia Godwin  (AUS)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg  Hitomi Hatakeda  (JPN)

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

Final

RankGymnast Saut de cheval.svg Barres asymetriques.svg Poutre.svg Gymnastique au sol.svg Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Sunisa Lee  (USA)14.600
(=5)
15.300
(1)
13.833
(2)
13.700
(=5)
57.433
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Rebeca Andrade  (BRA)15.300
(1)
14.666
(5)
13.666
(5)
13.666
(7)
57.298
Bronze medal icon.svgOlympic flag.svg  Angelina Melnikova  (ROC)14.633
(4)
14.900
(3)
13.700
(4)
13.966
(2)
57.199
4Olympic flag.svg  Vladislava Urazova  (ROC)14.500
(=9)
14.866
(4)
14.200
(1)
13.400
(10)
56.966
5Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)14.533
(8)
13.733
(12)
13.766
(3)
14.000
(1)
56.032
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nina Derwael  (BEL)13.900
(19)
15.266
(2)
13.366
(6)
13.433
(9)
55.965
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang Xijing  (CHN)14.233
(16)
14.233
(8)
13.066
(9)
12.966
(18)
54.498
8Flag of the United States.svg  Jade Carey  (USA)15.200
(2)
13.500
(15)
11.533
(23)
13.966
(3)
54.199
9Flag of Germany.svg  Elisabeth Seitz  (GER)14.200
(17)
14.500
(6)
12.933
(10)
12.433
(23)
54.066
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jessica Gadirova  (GBR)14.566
(7)
13.666
(13)
12.033
(20)
13.700
(=5)
53.965
11Flag of France.svg  Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos  (FRA)14.366
(13)
13.833
(10)
12.166
(18)
13.333
(12)
53.698
12Flag of France.svg  Carolann Héduit  (FRA)14.400
(12)
13.566
(14)
12.566
(14)
13.033
(15)
53.565
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jennifer Gadirova  (GBR)14.400
(11)
12.400
(23)
12.933
(11)
13.800
(4)
53.533
14Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsófia Kovács  (HUN)14.500
(=9)
14.233
(9)
12.100
(19)
12.600
(22)
53.433
15Flag of Switzerland.svg  Giulia Steingruber  (SUI)14.833
(3)
12.800
(20)
12.400
(16)
13.333
(11)
53.366
16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brooklyn Moors  (CAN)14.300
(=14)
13.000
(18)
12.433
(15)
13.566
(8)
53.299
17Flag of Germany.svg  Kim Bui  (GER)13.466
(21)
13.766
(11)
12.600
(13)
13.166
(13)
52.998
18Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Yufei  (CHN)13.500
(20)
13.333
(17)
13.133
(7)
12.833
(19)
52.799
19Flag of Italy.svg  Martina Maggio  (ITA)14.033
(18)
12.466
(22)
13.066
(8)
13.000
(16)
52.565
20Flag of Italy.svg  Alice D'Amato  (ITA)14.300
(=14)
13.000
(19)
11.633
(22)
12.966
(17)
51.899
21Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Yun-seo  (KOR)13.400
(=22)
14.300
(7)
11.266
(24)
12.666
(20)
51.632
22Flag of Spain.svg  Roxana Popa  (ESP)14.600
(=5)
12.100
(24)
11.700
(21)
13.133
(14)
51.533
23Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jutta Verkest  (BEL)13.400
(=22)
12.466
(21)
12.733
(12)
12.633
(21)
51.232
24Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lieke Wevers  (NED)13.266
(24)
13.366
(16)
12.400
(17)
12.066
(24)
51.098

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