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2008 Olympic Gymnastics

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Gymnastics in Beijing

There were 14 events in artistic gymnastics in Beijing. The women compete in the team final, all-around final, and the four event finals; floor, beam, vault, and uneven bars. The men compete in the team final, all-around final, and the six event finals; floor, vault, high bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, and rings. There is also a men and women qualifying round before the final events.

Qualifying rounds

The men and women each competed in a round before the finals to qualify for each event.

In the qualifying competition, 8 teams qualified to the team competition. The final results were:
  1. China - 286.125
  2. Japan - 278.875
  3. USA - 275.850
  4. Germany - 274.600
  5. South Korea - 274.375
  6. Russia - 274.300
  7. Romania - 274.175
  8. France - 272.875

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Results

Team Competition, All-around, and Event Finals...

Team Competitions

Men & Women

The mens final results were:
  1. China - 374.675
  2. Japan - 369.550
  3. Russia - 366.225
  4. South Korea - 365.675
  5. Germany - 365.675
  6. United States - 365.200
  7. France - 361.200
  8. Romania - 359.350


The final results for the Women's competition were:
  1. China - 188.900
  2. USA - 186.525
  3. Romania - 181.525
  4. Russia - 180.625
  5. Japan - 176.700
  6. Australia - 176.400
  7. France - 175.275
  8. Brazil - 174.500


The men's scores are higher than the women's scores because the men compete on 6 events, rather than 4.

All-around Competitions

24 men and 24 women each competed in the all-around competitions. The top three of each competition recieved a medal.
The men's results were:
  1. Yang Wei (China) - 94.575
  2. Kohei Uchimura (Japan) - 91.975
  3. Benoît Caranobe (France) - 91.925

The results of the women's competition were:
  1. Nastia Liukin (USA) - 63.325
  2. Shawn Johnson (USA) - 62.725
  3. Yang Yilin (China) - 62.650

Women's Event Finals

The women compete on 4 events. 8 people compete on each event, with a maximum of 2 people from each country on every event.
Beam:
  1. Shawn Johnson (USA) - 16.225
  2. Nastia Liukin (USA) - 16.025
  3. Cheng Fei (China) - 15.950

Floor:
  1. Sandra Izbasa (Romania) - 15.625
  2. Shawn Johnson (USA) - 15.500
  3. Nastia Liukin (USA) - 15.425

Uneven Bars:
  1. (TIE) Nastia Liukin (USA) - 16.725
  2. (TIE) He Kexin (China) - 16.725
  3. Yang Yilin (China) - 16.650

Vault:
  1. Hong Un Jong (North Korea) - 15.650
  2. Oksana Chusovitina (Germany) - 15.575
  3. Cheng Fe (China) - 15.560

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