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Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

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The women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Arena Olímpica do Rio on 11 August.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the event final. It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold for the U.S. in this event. Defending Olympic individual all-around champion from 2012 and another American, Gabby Douglas, qualified as third place behind her teammates, but due to the strict "2 per country" policy in event finals, she was barred from entering. Biles had won the individual all-around at the last three World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Aliya Mustafina of Russia won her second consecutive Olympic individual all-around bronze.[1]

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman hug after the competition

Competition format

The top 24 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on the combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC−3)

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Qualification

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Reserves

The reserves for the individual all-around event final were

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the all-around final. Therefore, in some cases, a third gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:

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Final

Biles after receiving the gold medal
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  1. ^ Jade Barbosa was substituted in for Flávia Saraiva by the Brazilian federation, reportedly so that Saraiva could concentrate on preparing for the balance beam final. Barbosa withdrew after an injury on floor exercise.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Zucker, Joseph (11 August 2016). "Olympic Women's Gymnastics 2016: Individual All-Around Medal Winners and Scores". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Gymnastics: Brazil's Barbosa leaves competition in wheelchair". Reuters. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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