List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
This article lists medalists in women's gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games. It includes medalists in artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.
Artistic Gymnastics
The discipline of artistic gymnastics encompasses various events, including team, all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. Medals are awarded to the top three individuals or teams in each event. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) governs artistic gymnastics.
- Team Competition: This event involves teams of gymnasts performing routines on all apparatuses. The team with the highest cumulative score wins.
- All-Around: This event requires individual gymnasts to perform on all apparatuses. The gymnast with the highest combined score wins the all-around title.
- Vault: Gymnasts perform a vault over a vaulting table, demonstrating power, precision, and technique.
- Uneven Bars: This event involves routines performed on two horizontal bars set at different heights, requiring strength, flexibility, and dynamic movements.
- Balance Beam: Gymnasts perform routines on a narrow beam, showcasing balance, agility, and grace.
- Floor Exercise: Gymnasts perform routines on a sprung floor, incorporating tumbling passes, dance elements, and acrobatic skills.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a discipline that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation. Gymnasts perform routines with apparatus such as rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. Medals are awarded in individual all-around and group all-around events. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) also governs rhythmic gymnastics.
- Individual All-Around: Gymnasts perform routines with each of the four apparatus. The gymnast with the highest combined score wins.
- Group All-Around: Teams of gymnasts perform routines together, using multiple apparatuses simultaneously.
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This list will be populated with specific medalists, including their names, nationalities, and the years in which they won their medals, in subsequent revisions. Refer to official Olympic records for complete and accurate medal information.