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Gymnastics at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Pictograms for artistic (above) and rhythmic (below)
Venue	Beijing National Indoor Stadium (artistic and trampoline) Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (rhythmic)
Dates	August 9 – 19, 2008
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Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts Qualification
Artistic
Qualification	men	women
Team all-around	men	women
Individual all-around	men	women
Vault	men	women
Floor	men	women
Pommel horse	men
Rings	men
Parallel bars	men
Horizontal bar	men
Uneven bars		women
Balance beam		women
Rhythmic
Group all-around		women
Individual all-around		women
Trampoline
Individual	men	women
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 21–24. The trampoline events were also held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 16–19.

Competition schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Artistic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Medal summary

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	China (CHN) Chen Yibing Huang Xu Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin Yang Wei Zou Kai	Japan (JPN) Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura	United States (USA) Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joseph Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kai Wen Tan
Individual all-around details	Yang Wei  China	Kōhei Uchimura  Japan	Benoît Caranobe  France
Floor exercise details	Zou Kai  China	Gervasio Deferr  Spain	Anton Golotsutskov  Russia
Pommel horse details	Xiao Qin  China	Filip Ude  Croatia	Louis Smith  Great Britain
Rings details	Chen Yibing  China	Yang Wei  China	Oleksandr Vorobiov  Ukraine
Vault details	Leszek Blanik  Poland	Thomas Bouhail  France	Anton Golotsutskov  Russia
Parallel bars details	Li Xiaopeng  China	Yoo Won-chul  South Korea	Anton Fokin  Uzbekistan
Horizontal bar details	Zou Kai  China	Jonathan Horton  United States	Fabian Hambüchen  Germany

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	China (CHN) Cheng Fei Deng Linlin He Kexin Jiang Yuyuan Li Shanshan Yang Yilin	United States (USA) Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan	Romania (ROU) Andreea Acatrinei Gabriela Drăgoi Andreea Grigore Sandra Izbașa Steliana Nistor Anamaria Tămârjan
Individual all-around details	Nastia Liukin  United States	Shawn Johnson  United States	Yang Yilin  China
Vault details	Hong Un Jong  North Korea	Oksana Chusovitina  Germany	Cheng Fei  China
Uneven bars details	He Kexin  China	Nastia Liukin  United States	Yang Yilin  China
Balance beam details	Shawn Johnson  United States	Nastia Liukin  United States	Cheng Fei  China
Floor exercise details	Sandra Izbașa  Romania	Shawn Johnson  United States	Nastia Liukin  United States

Rhythmic gymnastics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Yevgeniya Kanayeva  Russia	Inna Zhukova  Belarus	Anna Bessonova  Ukraine
Group all-around details	Russia (RUS) Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Elena Posevina Darya Shkurihina Natalia Zueva	China (CHN) Cai Tongtong Chou Tao Lü Yuanyang Sui Jianshuang Sun Dan Zhang Shuo	Belarus (BLR) Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Ksenia Sankovich Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Alina Tumilovich

Trampoline

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	Lu Chunlong  China	Jason Burnett  Canada	Dong Dong  China
Women's individual details	He Wenna  China	Karen Cockburn  Canada	Ekaterina Khilko  Uzbekistan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	11	2	5	18
2	United States (USA)	2	6	2	10
3	Russia (RUS)	2	0	2	4
4	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
5	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
7	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
9	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
12	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
15	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	2	2
17	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		18	18	18	54

Qualification

Champions Gala

The traditional Gymnastics Champions Gala took place on August 20 at the National Indoor Stadium. Participants are mainly selected from the 2008 Olympic trampoline and artistic gymnastics, as well as medalists from world championships. In addition, some Chinese pop stars appeared in the Gala.

The performances included Olympic disciplines such as floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, uneven bars, balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics; non-Olympic discipline such as tumbling and acrobatic; and art performances such as dancing, martial art, instrument performance and chorus.

Age controversies

China

On August 21, 2008, the IOC instructed the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to investigate allegations that Chinese gymnast He Kexin was underaged and therefore ineligible to compete during the Olympic gymnastics competition. The FIG requires that all gymnasts be at least 16 years of age in the Olympic calendar year. The IOC had initially accepted the ages of all the Chinese participants, but newly uncovered documents suggested He was 14 years old, and thus ineligible to compete.

The investigation was initiated after an American blogger reported on a cached official Excel spreadsheet showing He's birthday as January 1, 1994. His discoveries support earlier reports from The New York Times and other bloggers regarding He's age discrepancy. Earlier, several bloggers found links to news stories and photo captions from 2007 and early 2008, including stories in the state-run Xinhua news service, that cited He's age as 13.

On October 1, 2008, the FIG ended their investigation and concluded that He and her teammates from the 2008 Olympic games were old enough to compete. This ruling confirmed the FIG's initial conclusions. Though some media outlets have voiced doubts about the decision, the gymnasts have been cleared by the FIG of any wrongdoing.

North Korea

In 2014, North Korean female gymnast Cha Yong-hwa was the subject of a disciplinary hearing because of a false passport used to falsify her age. The FIG decided to withdraw her license and nullify all her results, including the results from the 2008 Olympics.

See also

• Concerns and controversies at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games
• Gymnastics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games
• 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Underage Gymnasts Controversy at 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
2. ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (2008-08-22). "IOC calls for investigation into gymnast's age". smh.com.au. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
3. Tim Reid (2008-08-22). "International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age". The Times. London. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
4. Macur, Juliet (2008-08-22). "I.O.C. Asks for Inquiry of Chinese Gymnasts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
5. Macur, Juliet (October 1, 2008). "Ruling Backs Chinese Gymnasts". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
6. Brennan, Christine (October 1, 2008). "Maybe now China will quit cheating". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
7. Gillon, Doug (2 October 2008). "China cleared of age concerns but questions left over Sydney squad". The Herald. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
8. Dahlberg, Tim (27 September 2008). "Wasting time looking for underage gymnasts". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
9. "FIG bans North Korean gymnast for age cheating".

External links

• Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
• Federation Internationale de Gymnastique
• Artistic Gymnastics – Official Results Book
• Rhythmic Gymnastics – Official Results Book
• Trampoline Gymnastics – Official Results Book
• Artistic Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Trampoline at the 2008 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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