1. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS FORMAT
In Olympic competition there are 98 men and 98 women. Men compete on
6 apparatus: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
Women compete on 4 apparatus: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and
floor. Competition is divided into sessions: team qualifying, team finals, all-
around finals and apparatus finals.
In the team event there are 12 men's and 12 women's teams with five
gymnasts in each team. During qualifying rounds four gymnasts compete
on each apparatus and three of their scores count. Scores determine the
top eight teams who advance to the team finals and which individual
gymnasts advance to the all-around and apparatus finals.
In the team finals gymnasts compete on all apparatus and the scores
determine the team competition medallists.
In the all-around finals, individual gymnasts perform on all apparatus. Their
scores from all events are added together and the gymnasts with the three
highest totals are awarded medals.
In the individual competition, the top 24 all-around gymnasts (max 2 per
country) advance to the all-around final. The top eight gymnasts on each
individual apparatus (max 2 per country) advance to the finals. In vault,
gymnasts must show two vaults with only one counting towards team and
all-around competition. In the apparatus finals, the top eight gymnasts on
each event compete for medals.
To obtain scores, one panel of judges starts from 0 and adds points for
requirements, difficulty and connections. A second panel of judges starts
from 10 and deducts for execution and artistry. The final score is the sum
of the two.
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Australia and Olympic Gymnastics
The first Australian Olympic gymnasts competed in Melbourne in 1956. Ji
Wallace won Australia’s first medal in gymnastics when he came second in the
men’s trampoline in the sport’s debut at the Sydney Games in 2000.
Australia has never won a medal in artistic or rhythmic gymnastics, with a best
placing of sixth from the women's artistic team in Beijing 2008. The teams also
placed seventh at Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000.
2. London 2012, particularly with the women’s artistic athletes, could see Australia’s
breakthrough artistic medal.
Olympic History
Gymnastics appeared in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896. The
sport has been on the Olympic program ever since, with women first competing
in Amsterdam 1928.
It is one of only five sports to continually feature at the Olympics since Athens
1896. The others are athletics, cycling, fencing and swimming.
Rhythmic gymnastics slowly emerged from the shadow of the long-established
artistic discipline to enter the Olympic program in 1984.
Trampoline competitions for both men and women were added as an Olympic
gymnastics discipline and made their debut at the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Georgia Bonora
Age: 22
Stat VIC
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Team Competition
3. Ashleigh Brennan
Age: 21
Stat VIC
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Team Competition
Josh Jefferis
Age: 26
Stat QLD
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Individual All-Around
Emily Little
Age: 18
Stat WA
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Team Competition
Larrissa Miller
Age: 20
Stat QLD
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